Lydia - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Saturday, December 8, 2007, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, in Lydia for Irene Dickerson Berard, 92 of Grand Marais, who died Monday, December 3, 2007 at her residence.
Interment will follow in the Patoutville Cemetery.
Rev. Donovan Labbe will be the Celebrant.
Mrs. Berard is a retired teacher from St. Mary Parish Schools, with 35 years of service. She was a member of the St. Mary Retired Teacher's Association and the St. Nicholas Holy Name Society. She enjoyed visiting with her family and friends.
Survivors include her son, Anthony Ernest Berard and wife Daphie Olivier Berard of Grand Marais; grandchildren, Joshua Anthony Berard, Matthew Thomas Berard, Harmonie Nicole Berard all of Grand Marais; godson, Lionel Boutte of Rochester, New York.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Charles Berard; parents, Warmoth and Augustine Sigue Dickerson.
A gathering of family and friends will be Saturday, from 9:00 AM at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Lydia, until time of service. A rosary will be at 10:00 AM Saturday.
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Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd, New Iberia, 365.3331, is in charge of arrangements.