Josephine Wormser

New Iberia - Funeral services will be conducted for Josephine 'Jo' Wormser, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia at 10:00 AM, Monday, April 2, 2012 , followed by graveside services at Congregation Gates of Prayer Cemetery on West Main Street with Rabbi Barry Weinstein officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Sunday from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM atPellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 337.365.3331 . Visitation will continue on Monday from 8:00 AM until 10:00 AM . Jo was born in Fort Wayne , Indiana on March 18, 1923 . After graduating from University of Michigan she moved to California where she met her husband Harold J. Wormser. After a whirlwind courtship, they married in Los Angeles and she followed her new husband to New Iberia where she grew to love and adore the wonderful people of New Iberia . She worked at Wormser's Department Store before settling in to raising a family. She was an active and long time member of Congregation Gates of Prayer, serving terms as President of the Sisterhood organization. She was a long time member of the New Iberia Fortnightly and Garden Club. For many years she volunteered time in the North Lewis reading program. Her hobbies included bridge, where she had a regular Monday game for over forty years, traveling, reading, gardening and flower arranging. She loved Mardi Gras and was a former Queen of Andalusia. She is survived by three children David Wormser, Sally and her husband Charley Bassler, John and his wife Adele Wormser, her grandchildren Ben Wormser, Michael Wormser and his wife Stacey, Harold Wormser II, Katie Wormser, Jacob Wormser, Loran Dunn and her husband Bryan, Dustin Dugas, Cheryl and Rio. She has two great granddaughters Sophie and Sadie Wormser. She was preceded in death by her husband and soul mate Harold J. Wormser, her parents Henry and Sylvia Frosh, and her beloved stepmother Virginia 'Dede' Frosh. Serving as pallbearers are Ben, Michael, Harold and Jacob Wormser, Bryan Dunn and Charley Bassler. Honorary pallbearer will be Dustin Dugas. The family acknowledges and extends their appreciation to Bernadette Boullion, Debra Duplantis, and Shirley Butler for the care and compassion that was given to their mother. Memorial contributions in Jo's name may be made to the Congregation Gates of Prayer, 1620 Elm Street , New Iberia , LA 70560 or to the American Cancer Society, Post Office Box 52884 , Lafayette , LA 70505-2884 . Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 337.365.3331, is in charge of arrangements.