Kathryn Bourgeois Loflin

New Iberia A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 PM Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in New Iberia for Kathryn Bourgeois Loflin, 74, who died Monday, September 29, 2014, in Houma. Entombment will follow in the Holy Family Cemetery. Rev. Mark Derise will be the Celebrant. A gathering of family and friends will be Saturday from 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. A rosary will be prayed at 11:00 AM Saturday. A resident of New Iberia, Mrs. Loflin was born on January 19, 1940 in Thibodaux to Lawrence Sydney Bourgeois, Sr., and Alice Webre Bourgeois. She was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help church choir, and was very active in many other areas throughout her church. A graduate of Nichols State University, Mrs. Loflin was also a volunteer for Hospice of Acadiana, and the Brown Bag in Lydia. She enjoyed baking, cooking, entertaining, and gardening, but most of all family gatherings. Survivors include her children, Mary Walker and husband Dana of Carrollton, Texas, Michael Loflin and wife Mary Jane of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Susan Sanchez and husband Steve of San Antonio, Texas; her siblings, Lawrence Bourgeois and wife Martha of Boerne, Texas, Valry Bourgeois and wife Alice of Boutte, William Bourgeois and wife Millie of Houma, Martha LeBlanc and husband Don of Houma, Robert Bourgeois and wife Cindy of Schriever, Eddie Bourgeois and wife Xiamara of River Ridge; and seven grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George William Loflin. Pallbearers will be Edward Bourgeois, Robert Bourgeois, William Bourgeois, Lawrence Bourgeois, Cameron Rodriguez, Jonathan Rodriguez, and Valry Bourgeois. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 337.365.3331, is in charge of arrangements.