Louis Collet

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 :00 a.m., on Friday, July 2, 2010, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Louis Collet, 89, who passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Cecilia. Fr. Neil McNeill will officiate at the funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Callie Collet and Lachelle Beltran. Gifts will be presented to the Altar by his granddaughters. Mr. Collet was a veteran of World War II, having honorably served his country for 5 years in the United States Army, and was a member of the American Legion. He worked as an insurance salesman for Automotive and Riverside Life Insurance for 25 years before his retirement. An avid outdoorsman, Louis enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. His most treasured moments in his life were those spent with his family and friends. Survivors include his beloved wife of 66 years, Vivian L. Collet of Breaux Bridge; two sons, Louis R. Collet and his wife, Janel, of Breaux Bridge, and Tony W. Collet, of Houston, TX; eight daughters, Billie C. Elmer and her husband, Victor, Donella C. Duncan, Ruby C. Guidry and her husband, Ronnie, Mary C. Guidry and her husband, Brian, Darlene Collet, Jan C. Webre and her husband, Toby, Jill C. Zimmerman and her husband, Guy, and Candy C. Hamilton and her husband, Ronnie, all of Breaux Bridge; 27 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Lorenza Dugas Collet; two sisters, Lucille Latiolais and Edaise Guidry; his brother, Will Collette; and his son-in-law, Dr. Billy Milton Duncan, EdD. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 11 a .m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday and continue at 7 a .m. until 10:30 a.m. on Friday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Down Syndrome Association of Acadiana, P. O. Box 81323 , Lafayette , LA 70508 , 337-234-3109, or to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011 , Washington , DC 20090-6011 . Pellerin Funeral Home, 211 Berard St. , Breaux Bridge , LA 70517 , (337.332.2199), is in charge of arrangements.