Rita Mae Broussard Cestia

New Iberia - A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm, on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church in New Iberia, for Rita Mae Broussard Cestia, 93, who passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Iberia Medical Center. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm on Tuesday. A rosary will be prayed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday at the church. Fr. Mario Romero will officiate at the Funeral Service. Fr. Ed Degeyter will be the con-celebrant. Interment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery in New Iberia. Mrs. Cestia was a member of the Ladies Alter Society and the Pink Ladies at Iberia Medical Center. She was a Charter Member and parishioner of Nativity Catholic Church.She was also an avid bridge player. She is survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Earl Cestia; father, Joseph Daphis Broussard; mother, Sarah Matilda Broussard; sisters, Janet Mary Broussard, Thelma Broussard Froisy, and Wilda Broussard LeJeune; brothers, J.D. Broussard and William Walsh Broussard. Pallbearers will be Harry Allen Cestia, Burton Cestia Jr., William Broussard, John Patrick Broussard, Wayne Cestia, James Matthew Broussard, Marc Broussard, and Glenn Froisy. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd, New Iberia, 365.3331 is in charge of arrangements.