Rose Boudreaux

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE Breaux Bridge - Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Rose Boudreaux, 94, who passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at St. Agnes Nursing Home in Breaux Bridge. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 1 in Breaux Bridge. Rev. Paul LaFleur, Pastor of St. Bernard Church, will conduct the services. Bonnie Friedman and Kristie Thibodeaux will read the scriptures. Gift bearers will be Wanda Haynes and Susan Friedman. Mrs. Boudreaux, known to many as Taunte Rose, worked at Heymann's Department Store for 40 years. Her love for people led to her job at Gary Memorial Hospital where she cooked for the patients and staff, who always looked forward to her home cooking. Taunte Rose enjoyed the holiday season most of all, so that she could prepare her family favorites, fudge, red velvet cake, and pralines, which she shared with everyone. She also enjoyed sewing; she had a special talent for creating wedding gowns and many other garments, including doll clothes. She looked forward to her outings with her friends, especially the casino. Survivors include her son, John Boudreaux and his wife, Priscilla, of Broussard and her daughter, Lou Anna Friedman and her husband, William Bill Friedman, Sr. of Breaux Bridge; her grandchildren, Bonnie Friedman, Bill Friedman, Jr., Ted Friedman, Wanda Haynes, Susan Friedman, Steven Friedman, Kristie Thibodeaux and Ryan Boudreaux; 13 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Felix Boudreaux; her parents, Elie and Carmelite Berard Blanchard; three brothers and five sisters. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday and continue at 8:00 a.m.until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Friday. Pallbearers will be Bill Friedman, Sr., Bill Friedman, Jr., Ted Friedman, Steven Friedman, John Boudreaux and Ryan Boudreaux. Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge is in charge of arrangements.