Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge for Verna Mae Breaux Boyer, 87, who passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at Solera Convelesant Home in Houston, Texas.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm on Monday and continue on Tuesday at 7:00 am until 10:30 am.
A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 pm on Monday.
Rev. Garrett McIntyre will officiate at the Funeral Mass. The Eucharistic Minister and reader will be Barbara Menard. Gift Bearers will be Kim LeBlanc Rider and Verline LeBlanc Courville.
Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 1 in Breaux Bridge.
Verna worked in the school system as a cafeteria manager for 23 years. She enjoyed dancing at La Poussiere, going to the casino, cooking, tending to her flowers, watching her hummingbirds, and caring for her family. She was the matriarch of her "Cousin's Luncheon" which met every 1st Friday of the month, she also loved going to McDonalds to have coffee with all her friends.
She is survived by her daughter, Gale M. Latiolais of Shreveport; her son, Robert "Bobby" Boyer and his partner, Darryl Thorp of Houston, TX; and her stepson, Lionel Boyer, Jr., Carla, and Luke Boyer, step grandson, of Breaux Bridge and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lionel Joseph Boyer, Sr.; her first husband, Arthur Latiolais; her parents, Paul and Adela Stoute Breaux; her brothers, J.C. Breaux, Lawrence Breaux, Adley Breaux, Paul Breaux, and Ozare (O.J.) Breaux; and her sisters, Bertha B. Champagne Frederick, Euse Mae Breaux Caillier and Anna Mae Breaux who died a very young child.
Pallbearers will be Perry Boyer, Luke Boyer, Terry Courville, Kraig Menard, Mike Caillier, and Dwayne Breaux.
In lieu flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Holy Angels, 10450 Ellerbe Rd., Shreveport, LA 71106.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.