Breaux Bridge A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 pm on Monday, September 22, 2014, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Verna Frederick Patin, 88, who passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 3 pm until 9 p.m. on Sunday, and continue on Monday at 8 am until 12:30 p.m., at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge. A Rosary will be prayed by Fr. Ed Degeyter at 6 pm on Sunday.
Fr. Donald Pelous will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge.
Mrs. Patin was a parishioner of St. Bernard Catholic Church and a member of the St. Bernard Altar Society and the Rosary Group.
She is survived by two sons, Marty Patin and his wife, Lisa, of Lafayette, and David Patin and his wife, Cheryl, of Breaux Bridge; five grandchildren, Trey Patin, Ian Patin, Britt Patin, Reed Patin, and Maddie Patin; three brothers, Larry Frederick and his wife, Dru, of Hammond, Steve Frederick and his wife, Grace, of St. Martinville, and Luther Frederick of St. Martinville; and five sisters, Lena Miller, Anna Frederick, Loula Dupuis and her husband, August, and Donna Guillory and her husband, Karl, all of Breaux Bridge, and Inez Deason and her husband, Charles, of Baton Rouge.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Earl J. Patin; her parents, Arista Joseph Frederick and Edia Marie Guidry Frederick; her brother, Floyd Frederick; and her grandson, Evan Patin.
Pallbearers will be Marty Patin, David Patin, Trey Patin, Ian Patin, Britt Patin, and Luther Frederick.
Honorary pallbearers will be Reed and Maddie Patin.
The family would like to extend special thanks to her nurses, Lori Van der Lugt, Nicole Bergeron, Cindy Langley, and Teresa Babineaux, and to Southern Care Hospice, for the compassionate care given to her during her time of need.
Memorial donations may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 620 Guilbeau Rd., Ste. A, Lafayette, LA 70506.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2199) is in charge of arrangements.
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