Yvonne Dugas Broussard

Breaux Bridge - Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Yvonne Dugas Broussard, 100, who passed away on Friday, November 21, 2014. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm on Tuesday, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge. Rev. David Broussard will officiate at the funeral service. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 1 in Breaux Bridge. Mrs. Broussard was retired as a Registered Nurse, having worked at the St. Martin Parish Health Unit for many years, being well-known as the shot lady. As a pastime she enjoyed playing the piano, crocheting, and sewing for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a devout Catholic and longtime parishioner of St. Bernard Catholic Church and volunteered her time as a Pink Lady at St. Martin Hospital (Gary Memorial Hospital) for numerous years. She is survived by two sons, John Broussard and wife, Jean, and Robert Broussard; five grandchildren, Jan Delahoussaye and husband, Jeff, Jill Broussard, Ben Broussard and wife, Jaime, Bobby Broussard and wife, Sophie, and Nicole Landry; nine great grandchildren, Kristen, Britney, Lauren, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Dustin, Ryan, Brett, and Olivier; and three great-great grandchildren, Aidan, Brylynn, and Addison. She is preceded in death by her husband, Chester Broussard; her son, Arthur Broussard; a granddaughter, Judy Broussard; her parents, Paul and Reine Michel Dugas; and two brothers, Max and Raoul Dugas. Pallbearers will be John Broussard, Jeff Delahoussaye, Ben Broussard, Bobby Broussard, Leo Pitre, and Dustin Hebert. Honorary pallbearers will be Brett Broussard, Aidan Hays, Ryan Broussard, and Harold Green. The family would like to extend their special thanks to Sheila Landry, Leo Pitre and her sitters and friends, Maranda Roberts, Hazel Smith, Mickey Boyer, Mary Wiltz, and Shirley Wiltz. They blessed us with the gift of enjoying our last years with her at home. Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com