New Iberia - Funeral Services will be held, at 3:00 PM on Thursday, January 25, 2018, in the Chapel at David's Funeral Home in New Iberia with Father Ed Degeyter officiating, for
Mrs
John Girouard the former Mercedes “
Bodd
” Blanchard Girouard age 97. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Broussard. Mercedes passed on Monday, January 23, 2018, in New Iberia. Visitation will be held at
10:00am
until
time
of services on Thursday, January 25, 2018. A rosary will be prayed in the funeral home on Thursday at 12:30 PM.
A
long time
resident of NI Mercedes was born in Loreauville on January 21, 1921. She was the daughter of Lezin and Felicia Berard Blanchard. She worked for Laughlin Grocery store and was a highly skilled seamstress, who enjoyed her profession, for Wormers department store for many years. Some of her hobbies included bowling, playing accordion and
key board
, oil painting and dancing. Her biggest joy in life was being around her children, grandchildren,
great grandchildren
and her siblings especially around the holidays. She lived a blessed life and will be missed by all who knew her.
As a child, during the depression, the family lived in many towns. Some of the places the family lived in were: Biloxi, Mississippi, Loreauville, Lydia, Broussard and New Iberia. In 1941 at the age of
24
she
married,
the love of her life, John Girouard. After their
marriage
John went to serve in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Upon his
return
they moved back to New Iberia to seek employment. Two years later they had their first child, a daughter Johnnie. Six years later they had their second child a son, Lynn. In the last ten years of John’s career, in 1966, his company transferred him to Houston. John, Mercedes
and
Lynn moved to Houston where they lived for ten years, with Mercedes and John moving back to New Iberia in 1975. John passed away in 1995 after 54 years of marriage.
She is survived by her daughter Johnnie Gail Verret (Lloyd), and son Lynn Errol Girouard (Betty).
Grand children
Pat Verret (Cheri), Craig Verret (Dayna), Jason Verret (Sam), Ned Girouard and Julie DeVries (Sebastian Boncy).
Grand children
Seth (Cyndil), Tori, Wyatt
,Morgan
, and Sydney Verret, Ned Girouard and
stepgrand child
Julie DeVries. Great
grand child
Bailey Verret and
step grandchild
Louise Boncy.
Mercedes was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 54 years, John Girouard; her parents Lezin and Felicia Berard Blanchard; her brothers Adley Blanchard and Kelly Blanchard, sisters Anastasia (Ze Ze) Hollier, Edith Malagarie, and
Aureline
Olivier.
Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons and
great grandsons
: Pat, Craig, Jason, Seth
, Wyatt,
Morgan Verret and Ned Girouard.
Honary
pallbearers will be Lynn Girouard and Lloyd, Tori and Sydney Verret and Louise Poncy.
The family would like to give thanks, for the excellent care given to Mercedes, to the staff at Consolata and Bridgeway Hospice and also a special friend Earline Breaux.
You can sign the guest register book and or send condolences at
www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of New Iberia, 1101 Trotter St. (337) 369-6336 is in charge of arrangements.
