Marie Caillouet

Marie Caillouet

Marie Philomene Henry Caillouet, 99, a native of Houma and resident of Lafayette since 2006 died at Rosewood Retirement Community at 8:57 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Mass will be at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the church, with interment in the church cemetery No. 1.

She is survived by one daughter, Mary Claire Caillouet Randazzo and husband, Joseph Anthony Randazzo Jr. of Lafayette; one son, Louis Philip Caillouet III and wife, Jill Cecilia Rogers Caillouet of Broussard; five grandchildren, Richard Joseph Randazzo and wife, Therese Guenther Randazzo of Destrehan, Albert Joseph Randazzo of Destrehan, Jean Ellen Randazzo Campos and husband, Eric Edward Campos of Long Beach, Calif., Matthew Paul Caillouet and wife, Stephanie Kuhlmann Bullard Caillouet of Baton Rouge and Kevin Adrian Caillouet and wife, Irene Sarantakos Caillouet of Richmond, Va.; six great-grandchildren, Adrian Edward Campos, Amelia Claire Campos, Nathan Kyle Caillouet, Jacob Kale Caillouet, Lucas Webb Caillouet and Ethan Augustin Caillouet.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Louis Philip Caillouet II; her parents, Willis Parker Henry and Isia Marie Lajaunie; five sisters, Florence Marie Henry LeBlanc and husband, Charles Arthur LeBlanc, Gertrude Ann Henry, Julie Lenore Henry Toups and husband, Aloysius Marx Toups, Anne Jeanne Henry, and Jeanne Anne Henry and husband, Harold Osdell Cottrell; and three brothers, Lucas Lawrence Henry, Willis Leon Henry and wife, Mae Magee Werkhaven Hoff, and George Manning Henry and wife, Olive Margaret deBellevue.

Mrs. Caillouet was a registered nurse, although long-retired from a primary private-duty nursing career that started in 1932 when she completed training at Hotel Dieu in New Orleans. She taught Red Cross home nursing classes during World War II. She and her late husband were among the organizers of the Houma-Terrebonne Carnival Club. She was active in the St. Francis de Sales Ladies' Altar Society, the St. Francis Mothers' Club and Court Cardinal Gibbons of the Catholic Daughters of America. Her enduring work as a genealogist and family historian is a legacy that will be appreciated for many generations hence. Most of all, her personal faith and her dedication to God and to His church will be remembered as exceptional. She served as a teacher of many through her catechetical work, both in Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classrooms at St. Francis de Sales and through private instruction. She was an exemplary role model for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and for the many others whose lives she touched. May God receive her as His good and faithful servant.

Her family wishes to thank her many excellent care givers and dedicated sitters.

In lieu of flowers, Masses are preferred, or else donations in her memory may be made to St. Francis de Sales Cathedral or School.

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.