Betty Lou Prejean Cormier

1931 - 2015

Betty Lou Prejean Cormier obituary, 1931-2015, Carencro, LA

BORN

1931

DIED

2015

FUNERAL HOME

Evangeline Memorial Gardens

4113 N. University Ave.

Carencro, Louisiana

Betty Cormier Obituary

Betty Lou Prejean Cormier

CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Betty Lou Cormier, age 83, the former Betty Lou Prejean, who passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 3:57 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.

Interment will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in Carencro. The Rev. Mark Ledoux, pastor of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, will officiate at the services.

Mrs. Cormier was a native and lifelong resident of Carencro. Mrs. Cormier worked at the North Admission Gate at the Old Evangeline Downs for many years and retired as a bus attendant with the Lafayette Parish School Board with fifteen years of service.

Survivors include three sons, Donald Roger and his wife, Paulette, of Guanajuato City, Guanajuato Mexico, Jerry Roger and Ricky Cormier both of Carencro; one daughter, Jennifer Bergeron of Duson; two step sons, Charles "Red" Cormier and his wife, Lynette, and Sidney Cormier and his wife, Debbie, all of Carencro; three grandchildren, Hunter Paul Comeaux and his wife, Jaime, Brittany Nicole Cormier and Brock Joseph Cormier; five great grandchildren; and one sister, Rita P. Breaux.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ulysse Cormier; her parents, Camille Prejean and the former, Alice Cormier, both natives of Carencro; three brothers, Ulysse Roger, Edras Prejean and Aldus "Dud" Prejean; and one sister, Elida "Toot" R. Smith.

A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday and will continue from 8:00 a.m. until service time on Friday.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nurses and staff of the 5th floor at Our Lady of Lourdes and Hospice of Acadiana. The family would also like to extend a special thanks to her niece, Peggy Fortier for her caring and compassionate help.

View the obituary and guestbook online at www.melanconfuneralhome.net.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.

Published by The Advertiser on Mar. 19, 2015.
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