Yvette Marie Fallandy

Yvette was my great aunt, the daughter of my grandmother Adele's sister Elise. I have many great memories of her and Elise. Sorry to hear of her passing.

I never had the good fortune of being a student of Yvette Fallandy, but our lives were intertwined since 1964. She often called me her “favorite priest,” but I know in my heart that over the years others more qualified and more saintly had replaced me in her clerical pantheon. Yvette first hosted the first Masses that were celebrated for SSU students, and our improvised chapel was her little apartment off campus. She was active at St. Eugene’s Cathedral and served as president of the...

I am so proud to have know her for over 25 years. Yvette not only invited me into her home, but her family. She allowed me on occasion to even look after her mother Elsie which she did not allow just anyone! Together we led several tours together to France. What a truly remarkable women and what a true friend. Rest in Peace my dear friend, your "Merit" it.

My late husband, Don was a student in her OLLI classes at SSU. In 2004 we went on her tour to Normandy and Paris and loved it. Don was there in WWII. She was a great teacher and one of Don's favorites

We feel a great loss hearing about the passing of Yvette on "The Ridge". She was such a pioneer and friend to all neighbors. Our relationship with her developed after the fire. Yvette had 5 rescue dogs and one of them, Pippin came to our home a week after the fire. We did not know who he belonged to and all phones were out, so we kept him until we found out he was Yvette's dog. Five dogs were becoming difficult for her, and Pippin was a hand full. He would escape every day and roam the...