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Yvonne Tremoulet Obituary
Ms. Tremoulet, 96, of Charlotte, passed away peacefully on August 21, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital. She was born on March 6, 1912 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Joseph Charles Tremoulet and Dot Forstall Tremoulet.
A New Orleans native and nearly lifelong resident, she moved to Charlotte in the wake of Katrina at age 92 to live with her cousin's daughter, Lise Eltz McStravick.
Ms. Tremoulet was long retired from her position as the Assistant Manager of the Money Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New Orleans, where she had worked for 42 years. Throughout her career, she was active in professional banking associations and served as an officer upon several occasions.
She excelled at nurturing others. In retirement, she provided care to her sister and brother and assisted other aging relatives, neighbors and friends. Animals and small children brought her joy, and she always had animal companions.
In addition to Mrs. McStravick, her Charlotte survivors include Maria and Eric St. John and their daughter, Brittany.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 25, 2008 in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at St. Gabriel Catholic Church with the Reverend Frank O'Rourke and the Reverend Luis Osorio, Concelebrants. Interment will take place later in the family tomb in New Orleans. The family will receive friends at 12:30 in the Chapel prior to Mass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70114, or a charity of the donor's choice.
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Memories and Condolences
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Elaine Fultz
September 3, 2008
To a Champion of Life
Aunt Yvonne.......I felt as I knew you and shared in a small part of your life as Andree would share stories of you, Aunt Olga and Uncle Pierre.
Andree and I tried to come see you but Katrina beat us to you.
Someday soon we will be together and then we can share our stories that we missed in this life.
You must be dancing with Jesus as He smiles back at you with pride.
In His love,
Andree Tremoulet
August 26, 2008
Greetings---
For all of you who were not able to join Yvonne for the Charlotte funeral, here's an attempt at a word picture of the event. I look forward to seeing more family and friends at the funeral in New Orleans on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Yvonne must have been smiling in heaven at the friends and family gathered for her Charlotte funeral. Not just one, but both priests from her Charlotte parish celebrated the Mass in her honor. The friends whom she had met through Lise and through St. Gabriel's gathered in the beautiful chapel for the half hour before the Mass began. She looked beautiful in her special blue suit with pearl buttons, which were accented by pearl beads and earrings. Her coffin was flanked by two bouquets of white roses and lillies, and Lise put special blue and white (blue because it was her color) bouquets in front of the gleaming icons on either side of the altar. One of the altar boys was a special young friend of Yvonne's---an LSU fan to whom Yvonne had given several LSU souvenirs that Bobby Pascal had sent her just for him. In the space on the Mass program where one ordinarily puts a poem or prayer, we put the recipe for Yvonne's New Orleans Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce---which we served at the reception afterwards. Lise's granddaughter Brittany put together a wonderful collage of photos that ranged in time from her christening to her famous St. Patrick's Day dance with the former pastor of St. Gabriel's. Among those gathered were the two nursing assistants who had been with Yvonne in her last days---one said that she had never attended the funeral of a patient, but Yvonne was so special. Charles did a wonderful job with the eulogy, Lise chose the hymns and I chose the readings and wrote the Prayers of the Faithful.
It was evident that Yvonne had made herself at home in Charlotte and had made new friends who gathered on August 25 in St. Gabriel's chapel to celebrate her life.
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