Virginia Malbrough Boquet

Virginia Malbrough Boquet passed away on November 19 at the age of 91, surrounded by

her family. She was born on May 27, 1934 to Duiet and Lillian Malbrough. She was

preceded in death by Jerry, her husband of almost 60 years, her son Glenn Boquet, her

siblings Duiet Jr., Gail, Brenda and Linda, and her parents. She is survived by her three

daughters Melanie (Richard) Pace, Laurie (Lad) Dory and Tina (Pete) Fischer and her

daughter-in-law Karen Boquet.

Virginia worked in her father's sweet shop where she met her sweetheart and love of her life,

Jerry, whom she married in 1951. She attended St. Joseph Academy High School and

furthered her education at Tulane University, Loyola University and Our Lady of Holy Cross

College. She worked as a teacher which allowed her to spend afternoons and summers with

her own four children. She taught at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Resurrection of our Lord and

St. James Major. After her children were grown, she started a new successful career as a

real estate broker and earned the Graduate Realtor Institute designation and became the

office manager at Merrill Lynch.

Her artistic talents included singing, writing and painting beautiful porcelain dolls. She loved

fishing and boating which she enjoyed with Jerry and her family for many years at her camp

on Lake Catherine and continued to enjoy when she moved to Venetian isles. Her other

passion was gardening and she was a very active member of the Venetian Isles Garden

club. She was an expert at growing orchids and would often revive orchids of her friends.

Virginia greatly enjoyed cooking and entertaining both family and friends. She hosted

countless Thanksgiving dinners where she was in charge of cooking the turkey and many of

the sides. She was known for hosting themed dinner parties served on elaborately

decorated tables and creative place settings. She also loved decorating for every holiday

and had a flair for fashion.

The two most important things to Virginia were family and friends. She often said "My family

is my life!" She was blessed with 7 grandchildren and will be sadly missed by Jacqueline,

Nathan, Paul, Danielle, Ryan, Nicole and Michelle. She was then blessed even further with

12 great-grandchildren: Dominic, Sofia, Katherine, Caleb, Judah, LG, Fiona, Miles, Owen,

Lillian, Allysa and Collin. Virginia was called Ginny and then MaMa Ginny and then

eventually Gigi or G by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She had many friends in Venetian Isles and they helped her in so many ways. They provided

meals, assistance after storms, transportation as needed and wonderful friendships. She

considered her Venetian Isles friends "Angels on the Bayou". Her family wishes to thank

these angels for their loving support and for allowing her to be able to live in her home until

the age of 91. She had many nieces and nephews who were very special to her and helped

care for her, especially the Boos family - Cherie, Kenny, Brett, Tricia, Lorna and Tammy.

As Virginia's heart weakened, her spirit of determination remained strong to the very end!

She will be remembered for her passion for life, her joy in entertaining and her strong bonds

with her family and friends.

Services for Virginia will be held on Tuesday, November 25, at the Garden of Memories

Funeral Home at 4900 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA 70001. Visitation will begin at 11:30 AM and

will be followed by mass at 1:30. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Feel free to wear bright colors to celebrate her life.