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for Margaret DeBlieux
Sparkie
October 26, 2021
Margaret, I miss you. You always had time for me. You were the best mother I ever had.
Victoria Fraser
May 28, 2020
Memories of Margaret are deeply embedded and serve as an inspiration to this day. We are in a very challenging time in which the world has been transformed by SARS-CoV-2 with more than 100,000 deaths in the US due to COVID-19. New Orleans and many communities across the US and the world have been deeply impacted. Although we all miss Margaret deeply, I am glad that Margaret did not have to experience this. Remembering Margaret's strength, concern for others and servant leadership provides ongoing inspiration that we can use to lean in with courage to get through this together. Thinking of Margaret and other loved ones we have lost helps to provide renewed energy to continue to do what is difficult, to sacrifice our needs for others by wearing masks and practicing social distancing in order protect those who are most vulnerable. Keeping Margaret and her family in our thoughts and prayers.
June 25, 2018
I first met Margaret in 1974 when I was applying for a teaching position in Orleans Parish Prison. At the time she was Director of Counseling in the Rehabilitation Department. To reach Margaret's office, I was first frisked by security, then guided through prison gates to the elevator. A prisoner trustee wearing sun glasses and red bandanna tied around his forehead directed me to Margaret's office. Although I found my first minutes in Parish Prison intimidating and frightening, my introduction to Margaret was the antithesis of the previous event. Warm, graceful and with a mischievous smile, Margaret made me feel at ease and welcome. Stoic and calm with a great sense of humor, Margaret guided and counseled both the staff and prisoners. Although I will always miss her, she will forever be in my heart.
Adele Adler Lowe
Maureen Sweeney Vincent
June 11, 2018
Peter,
I am so sorry to hear of your mother's passing. May the Lord comfort and console you and your family during this time of sorrow.
June 10, 2018
I am deeply sorry for your family's loss. May your hearts find comfort in God's beautiful promises for the future. John 6:40
Dionne Johns
June 9, 2018
Laura and Family
Deepest condolences and sympathy on the loss of your beloved Margaret. May God console each and every one of you in your time of bereavement.
Angela
June 8, 2018
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Vicky Fraser
June 7, 2018
To all the DeBlieux & Fraser family, I am deeply sorry for the loss of your wonderful mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. Margaret was a remarkable individual who lived a wonderful rich life. She had many talents which she shared freely. She was was also incredibly smart, interesting, caring, warm, and giving. She had more diverse experiences and careers in one life than most of us could ever imagine. When I was a child, Margaret wrote us letters from her mission post in South East Asia, she spoke of the richness of the culture, the warmth of the people, the many challenges men, women and children faced without adequate education or political freedom, the impact of poverty and hunger and the importance of giving of oneself to make other peoples lives better. She was deeply religious but also interested in and open to the diverse views of people from different cultures and backgrounds. She was humble and genuine and also tough and direct. She always took time to tell us stories about her travels and spend time with us when she came back to the US from across the world. As the principal at Villa she was an academic leader, shaping the lives of many generations of young women. She helped them develop confidence, knowledge and tools to succeed in scholarly activities, athletics, public speaking and leadership. She set high bars for girls to pursue higher education, excel in law, business, medicine and to nurture their families and households. She was ahead of her times in many ways and served as a role model and mentor to lots of young women. She used to have us for brunch at Villa on Sunday mornings with Grandfather Fraser, her siblings and their kids. We were honored to be invited and we would all get dressed up to go, although I admit as a young child, the architecture and scale of the buildings at Villa and the numbers of nuns in their habits could at times be intimidating. Margaret always laughed and hugged us and teased us about what it was like to be a nun and what was really underneath all the nun's habits ( " did we think there were legs, or tails, and other silly things). When Margaret was transferred to New Orleans, she continued to excel as an administrator at an even bigger school and then she found the love of her life in Charles and his children. She told us all that God had planned this for her and it was now time for her to leave the convent to have her own family. She seemed happier than ever caring for Charles and his children. You all clearly became her own children and she was amazingly proud of each and everyone of you. You all have taken extremely good care of Margaret and we are all deeply grateful to you. Margaret will live on in all of your hearts and you are her legacy.
I hope that in time the sadness of Margaret's passing will be replaced with only good memories of all the wonderful time you had together. She is in heaven with Charles, Grandfather and Grandmother Fraser, Alice and Jack, Barbara and Don, my brother John and Joe Webb. We will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. I am sorry I am not able to be with you all at the Memorial on Saturday. I will be thinking of you. With deepest sympathy. Vicky Fraser
Donna Smythe
June 7, 2018
Boo and family ... know my prayers and thoughts are with you during this difficult time. She was a strong influence in my life, especially since I was a child away from home. She projected strength, caring and consideration that I have remembered well. I remember a time at night sitting in her office with others talking about serious and well as frivolous subjects.
Brian Credo M.D.
June 7, 2018
"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there".-- Robert Browning
Jeremy and Peter, Please take comfort in knowing that a mother's virtues live on through those she brought into the world, and our actions can therefore give honor to her every single day. Sophocles once said that Children are the anchors in a mother's life. Let us continually ask Christ that He may inspire us to live up to that status. Your Mom will be remembered in the Credo Family Rosary.
June 7, 2018
May you take comfort in the fact that god will make you firm and he will make you strong in your time of sorrow
StellaElizabeth Sanders Forshaw
June 6, 2018
I knew and loved Margaret Fraser at City House in St. Louis where we were freshmen together. She will never be forgotten by thse of us who knew her. May she rest in peace.
jerry plough
June 6, 2018
Peter, sorry to hear about your Mom passing. Nancy and my thoughts are with you and Karen.
Nancy MERIC Wilkinson
June 5, 2018
Boo,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. She had a influence in each of our lives in formative years.. I will always remember her as a strong woman with a firm kind way about her to me always with a smile and shaking her head.
June 4, 2018
May you take comfort in the fact that god will make you firm and he will make you strong in your time of sorrow
Steve
June 4, 2018
My deepest sympathy to the Fraser/Deblieux families for your loss.
May you find comfort in the God of all comfort because
he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
Angie
June 4, 2018
I am so sorry for your loss. May prayer comfort you at this time of sorrow.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
June 4, 2018
To the family, I'm so sorry for the loss of your love one, may the loving support of your family, friends and prayers sustain you through this very difficult time. Isaiah 57:15
June 4, 2018
Psalm 90:10 says that the days of our years are 70 years, And of because of special mightiness they are 80 years. May the memories of the wonderful times you shared together bring a smile and joy in your heart.
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