The Life of Greta Bordelon
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, November 19, 2010 in the Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers for Greta Bordelon, 81, who passed away on November 16, 2010 at 12:12 am at Lafayette General Medical Center.
Reverend Michael Russo, Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church, will conduct the funeral services.
Interment will take place in Holy Mary Mother of God Cemetery.
Mrs. Bordelon, a resident of Lafayette, LA, was the daughter of the late Robert Higginbotham of Lafayette, Louisiana and the former Florence Dugas of Centerville, Louisiana. Greta passed away after a lifetime of love and laughter. She answered to many names; Mom, Nan, Da Da, "the cake lady" but the name she cherished most of all was Muzzy, which she was lovingly called by her grandchildren. She had an undying love for her family and friends. She traveled the world but always enjoyed coming back home to Lafayette. She was happiest around the table eating boiled crabs and crawfish or standing by the stove, frying a pan full of sac-a-lait or bream. An avid LSU fan, she held season tickets for over 40 years, her happiest moment came this year when LSU beat Alabama (and Nick Saban) in Death Valley. She cherished her time around the card table with her wonderful friends and looked forward to her Friday night jaunts to the casino.
Greta will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by her children, Darlene Pugh, Pam and her husband Ken LaBry and Ruth and her husband Patrick Booker; her grandsons Nicholas LaBry, Michael Booker and his wife Linda and Patrick Booker and his wife Shelly; her great grandchildren, Emma, Mary Alice, Morgan and Mike Booker; her brother-in-law Travis Shipp; special "other sister" Jewel and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and extended family.
She was preceded in death by her husband William Bordelon, her parents Robert and Florence Dugas Higginbotham and her siblings, Dora Shipp and Robert Higginbotham, Jr.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home of Lafayette on Friday from 9:00 am until service time. A Rosary will be recited on Friday at 11:00 am in the funeral home.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Lafayette General Medical Center, especially the 7th Floor Intensive Care Unit staff, for their excellent and compassionate care.
Pallbearers will be Patrick Booker, Ricky Payment, Rano Harris, Steve Guidry, Lanny Robicheaux and Chad Richard. Honorary Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
