St.Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. , on Saturday, February 19, 2011 , at Notre Dame Catholic Church in St. Martinville, for Antoinette Berard Louis, 87, who passed away on Friday, February 11, 2011 at St. Martinville Rehab and Nursing Center .
Entombment will follow at St. Michael Mausoleum in St. Martinville.
Fr. Justin Arockiasamy, SVD, will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Gwendolyn Louis and Michelle Vital. Gift Bearers will be her granddaughters.
Antoinette enjoyed talking on the phone, going to the Casino and cooking. She was known for her sense of humor and had a smile that could light up a room.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald Louis (Gwendolyn), and Lloyd Perrodin ( Geneva ), all of St. Martinville; her stepsons, Wilbert Louis ( Lena ) of Lafayette, and Hilary Lewis (Genevieve), of St. Martinville; her brother, Ronald Berard of Houston, TX; her sisters, Brenda Berard of Breaux Bridge, and Anna Charles of Houston, TX; nineteen grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmer Louis; one daughter, JoAnn Kately; two sons, Donald Louis Sr. and Sterling Berard; her father, Lambert Berard; her mother and step father, Josephine and Clarence Martin; one brother, Arthur Berard; and her sister, Virginia Menard.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Pallbearers will be Troy, Tyrone, Marcus and Donald Louis, Jr., Jules Perrodin, and Al Berard.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ronald Louis, Lloyd Perrodin, Hilary Lewis, Wilbert Louis, Donovan Smith, Greg Vital, and James Berard.
Pellerin Funeral Homeof St. Martinvilleis in charge of arrangements.
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