Eunice Douet Borel

St. Martinville A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am, on Monday, August 4, 2014, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, for Eunice Douet Borel, 92, who passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Lafayette General Medical Center. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 11:00 am until 9:00 pm on Sunday and continue at 8:00 am until 10:30 am on Monday, at Pellerin Funeral Home in St. Martinville. A rosary will be prayed by Sister Ameline Theriot at 7:00 pm on Sunday. Rev. Ed Degeyter will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Sherry Lanclos and Denise Green. Gift Bearers will be Kelsey Louviere and Alexis Bonin. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. Mrs. Borel, the matriarch of her family, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Eunice enjoyed being a part of her Pokeno and Bourre clubs in Coteau Holmes and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She loved Cajun music and dancing. Spending time with her family and cooking for them was a priceless treasure for her. She was a people person who enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest and will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is survived by four sons, Evrard Paul Borel, Terry Andrew Borel and wife, Mona, Glenn Borel, and Ray Mitchel Borel; seven daughters, Ella Mae Vincent and husband, Russell, Barbara Ann Cade, Anna Faye Tauzin and husband, Javis, Amelie Green and husband, Aaron, Inez Berthelot and husband, Vernon, Claudette Case and husband, Mark, and Roxanne Guidry and husband, Glenn; 30 grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchild. She is preceded in death by her husband, Evrard Borel; her parents, Desiree and Emily Theriot Douet; three sons, Steven, Ernest and Kernest Borel; three brothers, John, Alexander and Paul Douet; her sister, Melanie Champagne; a grandson, Raven Boudreaux; and two great grandchildren, Kennedie Boudreaux and Lilly Lopez. Pallbearers will be Trevor Vincent, Blaine Cade, Blaize Borel, Dale Green, Casey Berthelot, Josh Case, Lucas Borel, and Dorsey Boudreaux. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville, 112 New Market St., Saint Martinville, Louisiana 70582, (337-394-9121) is in charge of arrangements.