Rosalie Guarisco Streva

New Iberia - A Mass of Christian Burial for Rosalie Lucille Guarisco Streva, 83, will be celebrated on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rev. Michael Russo will be the Celebrant and Rev. Keith Landry will Con-Celebrate.

Entombment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery.

Visitation will be at Pellerin Funeral Home on Friday, November 21, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM with a rosary at 5:30 PM.

Visitation will continue at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church on Saturday, from 9:00 am until 11:00 am.

Rosalie, born on December 13, 1941, was the second child of Elizabeth Icapelli Guarisco and Philip Guarisco of Morgan City, Louisiana. She attended Ms. Smiley’s daycare as a young child, then Sacred Heart Academy through the eighth grade. She graduated as salutatorian from Sacred Heart High School in 1959. During her high school career, she was a cheerleader for four years, basketball player for four years, and voted onto the homecoming court during her junior and senior years. She was selected to represent her high school at Pelican Girls State.

She met the love of her life, Jerry Streva, in the first grade. They committed to each other in 1954 in the 8th grade and married on July 14, 1962.

Rosalie attended Nichols State University for two years, then Southern Baptist Hospital to complete her Medical Technology certificate. She would be a medical technologist for Dr. Russo in Morgan City.

In 1966, the family moved to New Iberia to expand the family business. In New Iberia, she worked for Dr Bourgeois, Iberia General Hospital, Erath Hospital, and GSRI. After retiring from the medical field, she worked full-time as a stay-at-home mom, which was her favorite job, and she excelled at it.

All her life, Rosalie’s Catholic faith was extremely important to her. She served as a Eucharistic minister at Sacred Heart and worked with her friend and parish priest, Father Steve LeBlanc, to bring Divine Mercy to Sacred Heart. Throughout the years, she proudly worked to bring the love of Jesus to her church community and everyone she met.

With children raised, Rosalie went back to college to attain a bachelor’s degree in General Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She graduated in 2001 as one of the Top 10 honor students.

In 2004, Jerry and Rosalie moved to Lafayette where she was very involved in the Catholic charismatic movement, many rosary groups, and led several Bible studies throughout the years.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Streva, children; Lisa (David) Perry; Philip (Teresa) Streva; Maria (Shane) Milazzo; her seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren, her brother, Philip Guarisco, sister, Angela (David) Glynn, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Rosalie is preceded in death by her son, Gerald Jude Streva, Jr.; parents Elizabeth Icapelli Guarisco and Philip Guarisco; her brother, Peter P. Guarisco; her niece, Tiffany Glynn; her in-laws, Katherine Filardo Streva and Joseph R. Streva; her sister-in-law, Glenda Woods; her brother-in-law, Joseph Streva, Jr.; and her nephew, Stephen Bergeron.

Serving as pallbearers will be Kyle Streva, Reed Streva, Joseph Perry, Steven Milazzo, Sean Glynn, John Streva, and Mike Bergeron. Honorary pallbearers will be David Glynn, Vincent Costello, Kenny Lucas, Justin Lucas, and Trent Lucas.

Special thanks to Peggy Broughton and Leah Durham, her longtime caregivers, all employees of Hospice of Acadiana including our dear friend, Seth Porche, and Ms. Doris Tadford of Our Lady of Fatima who faithfully brought communion.

Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace, New Iberia, LA 70560 (337.365.3331)