Tilden John "Cro" Crochet

New Iberia - A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia for Tilden John "Cro" Crochet, 81, who passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at his home.

Interment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery in New Iberia.

Rev. Keith Landry will officiate.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm on Tuesday. 

A rosary, led by Deacon Durk Viator, will be prayed at 11:00 am on Tuesday.

A resident of New Iberia, Tilden John "Cro" Crochet was born in Loreauville, Louisiana on April 6, 1940 to the late Adonis and Mae Blanchard Crochet, and worked as a parts salesman at Musson Patout and Arceneaux Ford. He was a former member of the Jaycees.  He enjoyed hunting, and was a charter member of Cajun Creole Hunting Club. He will be deeply missed.

Cro is survived by three brothers, Malcolm Crochet (Pamela), Paul Garland Crochet, and Russell Antoine Crochet, all of New Iberia; two sisters, Stephanie Crochet Touchet of St. Martinville, and Gertrude Ann Romero (Paul J. ) of New Iberia; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Alice Crochet and Rosie Mae Crochet; and a brother, Joseph Crochet.

Pallbearers will be Jonathan Romero, Robert Touchet, David Crochet, Paul Garland Crochet, Malcolm Crochet, and Jason Thibodeaux.

Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, (337-365-3331).