LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for: PICOU, MARY 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Publish Date: Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 

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Mary Lee Harang Picou of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away Friday, May 21, 2010, 
peacefully in her home with family by her side.

A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Monday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, 
500 Goode Street, Houma, with eulogy remarks at 12:45 p.m. The family will begin 
greeting visitors at noon at the cathedral, with burial to follow in Magnolia 
Cemetery in Houma.

She is survived by four daughters, Rebecca A. Picou and husband, Thomas J. 
Hamilton, of Fairfax, Va., Mary Lee "Tita" Picou of Virginia Beach, Va., Robin 
A. Picou of Orange Beach, Ala., and Lori A. Picou of Los Angeles; two 
granddaughters, Natalia E. Gimenez-Picou and Eliska L. Gimenez-Picou of Virginia 
Beach; one great-granddaughter, Madeleine Sophia; a sister-in-law, Bernice 
Peltier Harang of Thibodaux; and many loving nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and four siblings-Warren J. 
Harang Jr., Winifred Harang Kozelsky, Donald F. Harang and Catherine Harang 
Gouaux.

Born 1930 on Celina Plantation near Valentine, she was the daughter of Warren J. 
Harang Sr. of New Orleans, and Winifred E. Foret Harang of Thibodaux.

The youngest of five children, Mary Lee graduated from Lockport High School in 
1948 and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As the wife of Dr. 
Wally J. Picou of Houma, she assisted his medical practice and was a member of 
the Terrebonne Parish Women's Medical Auxiliary. The family moved to Virginia 
Beach in 1970 when Dr. Picou joined the Emergency Room staff at DePaul Hospital 
in Norfolk, Va.

Hollomon Brown Funeral Home of Norfolk, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

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