TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LANDRY, MARJORIE 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 19 to Nov. 20, 2014

Died: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014

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LANDRY, MARJORIE 

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Marjorie Rita Landry, a native of Patterson and long-time resident of south 
Lafourche, passed away peacefully in her home in Cut Off Tuesday, Nov. 18, 
2014. 

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at Our Lady of the 
Rosary Catholic Church in Larose. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. 
Saturday at the church, 

with burial in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Patterson. 

She is survived by her sister, Gail Landry Hays, of Fairhope, Alabama; nieces, 
Lea Ellis, of Angola, Jane Bates, of Zachary, Suzanne Altaan, of McKinney, 
Texas, and Mamie Thompson, of Ada, Oklahoma; nephew, Conrad Rabalais, of 
Vicksburg, Mississippi; and many other nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Lydia Landry; and sister, 
Alice Mae Landry Rabalais. 

Marjorie graduated from Patterson High School in 1953, and received a Bachelor 
of Science degree from Louisiana State University and a Master of Education 
Degree from Nicholls State University. She was a teacher and librarian in 
Lafourche Parish Schools during her entire 33-year career, living in the 
Teacherage, which is now listed in the National Historic Register. 
An avid quilter, Marjorie shared her talents with friends, family, and the 
Larose Civic Center, nurturing the French Food Festival and its Country Store 
from their inception. She completed another successful year only weeks ago. She 
committed thousands of hours to the Bayou Civic Club and was an original member 
of the committee that produced Down the Bayou. 
She was inducted into the Bayou Civic Club Hall of Fame in 2001. Marjorie had a 
passion for history and local heritage, volunteering for many years with the 
Bayou Lafourche Folk Life and Heritage Museum and at the archives of the Allen 
J. Ellender Memorial Library at Nicholls State University. 

Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

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