TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for BOUDREAUX, DONALD 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Apr. 2 to Apr. 6, 2015

Died: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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BOUDREAUX, DONALD 

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Joseph Boudreaux, 87, a native of Golden Meadow and resident of Houma, passed 
away at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. 

Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Monday, April 6 at Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma 
and from 9 a.m. until funeral time Tuesday, April 7, at Our Lady of the Most 
Holy Rosary Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. 
Tuesday at the church, 

with a private burial to be held at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cemetery 
at a later date. 

He is survived by his sons, David Boudreaux and wife, Beth, James Boudreaux and 
wife, Sherry, Don Boudreaux and wife, Trudy, and Dale Boudreaux and wife, 
Sharon; daughters, Sharon Potter and husband, Teddy, and Michelle Bourdier and 
husband, Allen; brother, Julius Boudreaux; sisters, Rose Duplantis and Lola 
Silver; grandchildren, Kathryn Boudreaux, Emily Landry, Gregory Boudreaux, 
Dorothy Meche, David J. Potter, Cody Potter, Nicholas Potter, James Boudreaux 
II, Jason Boudreaux, Christina Vauk, Katie Riney, Tyler Boudreaux, Caitlin 
Boudreaux, Amber Arnold, Dylan Boudreaux, Evan Boudreaux, Tech Sgt. Ryan 
Bourdier, Andrew Bourdier, Craig Bourdier, Sean Bourdier, Tommy Potter and 
Angela Hunt; 28 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his spouse, Dorothy Marie Bergeron Boudreaux; 
parents, Julian Mitchell and Sedonia Cheramie Boudreaux; and brother, Walton 
Boudreaux. 

Donald was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church. 
He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who served his nation in World 
War II, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. His career spanned over two 
decades of service to his country. 
He had a career at the V.A. Office in the Tri-Parish area and worked with them 
for many years. Donald loved photography and traveling. He had been to 50 
states and seven countries. He was a member of the Fire House Squares Club. 
He was a pioneer in genealogy, devoting time and energy finding ancestors of 
any and all who asked. His 50 books of researching Acadian families are in the 
North Terrebonne Library where he was a member for many years. 

The family would like to thank his caregivers, Nicholas Potter and Don 
Boudreaux, Haydel Hospice and Nathaniel Ward. 

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements.

U.S. Marine Corps 
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