TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for BOURG, BONNIE JEAN 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Landry’s Funeral Home, Lafourche Parish, La.

Died: Friday, April 17, 2015

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BOURG, BONNIE JEAN 
(February 17, 1927 - April 17, 2015)

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Dr. Bonnie Jean Bourg, age 88, the last surviving member of the original 
faculty of Nicholls State University, died peacefully at her home in Thibodaux 
on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 1:00 P.M.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 22 from 8:00 A.M. to funeral time 
at St. Thomas Aquinas on the Nicholls Campus. Mass of Christian burial will be 
at 10:30 A.M at the church. 

Burial will follow in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery #1 in Houma.

Dr. Bourg is survived by her godchildren, Anne Lirette Ashley, Marie Lirette 
Alsabrook, John Dennis Williams and Stacey Williams Lirette, all of Houma, and 
Richard A. Williams, Jr. of Hawthorne, CA. She also has cousins in the 
Boudreaux and Bourg families and a large extended family of the people who were 
a part of her life and whose lives she touched throughout her long life.

Dr. Bourg was preceded in death by her parents, Francis Floyd Bourg and Malvin 
Rita Boudreaux Bourg, and her long-time friend, Dr. Margaret V. Jolley; and 
close cousins in the Boudreaux family.

Dr. Bourg was a native of Houma. She was a 1943 graduate of Terrebonne High 
School and attended H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University, 
graduating in 1947. She graduated from Louisiana State University in 1948 with 
a Master’s degree in Health and Physical Education and in 1979 with a doctoral 
degree in education.

Dr. Bourg was a charter member of the faculty when Francis T. Nicholls College 
opened its doors in September of 1948. She began her career at Nicholls as an 
instructor of health and physical education. She held various positions through 
her forty-two years at Nicholls. She was named the first Dean of Women. Later 
she became Dean of the Freshman Division and retired on January 5, 1991 as the 
Vice President emeriti of Student Affairs. She organized many groups and 
traditions that are still a part of Nicholls today. She wrote the Nicholls Alma 
Mater.

She was a parishioner of the St. Thomas Aquinas where she was a lector and 
Eucharistic minister. She was a past member of the St. Thomas Aquinas parish 
council and led the New Life program for many years.

In 1994, Dr. Bourg founded Thibodaux chapter of Marian Servants of the Word 
associated with the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL. She was Director-
emeritus of the group and remained active in the group to her death. Prior to 
Marian Servants of the Word, Dr. Bourg was active with the Bayou River chapter 
of Magnificat.

Dr. Bourg was a member of many professional and religious organizations on 
local, state and national levels.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Dr. Bonnie Jean Bourg’s 
name to the Nicholls Foundation for the Bonnie Bourg Lecture Series or St. 
Thomas Aquinas on the Nicholls Campus.

Landry's Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangement

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