TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for BORNE, SERENA "WEENIE" 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Thibodaux Funeral Home, Thibodaux, La.

Died: Wednesday, July 29, 2015

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BORNE, SERENA "WEENIE" 
January 7, 1915 - July 29, 2015

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Serena “Weenie” Gibbens Borne, 100, a native of Baton Rouge and longtime 
resident of Thibodaux, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family 
Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until funeral time Tuesday, Aug. 4, at St. 
Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. 
Tuesday at the church, 

with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux.

She is survived by her children, Annette Knobloch and husband, Bernard, Richard 
Borne and wife, Pamela, Carrie DeLorge and husband, Edward, and Benjamin Borne 
and wife, Mollie; grandchildren, Andre’ Dupont, Allison Dupont Viator and 
husband, Blaine, Mary Knobloch Schwartzenburg and husband, Jason, Frances 
Knobloch Finley and husband, Dewitt, Richard Borne, Jennifer Borne Loupe and 
husband, Jacob, Allen Borne, Nicole Knobloch Wallace and husband, Cory, 
Katherine Knobloch and husband, Aaron, Corrie DeLorge Minges and husband, 
Lester, Emily DeLorge, Josiah DeLorge, Sarah Borne Simon and husband, Matthew, 
Rebecca Borne Alcala and husband, Romer, Claire Borne and Jonathan Borne; 
great-grandchildren, Gabrielle Gibbens Viator, Luke Viator, Ellis 
Schwartzenburg, Bruce Schwartzenburg, Hazel Finley, Estelle Finley, Richard 
Borne, Wyatt Loupe, John Loupe, Abram Loupe, Anneliese Wallace, Matthew 
Wallace, Catherine Wallace, Colette Knobloch, Rachel Minges, Ocean Alcala and 
Beau Simon.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Joseph Borne; parents, Richard 
Thomas “Tom” Gibbens Sr. and Mary Caroline “Carrie” Elder; siblings, Lillian 
“Nang” Kleinpeter, Carrie “Tots” Shaver, Richard “Dick” Gibbens Jr., Francis 
“Frank” (Brother William-Henry, S.C.) Gibbens, Sara Day “Pet” Robichaux, Julia 
“Jute” Breeding, Durbin “Dub” Gibbens, Benjamin “Ben” Gibbens, Mattie Richards, 
Frances Gibbens and Theresa “Weesie” Callahan; and lifelong friend, Catherine 
Manuel Sibley, of Baton Rouge.

Serena attended Mt. Carmel Academy in Thibodaux and then St. Joseph’s Academy 
in Baton Rouge, where she graduated in 1933. She was also a graduate of the 
Graduate School of Banking of the South at LSU. She was a longtime Thibodaux 
banker, with a 50 year career at Lafourche National Bank, and after a short 
period of retirement, 8 years at Acadian Bank. Throughout her banking career, 
she was passionate about helping others achieve their goals. Her favorite 
pastimes were fishing in the surf at Grand Isle, league bowling, and most 
importantly, spending time with family. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph Co-
Cathedral.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her name may be made to: Brothers of 
the Sacred Heart, 4600 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122.

Thibodaux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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