PTERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for POIENCOT, BETTY 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21, 2015

Died: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015

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POIENCOT, BETTY 

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Betty Ann Eschete Poiencot, 80, a native of Houma and resident of Bayou 
Dularge, died at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. 

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday, Aug. 22, at St. 
Eloi Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at 
the church, 

with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery II. 

She is survived by her spouse, Aloysius ""Al"" Poiencot; sons, Doug Poiencot 
and wife, Simone, David Poiencot and wife, Sheila, Kelly Poiencot and wife, 
Daphne, and Al Poiencot and wife, Priscilla; daughters, Gwen Trahan and 
husband, Darrel, Mary Robinson and husband, Mike, and Celeste Landry and 
husband, Pat; brother, Nolan Eschete Jr. and late wife, Patsy; sister, 
Christine Eunice and late husband, Benny; grandchildren, Matt Benoit and wife, 
Lori, Katie Danos and husband, Daniel, J.R. Trahan, Mandi Trahan, Shawn 
Robinson and wife, Corrina, Phillip Robinson and wife, Ashley, Drake Poiencot, 
Therese Poiencot, Gavin Poiencot, Abbigail Poiencot, Celina Hargenrader and 
husband, James, Tess Fonseca and husband, Brandon, Delanna Poiencot, Kylle 
Poiencot and Delane Poiencot; and great-grandchildren, Brock, Scarlet, Dylan, 
Adeline, Kane, Emily, Connie, Billy, Carl, Isaiah, Lily, Lanie, Lyla, Phillip, 
Shawn, Laila, Kolby, Zoe, Jack, Sawyer and Lucy. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Nolan Eschete Sr. and Lela Matherne 
Eschete; grandchild, Olivia Fonseca; and brother, Donald Eschete and wife, 
Genevieve. 

Betty Ann was a parishioner of St. Eloi Catholic Church. She was involved in 
the Bayou Dularge Community from the day she moved on the bayou in 1957. She 
was an active member of the St. Eloi Ladies Auxiliary and the Knights of 
Columbus Council 8779 Ladies Auxiliary. She was a past volunteer at Chabert 
Medical Center Gift Shop. She was an avid artist who loved crafts, reading and 
the New Orleans Saints. She especially loved decorating her home for the 
Christmas holidays to share with her family and friends. 
She always said she was not just a housewife, but a domestic engineer. 

She will be sadly missed by all the people she touched in her life. She will be 
especially missed by her family and loving husband of 61 years. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Mary Bird Perkins Cancer 
Center, 8166 Main Street, Suite 102, Houma, LA 70360. 

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. 

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