TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for HIMEL, VALERIE SAVOIE 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Chauvin Funeral Home, Houma, La.

Died: Sunday, September 13, 2015

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HIMEL, VALERIE SAVOIE 
July 29, 1932 - September 13, 2015 fff

Valerie Savoie Himel, 83, died Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 07:05 AM.
She was a natvvve of Houma and resident of Bourg, LA.

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Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 from 9:00 AM until 
funeral time at Annunziata Catholic Church with a Mass of Christian Burial 
following at 11:00 AM. 

Burial will be held in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery #2.

She is survived by her son, Mickey John Himel and wife, Sandra; daughters, Tina 
Marie Himel Piazza and husband, Kenneth, and Toni Faye Himel Romero and 
husband, Richard; grandchildren, Stephen James Piazza and Nicholas Andrew 
Romero.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Roy Andrew "Cheeks" 
Himel; parents, Paul James and Antoinette Uzee Savoie; brothers, Benjamin, Paul 
and Carroll Savoie; sisters, Bessie S. Brunet, Elsie and Jeanette Savoie.

She was a parishioner of Annunziata Catholic Church.

She retired from Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Courts Office after 24 years of 
service as a Supervisor in Civil and Probate Department. She was a member of 
the Annunziata Catholic Church and Altar Society. She enjoyed reading, watching 
her soap operas and going to the casino. She was a loving wife, mother and 
grandmother.

Thanks to Toni and Richard Romero for opening their home, and Lorraine and 
Danny Allemand who were there through chemo and trips to Oschner. Thanks to her 
neighbors who kept an eye on her property. A special thank you to the nurses at 
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC for their compassion and care, and to 
all those who said prayers for her recovery - especially Father Mike Bergeron, 
Father Glenn LeCompte, Deacon Joey Lirette, South Louisiana Hospice and Donna 
Hutchinson, Kena Davis and care giver Sherri Parr. 

In lieu of flowers, we ask that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s 
Research Hospital in memory of Roy A. and Valerie S. Himel.

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