TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  FOSTER, GERTIE 
 
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Chauvin Funeral Home, Houma, La.

Died: Thursday, October 13, 2016

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FOSTER, GERTIE 
January 04, 1922 - October 13, 2016

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Gertie Boudreaux Foster, 94, died Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 3:11 AM. 
She was a native of Napoleonville, LA and resident of Houma, LA.

Visitation will be held on Friday, October 14, 2016 at Chauvin Funeral Home 
from 5:00 PM until 8:30 PM and on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at St Francis de 
Sales Cathedral from 9:30AM to service time at St. Francis de Sales.  A Mass of 
Christian Burial will be held on Saturday following visitation at the Cathedral 
at 11:00 AM 

with burial to follow in St. Francis Cemetery #2.

Gertie is survived by her children, Danny Foster and wife Annette, Dianne 
Foster Blanchard and husband Al, and Billy Foster and wife Annette; 
grandchildren, Dehron Foster, Deitra Foster, Aimee Foster Porche, Alyce Foster, 
and Ryan Burtchaell; step-grandchildren, Ginger LeBlanc, Dawn Mayet, Christina 
Prevost; Great grandchildren, Ryan Mayet, Morgan Domangue, Foster Porche, Blake 
Prevost, Roman Porche, and Reese LeBlanc.

She was preceded in death by her husband William Foster Sr.; parents, Henry and 
Clementine Rodrigue Boudreaux; brothers, Oneil, Herbert, Dalton, Harry, and  
Henry Boudreaux;  and sisters, Hilda Holle, Therese  Whatley, Shirley Lainhart, 
and Jeanne Andre’;

She was the Matriarch of her family and last survivor of her generation of the 
Boudreaux family. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, 
great grandmother, and friend. She touched many lives in the community. Gertie 
loved spending time and being surrounded by her family and friends. She enjoyed 
traveling with family and making them laugh.  One of her passions was reading; 
and she was proud to be the oldest  member of  the “Family and Friends Book 
Club.” She had a contagious love of life, and she freely shared that love with 
everyone. 

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to St. Jude’s 
Children’s Hospital in her name.

Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to serve the Foster family.

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