TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for ROME, MYRTLE HEBERT 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Ordoyne Funeral home, Thibodaux, La.

Died: Monday, January 23, 2017

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ROME, MYRTLE HEBERT 
January 23, 201ż

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Myrtle Hebert Rome, 93, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 at 1:22 AM. Born, 
April, 7 1923, she was a native of Lafayette and resident of Houma, LA.

A visitation will be held on Friday, January 27, 2017 from 11:00AM until 
service time at St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial 
will begin at 1:00PM at the church 

with burial following at Saint Francis de Sales Cemetery #2.

She is survived by her daughters, Sheila (Richard ) R. MacWilliams, Rhonda 
(J.D.) R. Schoonenberg; son, Bradley (Patti) Rome; grandchildren, Kent (Meghan) 
MacWilliams, Kate MacWilliams, Conor MacWilliams, Spencer (Brooke) 
Schoonenberg, Emily Schoonenberg, Lindsay Rome, Jamie Rome, Harrison Rome and 
Ellie Rome; great granddaughter, Reagan MacWilliams; sisters, Mary Ann Holmes 
and Gail Hebert and many beloved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Rome, Jr.; parents, George and 
Stella Girouard Hebert; son, George Rome, III; brothers, George Hebert, Jr. and 
Patrick Raymond Hebert, brother in law, Richard Holmes; sisters in law, Mary 
Ann Hebert and Gloria Hebert.

She was a graduate of Terrebonne High School.

She attended SLI in Lafayette for two years before attending nursing school at 
Hotel Dieu where she was President of her class. In her senior year of nursing 
school she was recruited to the U.S. Army Nurse Cadet Corps to supplement the 
nursing shortage in the United States during World War II. At her 50 year class 
reunion she received the Alumni of the year award.

She was a parishioner of St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church. She, along with 
her husband George were founding members of the church and was one of their 
first Eucharistic members to the homebound. She remained active with the church 
into her late eighties.

She was an active member of the Catholic Daughters for many years. She was a 
private duty nurse in Houma. She found her passion when she began working for 
the first OB GYN in Houma, Dr. Walter Bringaze and continued for over 25 years.

Her family would like to thank her beloved sitters, Cathy Cambre, Charlotte 
Foret, Kathy Shirtler, Catherine Bourdier, and Nita Callegan.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Covenant House, 611 North 
Rampart Street, New Orleans, 70112 or The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, 
www.svdphouma.com, 107 Point St, Houma, LA 70360.

U.S. Army
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