TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for DELANCEY, BETTY JO Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Samart Funeral Home of Houma, La. Died: Monday, February 13, 2017 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= DELANCEY, BETTY JO March 17, 1930 - February 13, 2017 ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2017/f1702.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Betty Jo DeLancey, 86, of Houma, passed away on February 13, 2017. Visitation will be held Friday, February 17, 2017 from 5pm to 8pm, with the service to start at 6pm, at Samart Funeral Home of Houma. Burial will take place Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Columbia, MS. She is survived by her children, Charles Henry DeLancey and wife Dora, Annette Mena and husband Jorge, Margaret Koestler and husband Mark, Danny DeLancey and wife Lisa, Virginia Fitch and husband Ronald; Betty Jo was a proud grandmother to 17 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; and 4 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emitte and Iola Bourn; husband, Charles DeLancey; son, Joe Warren DeLancey; brothers, Emitte Bourn, Milton Bourn; and sisters, Mary Hadley, Lois Thomas. Betty Jo's health may have declined but her spirit is still strong. "I have fought the good fight, I finished the race, and I have kept the faith." Samart is in charge of arrangements. ======================