ST. MARY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: GOWLAND, ELOISE CHARLOTTE PITON Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: Daily Review, The (Morgan City, LA) Published October 11, 2010 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== GOWLAND, ELOISE CHARLOTTE PITON ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/stmary/obits/dateobits/2010/sm1010.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Eloise Charlotte Piton Gowland, 97, a native of New Orleans and a 53-year resident of Morgan City, died Friday, October 8, 2010, in Baton Rouge. Eloise was a woman of deep and abiding faith in God and was totally devoted to her husband, her children and grandchildren, who will affectionately remember her as "Grandma Weezie." She graduated from Sophie B. Wright in New Orleans and worked at the Singer Sewing Machine Co. and Edgar Murray Supply Co. until her family relocated to Morgan City in 1957 and she began working in her husband's accounting practice. Eloise was a very active and faithful parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Morgan City, where she served as a teacher and principal of the CCD program for more than 20 years. She was a member of Our Lady Star of the Sea, the Come, Lord Jesus! program and a former member of the Krewe of Galatea. Along with her husband, Bill, she was also active for many years in the Sacred Heart High School Boosters Club. Eloise is survived by her daughter, Judy G. Edwards and husband, Terry, of Baton Rouge; and sons, Charles L. Gowland and wife, Peggy, of Morgan City, Winfred W. Gowland and wife, Peggy, of Atlanta, and Paul L. Gowland and wife, Susan, of New Orleans. She also is survived by 13 grandchildren:Ann Marie G. Satter, Wesley W. Gowland, Catherine G. David, Elizabeth G. Barron, Charles L. Gowland Jr., Joanna G. Marx, William T. Edwards, Justin M. Edwards, Win S. Gowland, John D. Gowland, Michelle G. Gibson, Melissa G. Hess and Lelia A. Gowland. Other survivors include 20 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband, Wilfred S. "Bill" Gowland Sr.; her parents, Charles L. Piton and Mary H. Piton; son, Wilfred S. Gowland Jr.; granddaughter, Lelia Elizabeth Gowland; brother, Paul L. Piton; and sisters, Lillian P. Ahten, Helen P. EscudŽ and Nathalie P. Cook. Pallbearers will be her six grandsons. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 12, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Twin City Funeral Home, 412 Fourth St., Morgan City, with a rosary at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at the funeral home. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Morgan City. Interment will follow at Hope Mausoleum, 4841 Canal St., New Orleans. Special thanks to Life Sources Hospice Services and compassionate caregivers, Tomeka and Juliette. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Maintenance Fund, P. O. Box 632, Morgan City, LA 70381. ===================