ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GASPARD, EULA MAE PEREZ 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Daily Review, The (Morgan City, LA)

Published Monday, November 22, 2010

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GASPARD, EULA MAE PEREZ 
December 20, 1936 - November 19, 2010 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Mrs. Eula Mae Perez Gaspard, 
73, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church 
of New Iberia. Fr. Steve LeBlanc will be the celebrant. Interment will follow at 
Holy Family Mausoleum.

A gathering of family and friends will be held today, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, at 
Evangeline Funeral Home in New Iberia, from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m., with the 
Rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. The funeral home will reopen on Tuesday from 9 
a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Mrs. Gaspard passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Lafayette 
General Medical Center.

Eula Mae Perez Gaspard was born Dec. 20, 1936, on Hope Plantation in Jeanerette 
to Vedia Stanley Perez and Fedora Owens Perez. Her family moved to Adeline, and 
later to New Iberia when she was 20. Early in her life, she worked as a 
seamstress with Broussard's Mens and Boys, Morgan and Lindsey, and the Franklin 
Dept. Store.

Mrs. Gaspard was also a homemaker who loved spending time with family and 
friends. She possessed an untiring love for her children. She was fascinated 
with beautiful flowers. Eula Mae firmly believed in the "Man upstairs," and had 
immense faith in Jesus Christ. She absolutely loved children. Her love of 
cooking and the cooking channel led to the publishing of her own cookbook, "Eula 
Mae's Home Cooking, Cajun Style Recipes." Many wonderful meals were shared and 
enjoyed by family and friends. She will be forever remembered as a loving and 
devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and will be missed dearly.

Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Donald Ray Gaspard of New Iberia; her 
daughters, Priscilla Gaspard of New Iberia, Fedora Boudreaux and husband, 
Brennan, of Patterson, Mona Mendoza and husband, Lawrence, of New Iberia, Joan 
Gaspard of Scott, and Dale Newman and husband, Kevin, of Iota; a stepdaughter, 
Tammy Hammons and husband, Jimmy, of New Iberia; nine grandchildren, Richard 
Darby, Madeline Darby, Brennan Michael Boudreaux, Hannah Boudreaux, Aaron 
Johnson, Darryan Johnson, Alex Mendoza, Christopher Newman and Abigail Newman; a 
brother, Minus Perez and wife, JoAnn, of St. Martinville; and her best friend, 
Lydia Broussard.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Vedia and Fedora Perez; and a brother, 
John Perez.

Pallbearers will be Lawrence Mendoza, Brennan Boudreaux, Kevin Newman, Brennan 
Michael Boudreaux, Aaron Johnson and John Allen Darby.

Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia, 337-364-1881, is in charge of 
arrangements.

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