ELMER BRUNET, SR. Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

22 Feb 2005

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February 21. 2005 12:00AM

Elmer Brunet Sr.					[Photo]

Elmer Joseph Brunet Sr., 80, a native and resident of Houma, died at 5:18 p.m. 
Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005.

Visitation will be from 5 to 10 p.m. today at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 8:30 
a.m. to funeral time Tuesday at St. Bernadette Catholic Church. Veteran service 
will be at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 
the church, with burial in Halfway Cemetery.

He is survived by four sons, Elmer J. Brunet Jr. and wife, Sheila, John Paul 
Brunet and wife, Marilyn, Derrell J. Brunet and wife, Josie, of Houma and Steven 
A. Brunet and wife, Maggie, of Chauvin; two daughters, Linda M. Brunet of 
B. Houma 
and Marlene B. Verdin and husband, Lawrence, of Dulac; 15 grandchildren; 27 
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marguerite Marie LeBoeuf Brunet; his 
parents, Albert Andre Brunet and Lillie Marcel Brunet; one son, Kenneth P. 
Brunet; one grandson, Felton Brunet; four brothers, Norris, Henry, Albert and 
Russell Brunet; and five sisters, Marie B. Prest, Alice B. Dolese, Justilia B. 
Dupre, Mazel B. Dupre and Delores B. Marcel.

He was a retired bridge tender foreman for the Louisiana State Department of 
Transportation and a farmer. He was a former volunteer fireman at Bayou Cane 
Fire Department.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a parishioner of St. Bernadette 
Catholic Church.