RITA BABIN Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 1 May 2005 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= April 30. 2005 1:34AM Rita Babin [Photo] Rita Mae Baradell Babin, 74, a native of Thibodaux died April 28, 2005, in Gretna. Visitation will be 8 to 10:30 a.m. today at Westside/Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home in Marrero. A prayer service will take place at 10:30 a.m. today at the funeral home. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lafitte. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux. She is survived by four sons, Harold Jr., Robert, James and Kenneth Babin; four daughters, Sandy Young, Cindy Melancon, Marilyn Higgins and Debbie Kerner; four sisters, Mildred Adams, Marie Babin, Shirley Simmons and Rose Boudreaux; 23 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Babin; one daughter, Heta M. Babin; her parents, Robert and Cecile Braud Baradell; two brothers, Charles and Robert Baradell Jr.; and her companion, Irvin Forsyth.