ELVA BRUCE Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

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

6 July 2005

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July 02. 2005 11:56PM (NOTE: This file was listed as 3 July 2005 on WWW)

Elva Bruce

Elva Vegas Bruce, 85, a native of Lafourche Parish and a resident of Cut Off, 
died at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2005.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to funeral time Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church in Cut Off. Mass will be 11 a.m. Monday at the church, with burial at 
Cheramie Cemetery in Galliano.

She is survived by two sons, Luxton Bruce and wife, Diane, and Gary "Moose" 
Bruce and wife, Gloria; one daughter, Janet Baudoin; one daughter-in-law, Joyce 
Bruce; one brother, Linton Vegas; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and 
five great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John S. Bruce; her parents, Edward and 
Alexina "Cora" Pitre Vegas; one son, Jacob J. Bruce; her in-laws, Arthur "Jean" 
and Odelia Bruce; one brother, Roman Vegas; and two sisters, Matilda Gilbeaux 
and Amie Bruce.

She was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off. She was also a 
past member of the church's Ladies Altar Society and a member of the American 
Legion Auxiliary in Galliano.

She was a homemaker.