Sister Octaviana Rosas

Octaviana Ortega Rosas, 67, a native of Cojumatlan De Regules, Michoacan and a resident of Houma, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Visitation will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 5 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Amelia. A funeral Mass will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial held at a later date in Mexico. She is survived by her cousin, “sister” Ana Maria Ortega; and many other cousins and nephews who are living in Mexico and California. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesus Ortega and Maria Genaro Rosas; and three siblings, Martha Ortega Rosas, Arcelia Ortega Rosas and Rodolfo Ortega Rosas. Sister Octaviana Ortega Rosas was a religious sister of the Guadalupan Missionaries of the Holy Spirit. She was born Nov. 21, 1943. She became a missionary on March 8, 1963. She was a missionary in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and lastly here in Houma. She was a sister full of life and loved her vocation. She enjoyed arts and crafts, cooking, gardening, flowers and especially serving those who were in need. We celebrate her many God given gifts, and all that which she so generously gave to each one of us. She will be greatly missed.