Geraldine "Gerry" Mary Faucheux Labat

Geraldine "Gerry" Mary Faucheux Labat, 66, a native of Vacherie and resident of Crowley, died at 12:27 a.m. Sunday, June 15, 2008. Visitation will be from 5 to 10 p.m. today at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at St. Bernadette Catholic Church. Mass will be at noon Wednesday at the church, with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Raymond August Labat of Crowley; three sons, Steven Labat of Houma, Paul Labat and fiancee’, Rachelle Hulin, of Duson, and Kevin Labat and wife, Chasity of Houma; seven daughters, Alison Dryden and husband, Bret, of Houma, Shirley LaFleur and companion, Steven Miller, of Crowley, Carolyn Bertrand and husband, Randy, of Estherwood, Tammy Arceneaux and husband, Donald Jr., Carla Bergeron and husband, Jason, of Houma, Pauline Hartsell and husband, James, of Lyons Point, and Mandy Richard and husband, Terrence, of Duson; two brothers, Norman Faucheux and wife, Cindy, of Hammond, and Emile Faucheux Jr. and wife, Lana, of Vacherie; 17 grandchildren and one on the way; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emile Faucheux Sr. and Cecilia Waguespack Faucheux; and one sister, Claudia Senft. She was a homemaker and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary.