Marilyn Buford

Visitation will be held at Delhomme Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 from 4:00pm until 8:00pm with a Rosary at 6:30pm. Visitation will continue on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 12:00pm until 2:30pm followed by a funeral Mass, which will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Church at 3:00pm, for Marilyn Myra Grasso Buford, 70, who died on May 30, 2015. Marilyn was a native of Lafayette, Louisiana. She attended Our Lady of Fatima school and graduated from Lafayette High School. She married Frederick Dean Buford of St. Martinville in 1965. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana and completed her bachelor degree in nursing and went on to complete her Master’s degree in nursing. She worked at Lafayette General Medical Center for 27 years. She then went on to become a nursing instructor at ULL, from which she retired in 2014. She was an avid supporter of ULL athletics, following the death of her husband she established the Freddie Buford Fund, raising money for and establishing a new study hall for student athletes. As a faculty member, she served on the Ragin Cajun athletic committee. She was also active in the community teaching catechism and serving as a Eucharistic minister. She served for many years on the board of Camp Bon Cour, which supports children with heart anomalies. She was known by those fortunate enough to be a part of her life as a kind and loving person. She exemplified God’s unconditional love in her love for her children, and she will be missed dearly by all those who loved her. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Michael and Mary Anne Grasso; by her husband of 33 years, Frederick Dean Buford and her sister, JoAnne Varisco. She is survived by her sisters, Nancy Duco and her brother in law Lanny Duco of Pierre Part, LA and Eileen Duke of Bossier City, LA; son, Michael Joseph Buford and his wife, Sally Buford of Lafayette, LA; daughter Dr. Amy Anne Buford of Houston, TX; son, Frederick Dean Buford of Lafayette, LA, and son, Mark Buford of Lafayette, LA; grandchildren Ashley, Michael, and Nicholas Buford of Lafayette, Lauren and Brennan Buford of Carencro, LA and Ava Buford of Lafayette, and one great grandchild, Olivia Robicheaux of Hammond, LA. Personal condolences may be sent to the Buford family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Marilyn Buford

March 17, 1945 - May 30, 2015