Mary Alphonse

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St. Edmond Catholic Church in Lafayette, for Mary Poirier Alphonse, 80, who passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014 at her home in Lafayette. Interment will be held in Holy Mary Mother of God Cemetery. Reverend Gilbert Dutel, Pastor of St. Edmond Catholic Church in Lafayette, will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Mary was a lifelong resident of the Acadiana area. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lafayette and was very active in her church parish, St. Edmond church in Lafayette. She volunteered at Hamilton Medical Center (now Regional Medical Center of Acadiana). She enjoyed playing pokeno and making trips to the casino with her friends. She was the best cook, spaghetti being one of her many wonderful dishes, along with her Christmas chocolate candies. Mary loved cooking for all of the children at S.J. Montgomery and never let one go unfed. She cherished her time spent with her nieces and nephews. She was selfless and always had time for anyone, no matter what was going on in her life. She never complained and always brought out the positive side to things. She enjoyed life to the fullest and made every moment count. Mary will be dearly missed by her family, friends and all who knew and loved her. She is survived by two sisters, Theresa Poirier and Bertha Gerard; and by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony "Tony" Alphonse; parents, Leopold and Emelie Poche Poirier; one nephew, Marc Poirier; two brothers, Carroll "Pop" Wilson Poirier and Claude Poirier. The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Friday, September 26, 2014, in Delhomme Funeral Home on Bertrand from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Two Rosaries will be prayed, one at 6:30 PM and one at 7:30 PM on Friday evening in the funeral home. Visiting hours will continue on Saturday from 8:00 AM until the time of service. Pallbearers will be Leopold M. Poirier, Charles S. Poirier, Roland Maturin, Christopher Kesel, Paul Gumpert and Matthew Smith. Special thanks to her nieces, Lindsey Smith and Ashley Maturin and her nephew, Leopold Poirier, for their compassionate, loving care for her. Personal condolences may be sent to the Alphonse family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Mary Alphonse

January 18, 1934 - September 22, 2014