Ramona Eloise Guillory

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2014, at a 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial in Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers in Lafayette, for Ramona Rambin Guillory, 86, who passed away on Monday, August 25, 2014 at her home in Lafayette. Interment will be held in Fountain Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Howard Blessing, Pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lafayette, will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the Funeral services. Altar Servers will be Luke and Joseph Bryson. The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Delhomme Funeral Home on Bertrand from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 PM on Wednesday evening in the funeral home. Visiting hours will continue Thursday from 10:00 AM until the time of service. She is survived by her two children, Susan Guillory Scialoia and her husband Richard and Jimmy Guillory and his wife Renee; four grandchildren, Chad Kidder and his wife Margaret, Katie Kidder Crosbie and her husband James, Jamie Guillory and Kelli Guillory; three great grandchildren, Bennett Kidder, Olivia Kidder and Zoe Crosbie; and one sister, Mrs. Nell Rambin Clark. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Bennett Guillory, Sr.; parents, Robert E. Lee Rambin and Seawillow Flores Rambin; eight sisters; and three brothers. Ramona Guillory was a native of Rambin, Louisiana and lived most of her life in Lafayette. She left home at age 17 for nursing school, earning her Bachelor's Degree and becoming a Registered Nurse. She married J.B. Guillory on December 24, 1950 and moved to Lafayette to begin their life. She worked at Our Lady of Lourdes, becoming Director of Nurses there, was an office manager for Dr. John Attrep and the Allergy Clinic and finished her career as a school parish nurse with the Lafayette Parish School Board. Ramona had a passion for gardening and was known for her Poinsettias. She was a devout Catholic all of her life and was very involved with her Holy Cross Church community, having volunteered with the St. Vincent de Paul Society. She loved poetry, reading, exercising, cooking for her family and she and J.B. spent many years as members of the Krewe of Zeus and enjoyed participating in Mardi Gras activities. Ramona valued her friendships, especially with two of her close friends, Marlene St. Romain and Gwen Perdomo. She had a special place in her heart for her grandchildren and great grandchildren and spent as much time with them as she could. Ramona will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Pallbearers will be Neal Clark, Joseph Clark, Vaughn Jordan, James Crosbie, Chad Kidder and Kerry Bryson. Personal condolences may be sent to the Guillory family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Ramona Eloise Guillory

July 5, 1928 - August 25, 2014