Irene Marie Frederick

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, September 10, 2010 at Our Lady of Fatima Church for Irene S. Frederick, 92, who passed away on September 8, 2010 at 5:30 am at Lafayette General Medical Center following a long illness, preceded by a stroke suffered in 2006. Reverend Peter Emusa, Pastor at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, will conduct the funeral services. Interment will take place at St. Peter's Cemetery in Carencro, Louisiana. Mrs. Frederick, a resident of , Lafayette, LA, was the daughter of the late Rose Miller Savoie and Wilfred Savoie, Sr. She was born in Cankton, LA on October 9, 1917. She attended LSU Baton Rouge, graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Charity Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans, and received a B.S. in Education from SW Louisiana Institute (UL). Mrs. Frederick was a past president of the Louisiana State Dental Auxillary. She served as a nurse at the S. L. I. (UL) Day Care Center in the early 1950's. She was a member of the Galvez Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Alfred Mouton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Frederick was also a past member of the Lafayette Town House, and the Southwestern Louisiana Mardi Gras Association, and, with her late husband, was a Charter Member of Oakbourne Country Club. She was a member of the Nimble Thimble Sewing Club. She was an avid gardener, and won first place in the Residential Competition Division of the Lafayette Azalea Trail in the early 1980s. She is survived by her daughters, Dawn Frederick of Lafayette, and Gay Frederick Rothe and her husband William R. Rothe of Hilton Head, SC; two grandchildren, Heather D. Rougeou of Lafayette and Todd Rougeou and his wife, Heather B. Rougeou; three great grandchildren, Emma Grace, Mattie Lynn, and Will Rougeou, all of Baton Rouge; one brother, Wilfred Savoie, Jr. and sister-in-law, Gertrude Miller Savoie of Cankton; her devoted niece and neighbor, Shelly Savoie Thompson of Lafayette; nephews, Dr. Ralph Sagrera of New Orleans, Wayne Sagrera of Abbeville, and Robert Savoie of Eunice; nieces Eldine Savoie Budden of Palmetto, Geraldine Savoie Soileaux of Eunice, Joy Savoie Uste of Cankton, and Susan Savoie Ball of Pearland, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Sidney Frederick, her parents, her brothers, Alex, who died on Bataan in WW II, and Warren, and sisters-in-law, Hilda Breaux Savoie and Grace Frederick Moity. The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to Debra Breaux, and Mrs. Fredrick's other wonderful caregivers, and to Doctors S.R. Kothapalli and Matthew Holden and the other medical professionals who have all been so attentive during the past several yeras. Visiting hours will be held at Delhomme Funeral Home of Lafayette Thursday from 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm and on Friday from 8:00 am until the time of services. A Rosary will be recited at 6:00 pm by Deacon Tim Maragos in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 2319 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA 70503 or to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston Street, Ste 200, Lafayette, LA 70503. Personal condolences may be sent to the Frederick family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Irene Marie Frederick

October 9, 1917 - September 8, 2010