Nina Mae Bernard Suru

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 22, 2018 in the Delhomme Funeral Home Chapel of the Flowers for Nina Mae Suru, 101, who died peacefully at her home in Broussard on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Interment will take place immediately after Mass in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Cecile Nina Mae Bernard was born June 6, 1917 in Broussard, the second daughter of Denis and Marie Bernard. She attended St. Cecilia School and graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute with a bachelor’s degree in education. Over the next thirty years she taught second grade to an entire generation of Broussard residents, who remember her with great affection and respect. During World War II she met and married Sgt. Dennis Suru of Akron, Ohio, who was stationed nearby with the Army Air Force. After the war they spent a few years in Ohio, where their daughter Nina Denise and their son John Bernard were born, but soon they returned to Broussard where they spent the rest of their lives. John was severely handicapped from birth, and for his entire life Nina Mae devoted herself to his growth and development. To all who knew her, she was a kind, selfless and cheerful presence. In June of 2017, nearly 100 friends and relatives joined her in celebrating her 100th birthday. A lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Broussard, she sang in the choir, and for decades she, her brother, and her seven sisters were a major part of the annual Broussard Community Fair held at the church. She is survived by her daughter, Nina Godfrey, son-in-law Dr. John Godfrey, grandchildren Brian, Eliot, and Paul Godfrey, and great-grandchildren Elizabeth Mae and Suru Eleanor Godfrey; and by her sisters Aline Duhon and Rose Ste. Marie. She was preceded in death by her husband Dennis, son John, brother L.D., and sisters Gertrude, Agnes, Elizabeth, and Louise. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the D.R.E.A.M.S. Foundation of Acadiana, 113 Oil Center Drive, Lafayette, LA 70503 or at www.dreamsfoundationaca.org/donate. Personal condolences may be sent to the Suru family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Nina Mae Bernard Suru

June 6, 1917 - December 16, 2018