Marguerite Mouton Obituary

Mouton, Marguerite Blair Funeral service will be held on Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at a 9 a.m. requiem Mass in The Episcopal Church of the Ascension for Mrs. William H. Mouton, the former Marguerite Blair, age 86, who passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, in Lafayette. The Rev. Larry G. Wilkes, rector of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, will officiate at the funeral service. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Lafayette. Marguerite was born in Plaquemine on Oct. 10, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Hugh Blair, who was of Orford, N.H., and the former Helen Cefalu, who was of New Orleans. She was raised in Covington in the family home on Military Road. Marguerite graduated from S.L.I. in 1940 in secretarial science. At S.L.I., she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma social sorority and served as chapter president and was a member of the Red Coat Club. Of special note, during 1939, while a student at S.L.I., she completed the V-12 Civilian Pilot Training Program, one of the first women in the area to do so, including her solo flight to Erath. After World War II began, Marguerite was offered a job with the Army-Air Force Technical Training Command in New Orleans, but was unable to accept, as she was then a wife and young mother. Marguerite was active in many civic and social organizations. She was a charter/founding member of the first woman's Mardi Gras Krewe in Lafayette organized in 1968, the Krewe of Attakapas. She also enjoyed serving as a member of the Queen's Committee for the Lafayette Town House, Order of the Troubadours, for more than 20 years from the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s. She was a member of the Lafayette Museum Association and Vingt Quatre, managing organization of the Alexandre Mouton House. She was also a charter member of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary at Lafayette General Hospital and a member of the Galvez Chapter of DAR. She was an active member of a ladies civic and social club named La Causerie from the 1950s through the 1970s. For many years, she enjoyed a weekly bridge foursome, played golf and was an avid grower of Louisiana native dogwoods and camellias. At one time, Marguerite earned her real estate license and managed rent houses for many years. This most exceptional woman, known as Marguerite, Mom, Ma or Maggie, was beloved by her family and friends and will be sorely missed by all. Survivors include two sons and two daughters, William Hugh "Billy" Mouton and his wife, Ramona Venable Mouton, Arthur D. "Art" Mouton and his wife, Catherine Haydel Mouton, all of Lafayette, Marguerite Mouton Taylor and her husband, Robert E. Taylor, of Jackson, Miss., and Blair Mouton Lockwood and her husband, Thomas M. Lockwood III, of Baton Rouge. Marguerite leaves seven grandchildren, Benjamin P. Mouton, Mona Mouton Romero, U.S. Army Maj. Daniel E. Mouton, Guy W. Mouton, Jeanne M. Mouton, Dillon J. Lockwood and Daniel Lockwood; and eight great-grandchildren, Ryan, Austin and Damon Romero, Lindsey, Brennan and Alex Mouton, and Colette and Giselle Mouton; Marguerite is also survived by two brothers, Hugh C. Blair of Baton Rouge and Edwin Albro Blair of Selma, Ala.; a sister, Mary Blair Parramore of Houston; and two special godchildren, Alicia Straub Kreamer and Harriet Pooler. Marguerite was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jerome E. Mouton; her husband of 60 years, William H. "Bill" Mouton; a sister, Helen Blair Dilts; and a half brother, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Arthur W. Blair, a graduate of West Point, who was killed in action on Dec. 25, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Sunday. Pallbearers will be Benjamin P. Mouton, Guy William Mouton, Dillon J. Lockwood, Hugh C. Blair Jr., James M. Jennings, Thomas M. Lockwood III, Robert E. Taylor and Lee Romero. Honorary pallbearers are J.J. Burdin Jr., U.S. Army Maj. Daniel E. Mouton, W. Daniel Lockwood and Ben Pooler. We, her children, extend special thanks to Cathy Mouton, her angel who took care of our mother and father during their last years, the late Dr. Robert Martinez, Dr. Glen Mire, the staff at Lafayette Care Center, Lafayette General Medical Center, Dr. Robert Romero, her caregivers, Linda Lightfoot, Euradell Lovely, Terry Stacy and Deborah Broussard for their many years of devoted care and assistance they gave to our mother, and to Scrilda Duhon and Teresa Angelle, who also cared for her while she was at home, and lastly, Stephanie Demirsu, her beautician, who attended her every week without fail. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations in the name of Marguerite Blair Mouton be made to Hospice Foundation of Acadiana Inc., 2600 Johnston St., Suite 236, Lafayette, LA 70503, Olive Branch of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 1030 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA 70501, Lafayette Museum Association, 1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette, LA 70501, or a charity of your choice. Personal condolences can be sent to the Mouton family at http://www.delhommefuneralhome. com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, is in charge of all funeral arrangements.

Published by The Advocate from Feb. 18 to Feb. 19, 2006.
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Mrs. Mouton was a wonderful neighbor to us when we lived next door to her in Lafayette in the mid-1980s. She was particularly happy when she learned that my father, Joe Gerace, was so fond of his former co-worker, Buck Lockwood. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Paul, Ginny and Mary Turner Benoist

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