Visit their gravesite at
Resthaven Gardens, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
GERALDINE "JERRY" [SCHUEBEL] BOURGOYNE
Born on a dairy farm in Edson, Wis., and a resident of Baton Rouge since 1949, she died peacefully at home Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. She was 74.
Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Visiting will also be at
St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church from 9:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Saturday, celebrated by the Rev. Timothy Kerner, CSsR. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
In addition to rearing six children, she had a 45-year career in the restaurant/hotel food and beverage industry, beginning with the Heidelberg Hotel and retiring from the Hilton. Upon her retirement, she faithfully devoted her newly found time to her church parish and was an active member of the St. Gerard Majella Altar Rosary Society. Throughout her life, she generously shared with others her extraordinary joy of cooking, canning and crocheting.
Survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law,
- Barbara and Ronnie Bovard, Baton Rouge,
- Karen and Gary Drinkwater, Franklin,
- Carol and Robert Roberts, Houston, and
- Yvonne Thomas, Baton Rouge;
two sons and daughters-in-law,
- Clifford Jr. and Rena Bourgoyne, Walker, and
- Roger and Sally Bourgoyne, Baton Rouge;
14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Also survived by her twin brother, Gerald Schuebel, Manitowoc, Wis.
Preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Clifford B. "Red" Bourgoyne Sr., a native of Plaquemine, whom she met in St. Petersburg, Fla., duringWorld War II;
parents, John and Clara Schuebel; and three brothers.
Special thanks to Redemptorist Fathers Sam Maranto, Joseph Steffes and Timothy Kerner and Brother Clement Furno. Thanks, also, to Hospice of Baton Rouge, especially Cynthia Holmes, R.N., and Suzanne Vincent, BCSW.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Memorial donations may be made to the Rev. Thomas J. Allain Seminary Scholarship Fund, Diocese of Baton Rouge, P.O. Box 2028, Baton Rouge LA 70821.
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - Friday, October 29, 1999
CLIFFORD B. "RED" BOURGOYNE SR.
Died 12:25 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 1988, in Baton Rouge. He was 69, a native of Plaquemine and resident of Baton Rouge. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Visiting at St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church, 5354 Plank Road, 1 p.m. Friday until Mass of Christian Burial at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Joseph Pellettieri. Burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Survived by wife, Jerry Bourgoyne;
- four daughters, Mrs. Karen Drinkwater, Thibodaux, Mrs. Barbara Bovard, Mrs. Carol Galland and Mrs. Yvonne Thomas, all of Baton Rouge;
- two sons, Clifford B. Bourgoyne Jr., Walker, and Roger Bourgoyne, Plaquemine;
- a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bezet, Brusly; and
- 13 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Curt Bezet, Wilbur Russ, A.J. Doiron, Art Drinkwater, Earl Suffrin and Gil Suffrin.
He was a member of St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church, Radio and TV Technicians Association of Louisiana, and American Legion Post No. 167.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church. Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., in charge of arrangements.
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - Friday, March 4, 1988
