Rita Bourgeois

Thursday, Dec. 23
December 23, 2010
Southdown Plantation House/The Terrebonne Museum (Houma)
December 28, 2010
Thursday, Dec. 23
December 23, 2010
Southdown Plantation House/The Terrebonne Museum (Houma)
December 28, 2010

Rita G. Bourgeois, 88, a native and resident of Raceland, La., died at 2:55 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.


She is survived by her sons, Michael (Nelda) and Keith (Mona) Bourgeois; daughter, Debra (Don) Dupre; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Oaklawn Bourgeois; parents, Eusebe and Emily Gaudet; two sons, Rodney and Kurt Bourgeois; one daughter, Patricia Bourgeois; three brothers, Eddie, Jules and Firman Gaudet; four sisters, Theresa and Jeana Foret, Cecile Dufrene and Louise Matherne; and two grandchildren.

She is buried at Resurrection Memorial Park in Mathews, La.

(Falgout Funeral Homes)

Rita Bourgeois