"tick, tick … BOOM!" (Metairie)
May 4, 2011Friday, May 6
May 6, 2011Ruth P. Cambre Giardina, 86, a resident of Houma, La., died Saturday, April 30, 2011.
Mrs. Giardina was a homemaker and parishioner of Maria Immacolata Catholic Church.
She is survived by her son, John Cambre; daughters, Marion (Carlisle) Jukes and Brenda (Robert) Picou; six grandchildren, Sharon (Allen) Guidry, Annette (Jim) Salmons, Bobby (Bridgette) and Billy Picou, and Kelly and Dr. Eric Jukes; eight great-grandchildren, Michael, Haven, Jamie, Brandon, Christina, Allie, Peyton and Brianna; two great-great-grandchildren, Miley and Tyler; sister, Betty McKey; and three granddogs, Buford, Coco and Max.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Frank Giardina and O’Neil Cambre; parents, Horace and Florence Morton Peavy; sisters, Myrtle Ashley and Mary Wilson; and brother, James Peavy.
The family would like to thank everyone at Haydel Medical and Surgical Clinic and special thanks to Haydel Memorial Hospice and Physicians Alliance Hospital for making her last days so peaceful. The family requests no flowers, donations may be made to The Wounded Warrior Project, The American Heart Association or The East Houma Lion’s Club. (Chauvin)
