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Thelma Belle Crum “Babe” Boquet, 85, a native of Flint, Mi., and a resident of Houma, La., since 1947, died Sunday, April 20, at 7 p.m.
She is survived by her sons, David L. Boquet of Auburn, Wa., and Daryl M. Boquet of Portland, Or.; daughters, Dianne Boquet Range of Grass Valley, Ca., and Denise Boquet Chatagnier of Houma; grandchildren, Dawn Boquet Gray, Seth Boquet, Jessica Range, Lauren Range, Selina Boquet Valdovinos and Shadrack Boquet; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Robert Crum of Alabama, Bruce Crum, Ralph Crum and Clinton Crum; and sisters, Mary Crum Koniezka and Sylvia Crum Boyer, all of Michigan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius David “J.D.” Boquet; her parents, Clarence Earl Crum and Bertha Pearl Herrington Crum; and sister, Elaine Crum Boumgart.
During World War II she worked at the A.C. Sparkplug Co. in Flint, as a machine operator. Later she served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at Naval Training Station Bronx in New York and at Naval Air Station Alameda in California where she met and married J.D. Later she worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census as a survey interviewer, greatly enjoying her interactions with the people of Terrebonne and the surrounding parishes.
Liturgy of the Word will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
