Polk Street Bridge to Re-Open
February 17, 2020
Patricia LeBlanc Martin
February 17, 2020
June 9, 1933 – February 12, 2020
Claude Joseph Bourg, from Bourg, 86, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
Visitation will be held at St. Ann Catholic Church on Thursday, February 20, 2020 beginning at 9:00 a.m. until a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. with burial following in church cemetery.
Claude is survived by his wife, Doris Chauvin Bourg; sons, Michael Bourg, and Randy Bourg and wife, Lisa; daughters, Kathy Gilmore and husband, Sonny, Susan Hebert and husband, Edward Sr., and Claudia Bourg and companion, Tony Martin; brothers, Druis Bourg and wife, Catherine, and Lyes Bourg Jr.; 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren.
Claude was preceded in death by 1st Wife of 66 years, Ezoline Robichaux Bourg; parents, Lyes Sr. and Maria Victoria Pinell Bourg; brother, Lloyd Bourg and wife, Shirley; sister-in-law, Beverly Bourg.
Claude was a Parishioner of St. Ann Catholic Church of Bourg and St. Louis Catholic Church of Bayou Blue. He was a veteran of the Korean War, owned and operated Bourg Trucking, and Claude’s Country Store.
He was a prominent figure in our parish, church, recreation, Lion’s Club, Bourg Fire Department, VFW, American Legion, Cursillo and parish government. Dad had a kind and loving heart and never met a stranger. He will be greatly missed by all the hearts he touched.
Special thanks to Haydel Memorial Hospice for love and compassion at our time of need.
Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bourg family.
