Mary Wilda BERTRAND

Thomas, Wilda Bertrand Funeral service will be Monday, May 16, at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in Melancon Funeral Home Chapel in Opelousas for Mary Wilda Thomas, 73. She was the former Mary Wilda Bertrand, who passed away Friday, May 13, 2005, at 3:45 a.m. at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Washington. The Rev. Jeff DeBlanc of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas will officiate at the service. Ms. Thomas was a native of Washington and a resident of Baton Rouge since 1956. She was a parishioner of St. Gerard Catholic Church in Baton Rouge. Survivors include a son, Wayne Thomas and his wife, Barbara, of Greenwell Springs; a daughter, Sue Thomas White of Livingston; three sisters, Alice Lou Bertrand and Nova Jane Bertrand, both of Lafayette, and Gerry B. Ortego and her husband, Allen, of Eunice; four grandchildren, Stephanie Pervis and her husband, Charles, (My Buddy), Brent Landry, Daniel Dentro and Jeremy Posey; and two great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Pervis and Korey Pervis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Damon Pierre Thomas; her parents, Magnus Joseph Bertrand and the former Elise Hebert; and a sister, Barbara Ann Randolph. A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and will continue from 8 a.m. until service time on Monday. Pallbearers will be Brent Landry, Daniel Dentro, Mike Thomas, Charles Pervis, Craig Ortego and Wayne Thomas. Melancon Funeral Home of Opelousas, 4708 I-49 North Service Road, (337) 407-1907, is in charge of arrangements. Published in The Advocate on 5/15/2005.