Gertrude COMEAUX

Gertrude Foret, 79, of New Orleans, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2005, in Hammond, Louisiana. She is the wife of the late Melvin R. Foret Sr. Daughter of the late Alvin J. and Velma Gautreaux Comeaux. Mother of Patricia Foret Labarre, Melvin R. Foret Jr., and Beverly Foret Couch. Mother-in-law of Peter Labarre Jr., Cheryll Foret, and Brian Couch. Sister of the late Hazel Glynn, Amelia Ardeneaux, Mildred Tizzard, and Peggy Pollock. She is also survived by four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and ten step-great-grandchildren. She is retired from Wemco Industries, a former resident of Chateau Living Center in Kenner, and a former member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Alfred E. Flynn Post. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. A funeral Mass will be celebrated in the chapel of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd. at 43rd St., Metairie on Friday, October 14, 2005 at 12:00 noon. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Friday beginning at 9:00 AM. Burial will be in St. Vincent Cemetery on Soniat Street. Published in The Times-Picayune on 10/13/2005.