Renola DURIO

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 3, 2005, in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille for Renola Durio "Bootsy" Thibodeaux, 77, the former Renola Durio, who died at 8:07 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2005, in Lafayette General Medical Center.Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery.The Rev. Randy Barras, associate pastor of The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, will conduct the services.Valerie Andrus, organist, will sing for the services, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Hail Mary, Gentle Woman", "Here I Am, Lord" and "On Eagles' Wings".A native of Breaux Bridge and a resident of Lafayette for most of her life, Mrs. Thibodeaux was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Community in Milton.She had a passion for gardening and enjoyed watching her plants grow and spending time with her family and friends. Mrs. Thibodeaux will be dearly missed by all who knew her.Survivors include one daughter, Pam Romero and her husband, Larry, of Lafayette; four sons, Kirk Thibodeaux and his wife, Tammy, and Todd Thibodeaux and his wife, Tanya, all of New Iberia, Dale Thibodeaux and his wife, Ellen, of Lafayette, and Terry Thibodeaux and Debra, of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren, Major Christopher Thibodeaux, USMC, Chad Thibodeaux, Eric Fontenot, Lauren Montet, Ryan Thibodeaux, Adrianne Thibodeaux, Jared Thibodeaux and Jake Thibodeaux; and two great-grandchildren, Hunter and Morgan Thibodeaux.She was preceded in death by her parents, Liscomb and Gertrude Boudreaux Durio; one son, Rod Thibodeaux; three sisters, Velma Potier, Wilel Mouton and Lilly Mae Mason; and three brothers, Jason, Gerald and Tony Durio.A rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. today in the Martin & Castille Funeral Home.The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. today and will continue from 9 a.m. Sunday until time of services.Pallbearers will be Kirk, Dale, Terry, Todd and Ryan Thibodeaux, Cecil Montet, Eric Fontenot and Larry Romero.Arrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home Inc. of Lafayette, (337) 234-2311.