GERTRUDE COMEAUX FISHER

Gertrude Comeaux Fisher, 94, a native and resident of Patterson, La., passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord surrounded by family.

Services will 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at Lighthouse Community Church, 3801 La. 182, Berwick. Graveside services will follow at Morgan City Cemetery.

She is survived by and will be dearly missed by her daughters, Jan Gilmore (husband Charles “Tim”), Patricia Concienne (husband Louis), Barbara Guillot (husband Harlan), Nancy Cooley, Sonjia Kiffe (husband Clint), and Holly delValle (husband Antonio “Tony”) .

She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren, as well as a host of over thirty-five great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was an only child, and her desire was to have a large family. She accomplished that and did it well, having a five generation family. She prided herself in keeping an immaculate home.

Known as “Blondie” in her earlier years, she continued to participate by contributing to the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival annual art shows at The Artist’s Guild. Her husband, artist Samuel Fisher, always said, “She doesn’t say much, but she’s my greatest art critic.”

As an excellent Cajun cook, Ms. Fisher loved to cook and entertain her family, friends, and church family.

A woman of small physical stature, her husband Samuel used to say, “She’s our rock.”

She will always be remembered as a petite southern woman who loved coffee. Her famous morning quote: “Coffee always tastes better in a pretty cup.” She drank and ate on fine China until the end.

She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-six years, Samuel S. Fisher, Sr., her only son, Samuel S. Fisher, Jr., her parents and grandparents.

Hargrave Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Services will be held at Lighthouse Community Church.

Our family would like to extend our gratitude to the nurses and staff of Journey Hospice.