OSCAR JOSEPH “JOEY” BERGERON III

October 12, 1952 - January 11, 2019
Funeral services celebrating the life of Oscar Joseph “Joey” Bergeron III will be held Friday, January 18, 2019, at the Church of the Assumption in Franklin during a 1 p.m. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial. Father Billy Ruskoski will be the Celebrant for the Mass. Following the Mass, the family will receive relatives and friends at the Trowbridge House for a reception. Inurnment will be held in the Franklin Cemetery at a later date.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Friday at the Church of the Assumption from 10 a.m. until Mass time.
Joey was a native of Houma and a 41 year resident of Franklin who passed away at the age of 66 at his home on Friday, January 11, 2019. In Houma, he spent his childhood helping out at his grandfather’s pharmacy and found his calling at a young age working alongside both his father and grandfather. While in pharmacy school he formed what turned out to be a very fortuitous friendship with Mary Emma Laws Horton, who introduced him to the woman who would be his wife. He and Laura fell in love quickly and completely, and his life was forever changed. They settled in Franklin and started their family, welcoming first Jay and later Lorraine. Laura and their two children were his life’s greatest joys. He began working at Cashway in 1980 and considered it his great privilege to spend his entire career caring for the Franklin community, always humbled by the trust placed in him. Joey was a gentle and generous man with a huge heart. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Those he leaves to cherish his memory include his wife of 42 years, Laura Lobdell Bergeron; two children, Oscar Joseph “Jay” Bergeron IV and his wife Greta, and Lorraine Marie Bergeron; two grandchildren, Madeiline Gayle Green Bergeron and Oscar Joseph Bergeron V; seven siblings, Paula Michel and her husband Charlie, Amy Rock, Mandy Porter, Fay Theriot and her husband Lanny, Jerry Bergeron and his wife Karen, Jennifer Detiveaux and her husband Kenny, and Jill Theriot; brother-in-law, Perry Breaux; as well as a host of nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar Joseph Bergeron Jr. and Rose Mary Haydel Bergeron; sister, Mary Beth Breaux; brother-in-law, Damien Theriot; and niece, Rebecca Michel.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial donations be made to St. John - Hanson Schools, 903 Anderson St., Franklin, La. 70538, or to MD Anderson Cancer Center at https:—www.mdanderson.org-.
Family and friends may view the obituary and express their condolences online by visiting www.iberts.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, Franklin, La. 70538, (337) 828-5426.