Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Gertrude Durke Palombo, 85, who died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Abbeville General Hospital.
She will be laid to rest at Graceland Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, Rufus J. Palombo of Abbeville; one son, Darrell James Palombo and his wife, Joan Hamilton of Nashville, TN; one daughter, Linda Marie Palombo of Abbeville; grandchildren, Douglas Michael Palombo, Benjamin John Palombo and David Andrew Palombo all of Lafayette; great grandchildren, Audrey Adaire Palombo and Adelle Margaret Palombo both of Lafayette; son-in-law, Shane Gerard Louviere of Lafayette; and the mother of Darrell's children, Ann D'Aquin Palombo of Lafayette.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry Mayo Durke and the former Ida Mae Fletcher; daughter, Katherine Ann Palombo; brother, John Clement Durke; and sister, Virgie Durke LeBlanc.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Friday, February 18, 2011 from noon until 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, February 19, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until time of services.