Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at a 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church honoring the life of Ruby Romero, 79, who died Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Abbeville General Hospital.
She will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Msgr. Joseph Robert Romero officiating the services. Pallbearers include; Kenneth Romero, Brent Romero, Mason Romero, Scott Romero, Darvey Dupuis and Randy Gaspard.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Robert Romero, Sr. of Abbeville; sons, Msgr. Joseph Robert Romero, Jr. of Opelousas, Kenneth Wayne Romero of Lafayette, Michael Romero of Pensacola, FL, Brent Timothy Romero and Wife Dena of Kaplan and Mason Romero and wife Liz of Abbeville; a daughter, Bonnie Susan Romero of Abbeville; a brother, Kallen Gaspard of Lake Arthur; two sisters, Dorothy Snoddy of Lafayette and Gladys Dupuis of Mouton Cove; seven grandchildren, Chrystal Desormeaux, Scott Romero, Abbi Cameron, Michelle Romero, Matthew Romero, Olivia Romero and William Romero; two step grandchildren, Tiffany Luquette and Elena Pecoraro; five great grandchildren, Anthony Desormeaux, Renae Desormeaux, Elizabeth Romero, Isabella Pecoraro and Reese Cameron.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Gedeon and Anna Lege Gaspard; three brothers, Paul Leroy Gaspard, Clifton Gaspard and Weston Gaspard; and a sister Wilda Vaughn.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 7:00 p.m. They will reopen on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. until time of services.