Gordon Paul Bourque

A Funeral Service officiated by Reverend Stephen S. Irudayasamy will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan honoring the life of Gordon Paul Bourque, 83, who passed away on April 11, 2025.

A visitation will take place at Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 9:00 AM until service with a rosary being prayed at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Pecan Island.

He is survived by his stepchildren, Mona Hebert (husband Geoffrey), Irma White (husband Michael), Bonnie Wainwright (husband Walter), and Kimberly Vincent (wife Sandy); his brother, Jesse Warren Bourque; his sisters, Helen Stanisky, Veronica Touchet (husband Glenn), Ruby Bourque, and Judy Shipperbottom.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Dainty Hardin Bourque; his parents, Murphy J Bourque and Electa Sturlese Bourque; his brothers, Eugene Collins, Norman Wilmer, Donald James, and David Wayne Bourque; his sisters, Catherine Miller and Patricia Harrington.

Gordon served in the Army from 1964 to 1966. He worked for Broussard Brothers and then at Fresh Water Locks for the US Army Corp Engineers for 19 years.

Gordon said when he was a boy and would get off the bus from school, he was handed a sweet potato to eat and then sent to the cotton fields until dark. It took him a long time to eat sweet potatoes again.

Gordon enjoyed gardening and raising ducks and chickens. One day he told me he didn't need any more baby chickens, but they brought him joy, so he bought them anyway. He was so proud when a big hurricane came through and all his ducks and chicken survived. When we visited him, he would be shelling pecans or peas, cutting okra or bell peppers.

After one hurricane he lost 3 freezers full of food. It was hard for us to convince him to downsize because he came from a very large family and food was important to them.

Gordon was a very selfless individual. He physically and financially cared for his siblings and his mother. When he married my mother, Dainty, he accepted me and my siblings as his children. He always remembered birthdays and holidays. He loved all children and enjoyed buying snacks for them.

Pallbearers will be Corey Gaspard, Mike Touchet, Chad Touchet, Norman Bourque, James Hammett, Jimmy Vincent, Joey Bourque, and Chad Bourque.