Mary Pearly Touchet

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Mary Pearly Touchet, 89, who went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, October 17, 2022 at Maison duMonde Living Center.  She will be laid to rest at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cemetery with Reverend Stephen Irudayasamy officiating the services. Honored to serve as pallbearers will be her grandsons, Joseph Fusilier, Chad Gaspard, Jude Gaspard and her great grandsons, Chance Hargrave, Brendon LeMaire and Gavin LeMaire.

For all of her days, Pearly had a zest for life. She worked hard, played hard and loved without end, always making sure her family was tended to.  She especially loved cooking for everyone and her hobbies which included watching football, playing cards and gardening till the end.

She is survived by her children, Gerald L. LeMaire, Faron K. LeMaire, Janet L. Merritt (Aaron) and her special young one, Joseph Fusilier (Hailey); her extended children, Terry Vincent, Loretta V. Bertrand, Carolyn V. Kahl, Peggy V. Fairchild (Alvin), Lisa V. Cazes and Mary V. Thibodeaux; her 26 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ava and Adias Hargrave; her son, Ivan Wayne Fusilier; her granddaughter, Ava Christina; her brother, Eldridge Touchet; and her long time friend, Anatole Vincent.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Friday, October 21, 2022 from 10:00 AM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 8:00 AM until the time of the services at 10:00 AM.