Shirley Broussard

LAKE ARTHUR — Funeral services for Mrs. Shirley Broussard, 87, will be held at 10 a.m. today, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, with Father Jay Alexius officiating.

Visitation was held Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, from 4-8 p.m. in Miguez Funeral Home Chapel in Lake Arthur, with a rosary recited at 6 p.m. Visitation will resume today, Friday, from 8-9:30 a.m., when visitors will depart for church.

Burial will take place in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings.

Mrs. Broussard was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Alman and Florence Grummons Teigen. She married James Broussard in 1954, then moved to Lake Arthur.

She and her mother owned a business in the late 1960’s, Sit-N-Knit, where they taught people how to crochet and knit. She was secretary at Lake Arthur Elementary from 1969-1975. On July 1, 1975, she transferred to the Jeff Davis Parish School Board Central Office as a payroll bookkeeper until her retirement in 1994.

She loved to crochet, knit and spend precious time with her family.

Left to cherish her memories are her daughters, Jamie (Bernan) Theunissen of Jennings and Susan (Ray) Matt of Lake Arthur; sons Dale Broussard of Lake Arthur, Drew (Betsy) Broussard of Friendswood, Texas and Duke (Courtney) Broussard of Lake Arthur; one brother, David (Shawna) Teigen of Eureka Springs, Ark.; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband James Broussard and one grandchild, Kristen LaBauve.

Words of comfort may be expressed to the family at www.miguezfuneralhome.com.