Carmel Barbara Jordan Galouye's Obituary
Carmel Barbara Jordan Galouye, 93, a native of New Orleans, LA, resident of Baton Rouge, LA and long-time resident of Covington, LA, passed away on August 4, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin Hunley Jordan and Valerie Fernon Jordan; her husband, Daniel Francis Galouye; her daughter, Denise Galouye Zomerdijk; and siblings, Valerie Fernon Jordan, Courtney Laresche Jordan, Evelyn Jordan Mummie, Marie-Louise Jordan Dreuil, and Mercia Jordan Neely. She is lovingly remembered by her surviving relatives including her daughter, Jeanne Galouye Ingraham and her husband, Joseph Edwin Ingraham, their three children, Barbara Ingraham Mann, Ashley Ingraham Izaguirre, and Joseph Francis Ingraham, II; her son-in-law, Gerard Johan Zomerdijk, husband of the late Denise Galouye Zomerdijk, and their three children, Cynthia Elise Zomerdijk, Paul Daniel Zomerdijk and Nancy Zomerdijk Fischbach; a total of 10 great-grandchildren and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
She attended the H. Sophie B. Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans, LA and graduated with a degree in Education from Southeastern Louisiana University. She taught grade school for many years at St. Peter Catholic School in Covington, LA and was a parishioner of St. Peter Parish until her move to Baton Rouge in 2015. She was a member of several civic, religious and social organizations and enjoyed travelling, playing cards with her friends and volunteering at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
Relatives and friends are invited to the Funeral Mass at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Avenue, Covington, LA 70433 on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 3:00 PM with visitation from 1:00 PM until Mass time. Interment will follow the service at Covington City Cemetery #1, Covington, LA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, an organization she supported annually in loving memory of her deceased husband who was a Lieutenant in the Navy, honorably serving his country in the Pacific during WWII. Please Share a Memory on the Tribute Wall at www.ejfieldingfh.com.
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