Betty Bourque

Jennings

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jane Bourque, 86, of Jennings will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 12:30 p.m. with Rev. Trey Ange officiating.  Burial will follow in Doucet Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.

Visitation for Mrs. Bourque will begin on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Miguez Funeral Home at 4:30 p.m. and continue until 9:00 p.m.  It will resume on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. and continue until 12:30 p.m.

Mrs. Bourque was born on November 11, 1935, in Jennings to parents, Deno and Margaret Lavergne Lessigne.   She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and cooking much to the delight of her family.  Her favorite things to eat were crawfish and steak.  She loved to laugh, and family time meant everything to her.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are two daughters, Sheila and her husband, A. C. “Cody” Broussard of Jennings and Janice and her husband Keith Bertrand of Roanoke; a son, Keith, and his wife Suzonne Bourque of Shreveport; one brother, Gregory and his wife Julie Lessigne of Toledo Bend; eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilton “Pete” Bourque and a brother, Lenis Lessigne.