1942
Susan
2018
Susan Fortier Landry
September 20, 1942 — November 2, 2018
A gathering of family and friends will be held at David’s Funeral Home in Jeanerette on Sunday, November 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. lead by the members of the Chaos Baseball Team.
A native of Jeanerette, Susan resided in Lafayette for over 20 years. Later in life, she returned to New Iberia to be closer to her son Eric and his family.
Susan was a graduate of Mercy Hospital of New Orleans School of Nursing. She continued her education at Charity Hospital of New Orleans where she received her Master’s in Nurse Anesthesia. She worked for a short time in New Iberia before beginning her 19 year career at Franklin Foundation Hospital. She then moved to Lafayette General Hospital where she worked for 20 years, and at the time of her retirement she was the Chief Nurse Anesthetist. Susan and her husband, Wayne, were also owners of Landry’s Funeral Home of Jeanerette.
Susan is survived by her sons, Stephen Landry, and wife Pricelda, of Sykesville, MD, Eric Landry and wife Stacey of New Iberia; Her grandchildren Laurel Olguin, Taylor Landry, Nicholas Olguin, Hunter Fitch, Thomas Landry, Heather Landry, Luke Landry and Lilah Landry; Daughters and son of the heart Angelle Fitch, Courtney Fitch, and Huey Fitch, Jr.; Siblings Karl “Tony” Fortier, Jr and his wife Gretchen, Camille Fortier Lapeyrouse and her husband J. P., and Jennifer Fortier Leblanc and her husband Danny. Susan also leaves behind several nieces, nephews, and a multitude of close friends of her children.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Luke Landry, son Christopher Landry, companion,Huey P. Fitch and her parents Karl and Rose Thibeaux Fortier.
When Susan started nursing school she found four of her life long friends. They referred to themselves as the “Mercy Girls”-Gloria Beach, Toni Stack, Marie Jacob and Evelyn Schouest. With the addition of Hertha Barrilleaux, a fellow Nurse Anesthetist, their love of nursing and each other formed a bond that could never be broken.
Susan was an amazing mother and grandmother to her own, as well as to friends of her children and grandchildren. She passed on many life lessons. One grandchild wrote “You knew what was expected of you and what her standards were. She never stopped loving you, her words motivated you to believe in yourself, the way she did.”
Susan enjoyed traveling to visit her son, Stephen who serves as a Colonel in the United States Air Force, and his family at all of the different military bases he was stationed at around the world. She enjoyed her unique tennis group (OAY), gardening, sewing, and decorating for the holidays. She loved watching her grandchildren play any and all sports. In all that life gave her, she enjoyed most of all spending time with her sons, their wives, and her grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Thomas Landry, Luke Landry, Hunter Fitch, Nicholas Olguin, Kyle Clement, Karl “Tony” Fortier, Jacob Munnerlyn and Joey Roy.
Honorary pallbearers are the Chaos Baseball Team, Dwayne Amy and David Napolilo.
The family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Son Van Ngyuen, MD, Sydney Jo LeBlanc, NP, Rachel Roy, LPN, the staff at Home Instead Senior Care, and Grace Hospice.
David’s Funeral Home of Jeanerette is in charge of arrangements.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Susan Fortier Landry, please visit our flower store.
Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Sunday, November 4, 2018
5:00 - 9:00 pm (Central time)
David Funeral Home-Jeanerette
Rosary
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Starts at 7:00 pm (Central time)
David Funeral Home-Jeanerette
Visitation
Monday, November 5, 2018
8:00 - 10:45 am (Central time)
David Funeral Home-Jeanerette
Catholic Mass
Monday, November 5, 2018
Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Graveside Service
Monday, November 5, 2018
Starts at 12:15 pm (Central time)
St. John Cemetery
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