Gilbert Joseph Rajewski

New Iberia- Funeral services will be conducted for Gilbert J. Rajewski, age 89 Tuesday November 15, 2011 at 1:00PM at Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Teche Catholic Church with Fr. Richard Greene officiating. Military Graveside services will follow in Holy Family Mausoleum. Visitation will begin Monday November 14, 2011 from 2:00PM until 9:00PM with recitations of the rosary at 3:00PM and 7:00PM. Visitation will resume Tuesday November 15, 2011 from 9:00AM until service time.

A native of Vincent, KS and resident of New Iberia, Mr. Rajewski died Friday November 11, 2011 at 6:20PM at his residence. Mr. Rajewski retired as an Instrumentation Supervisor with United Carbon/Ashland Company after 38 years of service. Gilbert was a Sacristian and a Eucharist Minister with Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Teche Catholic Church; he was a devout Catholic having attended many Catholic Community Churches without missing a single Mass for several years. Gilbert attended St. Josephs Military School in Hayes, KS and was an honored World War II Veteran. He was a 3 ^rd Degree Knight Council 11792 and a 4 ^th Degree Monsignor Langlinais Assembly. Gilbert was an avid rosary maker; with willingness to give he would always keep an extra rosary in his pocket to bless someone with. His hobbies included reading and music, and his most cherished times where those spent with his family.

Mr. Rajewski is survived by his wife of 64 years Lois Holland Rajewski of New Iberia; sisters, Doris Wellbrock of New Iberia and Rita Gibson and husband Don of Longmont, CO; brother, James Rajewski and wife Marian of Vincent, KS; brother-in-laws, Don Nowak of Edmond, OK and Norbert Robben of Topeka, KS; nieces and nephews, Bryan Wellbrock and wife Dottie, Jo Ann Bollig and husband Robert, Roger Wellbrock and wife Janet, Marna Carlson and husband David, Gary Wellbrock and wife Vickie, Martin Wellbrock and wife Maggie, Wanda Begnaud and husband Keith, Chad Wellbrock and Chris Wellbrock; as well as several other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews who live out of state.

Mr. Rajewski was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Mary Ann Baier Rajewski, and his sisters, Theresa Robben and Mary Catherine Nowak.

Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Bryan, Roger, Gary and Martin Wellbrock, David Carlson and Robert Bollig.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations are made to a charity of your choice.

David Funeral Home 1101 Trotter St. New Iberia (337)369-6336 is in charge of arrangements.