Margaret White Shoemaker

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Margaret White Shoemaker - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Opelousas Daily World January 19, 2014

OPELOUSAS - A Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Margaret White Shoemaker will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 2014, at the First Baptist Church in Opelousas. Private interment will follow at a later date. Rev. Perry Hubbs will officiate the services.

Mrs. Margaret was a native of Tallulah, LA, and was a long-time resident of Opelousas. She passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at Prompt Succor Nursing Home in Opelousas, LA, after a very lengthy illness at the age of 72.

She was a registered nurse, the Director of the Nursing Program and a nursing instructor for many years at the Louisiana Technical College in Tallulah. She loved to read and sew as a pastime. She loved to spend time with her family and friends. She was a loving wife, and a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Because of her love of teaching and sharing knowledge with others, her legacy will live on through her donation of her body to science for anatomical study and research. Through this wonderful gift, she will be able to share the study of myasthenia gravis with others.

Survivors include her son, Rev. Eddy Shoemaker and wife, Beverly of West Monroe; her daughter, Kara Shoemaker Elter and husband, Dewayne of Opelousas; five grandchildren, Anne Shoemaker of West Monroe; Justin Elter, Danielle "Dani" Elter, Devin Elter, and Jesse Elter, all of Opelousas; and one great-grandchild, Cylar Elter of Opelousas. She also has a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Joanne Marie Shoemaker; her husband, Jesse Shoemaker; her parents, Clarence White and June Hetland White.

A family gathering will be held in the First Baptist Church of Opelousas on Monday, January 20, 2014, from 1:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Prompt Succor Nursing Home and LA Hospice and Palliative Care for their wonderful care and medical attention.

Words of Comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas.