Elton Adam Bourque

April 3, 2018

Elton Adam Bourque Rayne, LA -Funeral services for Elton Adam Bourque, age 91, of Rayne will be held on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM in Gossen Funeral Home Chapel, Rayne. Deacon Tommy Adams will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow in Abshire Cemetery, Kaplan. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM, with a rosary being recited at 6:00 PM in Gossen Funeral Home, Rayne. Visitation will continue on Thursday from 8:00 AM until service time in the funeral home. Mr. Bourque passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in his Rayne residence. As a member of The Greatest Generation, Mr. Bourque served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and during the Korean Conflict. He returned home, where he worked for Entex for many years. Mr. Bourque was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he served as an usher. He was a member of AARP, American legion Post 77, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6720, and Forty and Eight Voiture #1558. Mr. Bourque will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Survivors include his sons, Michael Bourque and wife, Marie of Rayne, Mark Bourque and wife, Nancy of Rayne, Luke Bourque of Rayne, and Matthew Bourque of Rayne; daughters, Elizabeth "Liz" Leger and husband, Alfred of Rayne, Marian Morvant and husband, Terry of St. Martinville, and Dolores Bourque of Duson; Godson, Mitchell Gibson of Sugar Land, TX; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Preceding Mr. Bourque in death were his wife, Lillian "Lillie" Salazar Bourque; parents, Hubert Bourque, Sr. and Eve Hargrave Bourque; and brothers, Sidney Bourque and Hubert Bourque, Jr. Serving as pallbearers are Michael Bourque, Mark Bourque, Luke Bourque, Matthew Bourque, Joseph Bourque, and John Bourque. Named as honorary pallbearer is Mitchell Gilbert. Condolences may be expressed online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc.