Mary Myrtle Venable

December 18, 2017

Mary Myrtle Venable Mire, LA--A Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Myrtle Venable, 73, of Mire will be celebrated on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Mire. Father Michael Arnaud, Pastor of Assumption of the BVM Catholic Church, will serve as celebrant. Interment will follow in Assumption of the BVM Catholic Cemetery, Mire. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 12:00 PM until 9:00 PM in Gossen Funeral Home, Rayne, with a rosary being recited at 7:00 PM. Visitation will continue on Thursday from 8:00 AM until 10:15 AM in the funeral home. Mrs. Venable passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 in a Lafayette hospital. Mrs. Venable was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church. She retired after many years of service as a cook at Mire Elementary School and Rayne High School. Survivors include her sons, Ken Venable and wife, Judy of Mire, Tony Venable and wife, Phyllis of Mire, Gregory Venable and wife, Shantel of Lafayette, and Blaine Venable and wife, Katrina of Mire; sister, Shirley Sonnier of Mire; brother Berchman "Junior" Venable, Jr. of Mire; grandchildren, Trenton Venable, Sadie Venable, Brandon Venable and wife, Elizabeth, Cody Venable and wife, Kasey, Dylan Venable and wife, Rebecca, Jacob Venable, Jayden Venable, Jacob Venable, and Jace Venable; and great-grandchildren, Christopher Venable, Brantley Venable, Kanesly Venable, Jas'lyn Venable, and Amber Venable. Preceding Mrs. Venable in death were her husband, James Harold Venable; parents, Berchman Venable, Sr., and Laurance Latiolais Venable; sisters, Mildred Credeur, and Thelma LeBlanc; and brothers, Davis Venable, Clarence Venable, Norman Venable, Floyd Venable, Irvin "Herb" Venable, and Shelby Venable. 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.