NEW IBERIA – Funeral services will be conducted for Starr Pedigo Stevens, age 59, at 1:00 pm on Tuesday January 31, 2023 at Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia. Deacon Keith Duhon will officiate. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Mausoleum in Coteau.
A gathering of family and friends will take place at Evangeline Funeral Home on Tuesday from 9:00 am until the time of service. A rosary will be prayed by the Men’s Rosary Group at 11:30 am.
A native and resident of New Iberia, Starr passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Hospice of Acadiana/Calcutta House in Lafayette, LA.
Starr was a kind and loving woman who enjoyed the simple things in life. She enjoyed being outdoors, specifically when it came to camping, fishing, and crabbing. She especially loved eating the crabs she caught. Starr liked going on trips to the casino with her husband and playing on the slot machines. Most of all, Starr loved her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother and would have done anything for them. Starr will be truly and deeply missed by all those who knew and loved her.
Starr is survived by her loving husband of 36 years, Keith A. Stevens; children, Brandon Stevens (Ashley), Brandy Stevens (Robie Hebert), and Brittani Stevens (Jordan Murray); grandchildren, Kayden, Kameron, Kinley, Harper, and Lakeyn; siblings, Sharon Landry (Alvin), Sandy Romero (Perry), Sheila DeRouen (Bobby), and Sonia Wallace; brother-in-law, Ricky Romero; sister-in-law, Annie Stevens; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Burley and Luell Dennerlein Pedigo; and sister, Shellie Romero.
Pallbearers will be Aaron Roy, Jordan Murray, Cody Frederick, Richard Landry, Thomas Campbell, and Shane DeRouen.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Frederick, Vinton “Boo Boo” Gary, Jr., Alvin Landry, Perry Romero, Bobby DeRouen, and Rickey Romero.
The family would like to extend special thanks to all the doctors and nurses from Ochners Hospital in Lafayette and New Orleans and to the staff of Hospice of Acadiana and the Calcutta House for their care and dedication to Starr.
To view the on-line obituary and sign the online guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com.
Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.
