Doris Gros Laborde

Doris Gros Laborde passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at East Jefferson General Hospital while fighting the COVID-19 virus. Doris was born in New Orleans on November 5, 1923. She was preceded in death by her parents, Victor John Gros and Elsie Ziblich Gros, her husband of 38 years, George O. Laborde, Jr., her infant son, Keith Allan Laborde, and her sister, Jane Gros Fischer. Doris attended McMain Girls High School and Newcomb College where she met George. Although she devoted her life to her immediate family, she was also the acclaimed matriarch of her extended family of nieces, nephews and cousins. Doris remained close to many of her Newcomb classmates, who gathered monthly for lunch, even as their number dwindled over time. Her recipes, passed down from her mother and grandmother, provided the cuisine for many family dinners for which she will long be remembered. Her family recipes will certainly be replicated by future generations. Her attendance at Newcomb, along with her husband’s attendance at Tulane, provided for many lively evenings as they cheered on the Green Wave in the presence of their three LSU Tiger children. She is survived by those children, Linda Laborde Deane (Bob), Denise Laborde Tillery (Robert), and Kenneth H Laborde (Corinne), her grandchildren, Todd C Tillery (DeAnna), Blair Tillery Webb (Micah), Keith Laborde Deane, Adrienne Laborde Ehrensing (Luke), Marc R Laborde (Maurine) and Drew T Laborde, and her six great grandchildren, who lovingly called her Nonnie.

A private graveside service will be held in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.

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