Graveside services for Willa Mae Pete Skipper will be held at 10:00 am Monday, February 11, 2019 at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. Mrs. Skipper will be laid to rest with her husband Harry.
A gathering of family and friends will be held at Evangeline Funeral Home in St. Martinville on Monday from 8:00 am until 10:00 am.
Mrs. Skipper was born November 25, 1945 in Breaux Bridge to the late Audry Pete and the late Melba Clement Pete. She passed away peacefully Friday February 8, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was 73.
Willa Mae was the epitome of the word Mother. She had a caring and loving heart and would help anyone in need, often giving to others before helping herself. She enjoyed spending time with her church family, and was known for baking some of the best sweet dough pies around. As well as being the matriarch and homemaker, Mrs. Skipper worked with Martin Mills and later as a home aide caring for the sick and elderly. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Mrs. Skipper is survived by her children, Bridget S. Savoy and husband Dennis Savoy, Colette S. Joseph and husband Stanford Joseph, Roderick Skipper, Tamara Skipper, Jermaine Skipper and wife Shysha L. Skipper, Jamie Skipper and wife Natalie P. Skipper and Crandall Skipper; a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren; and her sisters, Virgie Pete and Shirley Mouton.
Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Skipper, Sr.; her son, Harry Skipper, Jr.; and her brothers, Donald and Milton Pete.
Members of the family will serve as pallbearers.
Evangeline Funeral Home of St. Martinville is in charge of arrangements.
