Velma was employed with Kroger Grocery Store and retired after 22 years of service. She was known to many at the store as the whistler and never met a stranger. She loved parties of all kinds and would always pass a good time at them. Velma loved dancing, Cajun French music, Country music and loved Elvis at first sight. She also enjoyed speaking Cajun French and baking cane sugar tea cakes. Velma was also the last survivor of the Touchet family.
Velma is preceded in death by her husband Walter Fruge of 41 years, parents; son, Daniel James Fruge; brother's, August Constance, Pete Constance, Amos Touchet; sister's, Mary Venable, and Bert Parker; grandchildren, Rustin Fruge and Jessica Ackleson.
Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Bob Fruge and wife Raenella of Lafayette, LA; daughter's Roberta Harrison and husband Doug of Buffalo, TX, and Diane Lynn Ackleson of Fort Worth, TX; 7 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 2 great-greatgrandchildren.
Visitation will be held at Hixson Funeral Home of Lake Charles on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 2pm till 8pm with a rosary to be prayed at 6pm. Visitation will resume on Thursday, February 14, 2019 from 8am until the time of service. Service will be at 10am at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Consolata Cemetery.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com for the Fruge family.
