Carey Ann Winter Dazet

Carey Ann Winter Dazet passed away peacefully, in her home, surrounded by her loving family, on June 8, 2017 at the age of 68 years. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, William “Bill” A. Dazet, and her parents, Bernard and Helen Winter. She leaves behind her loving children, Caroline Dazet Sobolewski (Wojtek), Melissa Dazet Treuting (Kurt), Christopher “Chris” E. Dazet, stepsons William “Bill” Dazet, Jr. (Tracy), and Thomas “Tommy” Dazet (Dawn), and beloved grandchildren, Sebastian and John “Jack” Sobolewski, Lucy, Betsy, Marcy, and Daisy Treuting, William “Bill” Dazet, III and Nicole Dazet. She is survived by her siblings, Edward L. Winter (Yolanda), Marnie Winter (Jerry Maxwell), Lynelle W. Gumpert (Ray), sisters-in-law, Dorothy “Dottie” Blakley (Butch) and Alicia “Lisie” Fortenberry (George), aunts, Madeline “Pidgeon” Laporte and Margaret “Monkey” Gabosh, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, loving relatives, and friends. Carey graduated from Dominican High School and attended St. Mary’s Dominican College where she majored in Art. She was a gifted artist and seamstress, who loved making things for her family. She was always the “go-to” person for wedding veils, prom dresses, drapes and overall fashion and home decorating ideas. She was a longtime parishioner at St. Christopher the Martyr Catholic Church in Metairie and was active in in every way she could be- she ministered to the sick and elderly, she led the Cub and Girl Scout parades and made all the costumes. She helped to host the St. Joseph Alters, and was active with the St. Christopher CYO. She was a fixture at many of the masses and novenas, not just at St. Christopher, but throughout the archdiocese. She was a truly active layperson for our faith community. Carey enjoyed a long career in women’s fashion as a buyer, sales manager, and personal shopper at several local establishments, including Mignon Faget, Village Lady, Maison Blanche, Macy’s, House of Broel, Krauss, Dillard’s and others. She was a member of the Alpha Region, New Orleans Chapter of the Fashion Group of America. She enjoyed gardening, attending mass and novenas, Mardi Gras costuming with her family and sharing parades with her cousin Wendy Whittaker (Scott), and family vacations. Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her children and their friends and her grandchildren. She was a beacon and a light to so many. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation at Lake Lawn Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 13, from 5 until 8 p.m., and a visitation at St. Christopher Catholic Church, 309 Manson Ave., Metairie, on Wednesday, June 14, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. followed by a mass of Christian Burial at 12 p.m. Interment will be in Our Lady of Good Harbor Cemetery, Buras, LA on Thursday, June 15, at 12 p.m. Family and friends are welcome. Carey was a beloved mother, step-mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister, daughter, wife, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend to many, and she will be deeply missed. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Center, 919 Josephine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 or to St. Christopher Catholic Church.