Lucille M. Serio

A native and resident of Baton Rouge, Lucille Messina Serio passed away peacefully on Friday, January 3, 2014, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.  She was 84 years old. She graduated from Baton Rouge High School and retired from East Baton Rouge Parish School Board in 1990, where she worked as a school bus driver for 25 years. Lucille was a nurturing soul who lived to serve her family. She was a devoted wife, doting mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  An amazing cook, Lucille shared her love for others through the meals she prepared. She is best known for "Maw Maw's Soup" that could heal any ailment, as well as the wide variety of Italian cookies she made each Christmas. She would not let anyone leave her house without food to take home. Lucille had a green thumb; she raised hundreds of beautiful plants and flowers for the plant booth at St. Jude Catholic Church Fair for many years.  She loved to fish, and enjoyed many trips to Grand Isle, and spending time at their camp on False River, where her family will forever cherish the memories created there. She is survived by her sister, Cora DeMaria; two daughters, Paulette Serio Hargroder and husband Rodney W. Hargroder, and JoAnn Serio Hollier and husband Gary P. Hollier; two sons, Jerome D. Serio, and Dennis M. Serio and wife Kristie B. Serio; daughter-in-law, Terry S. Serio; seven grandchildren, Leigh Hargroder Porta and husband Wes Porta, Nicholas LoBianco, Lindsey Hargroder Breaux and husband Neil Breaux, Rachel, Logan, Grayson and Nathan Serio; one great grandson, Parker Porta; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, C. Paul Serio; her parents, Joseph and Mary Ann Messina; her husband's parents, Joseph and Giovanni Serio; and siblings Tony, Johnny, Phillip, and Sam Messina, Virginia Territo, Lena Masanz, Sarah Sardo, Josie Lombardo, Lula Nola, and Bennie LeDoux. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., on Sunday, January 5, 2014 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Visitation will resume Monday, January 6, 2014 at 9 a.m. until a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Jude Catholic Church at 11 a.m., celebrated by Rev. Michael Collins. Interment will follow in Greenoaks Memorial Park.  The family would like to express heartfelt thanks to caregivers Carolyn, Anitra, Brenda and Betty.