On March 27, 2020, the Good Lord took true and faithful Servant Daisy Lucile Barbre Fant away from pain and suffering, medicines and hospitals, and delivered her Home in His Eternal Kingdom. Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Mother-in-Law, Aunt, Cousin, Niece and Friend to all, Daisy was born on January 16, 1929 in McCrea, Louisiana, daughter of Lenore Franklyn Barbre and Stephen Barbre (of New Roads and Pointe Coupee Parish), attended Public School in Innis, La. attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute (“SLI”, now “UL Lafayette) for four years and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Home Economics and a minor in English in 1949. During this period, Daisy met Norris L. Fant, returning to complete his education after WWII duty Navy Pacific; they were married, following Graduations, in 1949. Daisy and Norris celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary in November of 2019. Settling down in New Orleans, the couple lived in the Uptown Area, in close vicinity of fraternal grandparents: Arlington Pope, Sr. and Ruth FitzGibbon Fant, who were pressed into service by the arrival of Stephen Norris Fant, followed by daughter Katherine Ruth Fant, with Donald FitzGibbon Fant closing the family loop. Homemaking and child raising became the first love of Daisy’s life, and she flourished in that capacity. With brothers-in-law families in vicinity and frequent trips back “to the country”, there was adequate interfamily action. From this, three grandchildren: Marshall Fant, Preston Fant, and Elise Fant emerged, together with lots of cousins. When the children were all well along with their academic careers, Daisy realized her second love by engaging as a Pre-K teacher at St. Andrews Episcopal School, a calling Daisy flourished in for more than twenty-five years. Often, in a setting removed from the school, an adult would step up and introduce him/herself as Daisy’s student of the yesteryear, and then present their child, there for enrollment. In that capacity, Daisy taught her own grandchildren. The third great love in Daisy’s life was the Episcopal Church. An active and devout member of Trinity Episcopal Church for nearly seventy years, Daisy was a major force in the evolution and operation of Trinity Rummage Sales. For many years, Daisy was a leader in the Intercessory Prayer Group. In several Bible Study Groups, in Elderly-Assist Groups, in Birthday-Celebration Groups. Daisy was named “Volunteer of The Year” by the Women of Trinity Church (“WOTC”) in their annual meeting, several years ago. Daisy held in highest esteem the “We Love You & Miss You Daisy” photo-panorama presented to her, showing ladies, clergy, and staff at work in the most recent Rummage Sale, which generated $12,000 for Philanthropic Grants by Trinity to the Community. From these many venues of service, Daisy made and kept, with tender loving care, a wide and wonderful collection of life-long friends and Associates in Christ. Daisy was a gracious, cheerful, kind, and loving lady of great generosity, good council, humor, and courage, whose departure leaves an enormous hole in the lives of all who loved her and are now bereft. Daisy greatly enjoyed small luncheons with friends. She enjoyed touring, with her husband, most of the European, Scandinavian, Middle-Eastern, and United Kingdom countries, Alaska Canada, United States, and Hawaii. Daisy was preceded in death by her oldest son, Stephen, who lost a ten-year battle with cancer; by her parents: Lenore and Stephen Barbre; by all six of her siblings and their spouses, to include Lenore, Jessie, Franklyn, Lanier, James and Joseph Barbre, and Lilia Foster and other of the extended family. Daisy is succeeded by her husband, Norris Fant; daughter, Katherine Mulloy (Edward); son Donald Fant (Andree); daughter-in-law Lynda Fant (Stephen); and by grandchildren Stephen Marshall, Preston Lafaye, and Elise Lavie Fant. Covid-19 health concerns and restrictions prevent making definite arrangements; at the appropriate time when the virus is over, definite arrangements for a memorial service and interment will be promulgated announced to the public.
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