Marie was the beloved wife for 54 years of the late Captain Abram Douglas Somerville; loving mother of Joy Somerville Wilkie (the late Col. Robert Leon Wilkie); grandmother of the Hon. Robert Leon Wilkie, Jr. (Julia), former Secretary of the Veterans Administration under President Donald J. Trump, Dana Laskey (Lawrence), and the late Douglas Charles Wilkie (Maria Theresa); great-grandmother of Adam and Megan Wilkie and the late Onslo Butler and Robert Lee, Connor and Ian Laskey, and Peter, Andrew, and Victoria Wilkie; sister of the late Henry, Salvador, and John Barbé; daughter of the late Adrian and Josie Gambino Barbé; and Godmother of Terri Barth. Marie is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Marie was born in the French Quarter on September 4, 1919. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Ann Church and Shrine in Metairie. She also volunteered at St. Charles Healthcare for 15 years.
Marie’s family was the center of her life. She will be dearly missed.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 12:00PM. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 10:00AM. The interment will follow the Mass at All Saints Mausoleum in Metairie Cemetery.
To view and sign the guest book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com
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