Glenda Gloria

Accardo

Glenda Petit Accardo, a native of Welham and a resident of Lutcher, was born January 27, 1941 and passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the age of 81.  She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph C. Accardo and the mother of Steven Accardo (Donna) and the late Scott Accardo.

Glenda attended St. Michael the Archangel Elementary School, Lutcher High School, and Nicholls State University where she studied nursing.  She was an RN and a Surgical Technician for some 40 years.  She was a devout Catholic and an ardent disciple of Mother Angelica, praying the Rosary several times a day and rarely missing an EWTN Mother Angelica Rosary Segment.  Glenda was totally committed to family, career, and sports.  She was an avid LSU football and baseball fan and an ardent New York Yankee fan.  She could name every competitive team and every player on any sports team regardless of category – football, baseball, and basketball, both men and women teams, never failing to miss any of the playoffs.  She enjoyed fishing, hunting, and boating, greatly appreciating the Sportsman Paradise that is Louisisana.  Much of her life was spent boating and fishing on Blind River, Lake Maurepas, Lake Ponchatrain, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon, and Toledo Bend. She loved hunting deer in Mississippi.  Reading fiction was her passion and her ability to read fast and furiously culminated in a treasure trove of novels donated to St. Vincent de Paul and Goodwill. She was unconventional, compassionate, and giving.  Her favorite charity was St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

She is survived by her sisters Karen Poirrier (Ewell "Buddy"), Dr. Judy Petit, and Gerolyn Roussel (Perry); her brother Claude Petit, Jr. (Joyce); her sister-in-law Judy Accardo; her brother-in-law, Edward Lambert lll; her nieces Angela Cole (Phil), Jo Ann Summers (Reavis), Dr. Rae Lynne Kinler, Laura Wear (Blaine), Leigh Hoover (Michael), Ashley Wienhoff (Jeffery), Lauren Clement (Jonathan), Linda Falgoust (Paul), Lona Joy Dunn (Sidney), Christine Zeller (Terry), Tracy George (Thomas), Tammy Burlton (John), Ani Lynn Accardo; and her nephews Kenneth Petit (Liz), Murphy Petit, Jr. (Robin), Carl Petit, Brian Petit (Tessey), Layne Poirrier, David Poirrier (Ann Marie), Charles "Chuck" Lucia (Laura), Jeffery Accardo, and an extended family of numerous nieces and nephews.

Glenda is preceded in death by her parents Claude Petit, Sr. and Melda Brady Petit; her parents-in-law Pasqual Accardo and Una Arceneaux Accardo; her brothers Murphey Petit, Sr., Raymond Petit, Wayne Petit, and Dale Petit;  her sisters-in-law Iris Roussel and Patricia "Patty" Lambert; her brothers-in-law Jules Accardo, Lynn Accardo, and Marvin Roussel Sr.; her niece Marilyn Louviere and niece-in-law Celeste Simoneaux; her nephews Marvin Roussel, Jr. and Lt Col Joseph A. Lucia, lll USMC (Dawn); her nephews-in-law Nicholas Lasseigne IV, Edward Lambert lV, and Baby Jordan Louviere.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a funeral mass at 12:00 noon, Saturday August 6, 2022 officiated by Rev. Father Matthew Dunn at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 6490 LA Hwy. 44, Convent. Visitation is in the church from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.  Interment is at St. Joseph Catholic Church Mausoleum, 2130 Rectory Street, Paulina, LA.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Children's Hospital and/or St. Michael the Archangel Church Building Fund.

Arrangements by Rose Lynn Funeral Home, Lutcher, LA.

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