Nellie Rose Giroux

Nell was born to Russie and Loretta Maitre on September 29, 1950 in Lafayette, LA as the youngest child of 6. She was raised alongside her nieces and nephews. She met her husband after being set up on a blind date in September of 1973 and they were married at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Morgan City, LA shortly after on April 20, 1974. Their son, Dawayne, was born on March 29, 1975. Nell was a loving homemaker. She worked for a short time as a manicurist in Duncan, Oklahoma. Nell was a faithful Catholic. She prayed the rosary daily and if she couldn’t make mass, she would watch it on TV. She taught CCE (religious education classes) and volunteered in the youth ministry and Boy Scout Troop in Duncan and brought Dawayne to band lessons every week. She volunteered with PTA or in the library during school years in Katy, TX with her daughter Tammi and taxied her around for dance competitions, band practices and youth group activities. She was a home room mother for both of her kid’s classes throughout the years. She was a member of Epiphany Ladies Club and enjoyed playing Mah Jong with the Katy group every week. She became a member of the Red Hat Society and an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary for Knights of Columbus at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Houston. She joined a second set of Mah Jong friends that she played with in Cypress, TX weekly. She was a member of the Rovin’ Texans RV Club and enjoyed her time “camping” with friends. She loved her travel to The Holy Land, cruises to the Caribbean and to South Korea. Nell was an active member of Sts. Peter and Paul Bellville, Texas. She loved everyone’s babies, always had to see them smile, touch or hold a baby – and even adopted the name Nana for friend’s children to call her. She loved to laugh – always ready for fun and was very young at heart. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, word searches and Sudoku, and eventually her iPad games. She loved reading, watching comedy sitcoms, and listening to music – especially the Bee Gees, country, praise and worship music and oldies. Nell loved doing arts and crafts. She painted when her husband made wood working and she also knit very well – when she learned that she was expecting her first grandchild she knit enough blankets for an army! She was also amazing at cross stitch. To her after cooking and cleaning, cross stitching in front of the weeknight sitcoms was her relaxation! She also enjoyed watching OU football with her family especially when Dawayne was in the marching band, The Pride. Some of the happiest times were the college graduations for both children, the marriage of her daughter to Chris Rainwater on June 2, 2007 and then the birth of her three grandsons. She loved shopping in preparation for these babies and taking care of them after they were born. Reid was born in 2008, Scout in 2010, and Wyatt in 2013. Her favorite name of all was to be called Nana.

Nell is survived by her husband: Richard “Dick” Giroux; three children: Dawayne Giroux and Tammi Giroux Rainwater, and Dawn Maitre (adopted as an adult by Richard and Nell in October 2014,) and her son in law, Chris; grandchildren: Reid, Scout and Wyatt; siblings: Elaine Kiff and Allen Maitre; and numerous other family and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Russie (1977) and Loretta Maitre (1979), and three siblings, Betty LeBlanc (2009), Ruby Soignier (2013) and Floyd Maitre (1998).

Friend who wish may make memorial gifts to the: Knights of Columbus Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 808, Bellville, Texas 77418, Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, P.O. Box 808, Bellville, Texas 77418 or to the charity of their choice.