Cecilia Rita Baronich

Mrs. Cecilia Baronich, 83, of Vancleave, MS, died Friday, December 28, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Baronich was a native of New Orleans, LA and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. One of eleven children born in her family, she was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Baronich was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Baronich, two daughters, Cecilia Drouant and Josie Petit; her parents and five siblings. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Kuhn and her husband, William, of Latimer, and Tina Matherne and her husband, Chris, of Slidell, LA; son, Harold Baronich, Jr. and his wife, Dianne, of Vancleave; sisters, Rose Adkins of Westwego, LA, Shirley Naquin and Jeannie Manno, both of Belle Chasse, LA; brothers, Gasper Manno, Jr. and Anthony Manno, both of Belle Chasse, LA; twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Funeral services are Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue, in Biloxi, where friends may visit from 10 a.m. untill serivce time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery. The family prefers memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, 417 Security Square, Gulfport, MS 39507.