Patricia "Patsy" Cerinich Powell

On January 2, 2016, heaven received a bright new star, when Patricia “Patsy” Cerinich Powell went home to rest. She began her journey from her childhood home surrounded by the family she loved. She was born in Biloxi, MS on December 20, 1938, she graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and attended Mississippi Southern College for two years before raising a family with her husband of 57 years, Joseph “Sonny Boy” Powell in St. Bernard, LA; she returned to the home of her Mother following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She was an active member of the Slavic ladies Auxiliary, and she loved her Thursday Ladies Night with the girls, Susie B., Linda B., Jeanette C., Karole E., and Clare H. She is preceded in death by her parents, Peter Cerinich and Alena Sekul Cerinich; grandparents, Stephen M. Sekul and Elena Trebotich Sekul; brother Nick Cerinich; and sisters-in-law, Gilda Cerinich and Betty Cerinich; brothers-in-law, Louis Capuano and Randy Berta; niece, Stephanie Capuano; aunts, Jacobina Gilich, Josephine Schaaf, Vestie Gabrich and Rita Elezovich; and uncles, John Sekul and Tony Cerinich. She is survived, loved and dearly missed by her husband, Joseph “Sonny Boy” Powell; children, Karen (Paul) Gares, Karole Elfert, Jeff (Melanie) Powell, Susan (Steve) Porcuna and Joseph (Tanya) Powell, Jr.; grandchildren, Ross (Alicia) Gares, Paul Gares, Trinitee (Gus) Frame; Christopher Powell, Katy (CJ) McLennan, Kyle and Ashley Porcuna, and Jillian and Connor Powell; great grandchildren, Graham and Garrett Gares, and Hannah and Alena Frame; sister, Jeanette Cerinich Capuano; aunt, Clare S. Hornsby; sisters-in-law, Yvonne (Elvin) Battaya and Elaine Berta; and all of her many cousins, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral. Family and friends are invited to visit one hour prior. Interment will follow at Bosarge Cemetery.