Rosa Linda Gaitan

June 29, 1956 - December 4, 2017

Rosa Linda Gaitan passed away after a lengthy illness at Ochsner Foundation Hospital on Monday, December 4, 2017. She was born in New Orleans on June 29, 1956 to Victoriano T. Gaitan and Dionicia Gaitan. Linda spent most of her years working as an insurance sales invoice processor. Later, she moved to Gwinnett County, GA where she had her one and only daughter. She had a passion for making sure everyone around her was taken care of. She loved cooking southern style homemade goodness, her specialty being potato salad. Her hobbies included fishing, tending to her beloved house plants (her ivy, she would tell you a million times how she nursed back to health from a mere 6 inches) and spending time with her friends and family. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her loving daughter, Jennifer Lynn Villarreal; four brothers, Victor Gaitan, Jr., Ernest ‘Dowdy’ Gaitan, Pedro ‘Peter’ Gaitan and the late Ramon Gaitan; five sisters, Elia ‘Queenie’ Pequeno (Ronnie, Sr.), Mary ‘Dolores’ Ezell (Bruce), Nona ‘Duce’ Moore (Mark), Maria ‘Paula’ Gaitan and the late Rosario ‘Chayo’ Romo; nieces and nephews, Lydia Romo Catoire, Suzii Gaitan, Renita Pequeno, Miguel ‘Boss’ Romo, Jr., Ronnie Pequeno, Jr., Brittany Gaitan, Sarah Gaitan Matherne, Ramon Gaitan, Jr., Cheryl Gaitan, Ashley Gaitan, Colby Moore, Ethan Moore, Angellica Grandpre and Marisol and Pablo Gaitan; and great nieces and nephews, Deanna, Erica, Rosie and Destiny Catoire, Brandon, Morgan, Riley and Alia Gaitan, Serena Pequeno, Kynslee Normand and Kaysen Rodrigue. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at L. A. Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home, 2607 Williams Blvd., Kenner on Friday, December 8, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.