Ursula Bernice Carrere Rochon Jupiter

December 2, 2020

Ursula Bernice Carrere Rochon Jupiter, passed from this life on December 2, 2020, at the age of 96 years old, in Alexandria, Virginia, after having recently recovered from COVID-19, due to Advanced Dementia. She received the Last Rites (Extreme Unction) of the Catholic Church just hours before she passed away. Ursula was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she spent most of her life, and lived for shorter periods in Port Arthur, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, St. Louis, MO, and Alexandria, VA. She was a graduate of Xavier University Preparatory School (now St. Katherine Drexel Preparatory School), and worked as Supervior of the Chemistry Dept. Laboratories and Stockroom at Xavier University of Louisiana for 32 years. She was a member of the Associates of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the Voguettes Social & Pleasure Club, the Clever Clique and the Lady Gardenias. She was previously a member of Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in New Orleans and subsequently an active member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Throughout her life, she was devoted to family, to her many friends in the Oblate Sisters of Providence and Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, was extremely generous in frequently opening her home in New Orleans as a residence to Xavier students, Society of the Divine Word seminarians, etc. She was earlier active in raising funds for low income families in Haiti, as well as in collecting and delivering clothing and shoes for children of sharecroppers in Church Point, LA. She also enjoyed annually attending various Mardi Gras Balls and formal events, including those sponsored by the Bunch Club, the Zulu Club, the Wanderers, etc. In response to compliments about her youthful appearance, even in her ‘90’s, her frequent response was “I am allergic to wrinkles!” Ursula Carrere Rochon Jupiter was superb in creating masterful creole cuisine delicacies. Her Rum Cakes were donated and shipped overseas to soldiers and her recipe was incorporated into the White House dessert cuisine repetoire, during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Several of her recipes were published in Printhouse Books by her namesake granddaughter, Ursula T. Rochon, entitled Making Groceries: A Story of Creole Cooking from a Creole Family. Aug., 2015 ISBN 0996570179; ISBN 978-0-9965701-6-9. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emile L. Carrere and Hildred DeSalles Carrere, by her paternal grandparents, Ferdinand Carrere and Josephine Picou Carrere, by her maternal grandparents, Albert DeSalle, Sr. and Josephine Soublet DeSalle, and by her five siblings: Marjorie Carrere Moreland (A.J. Moreland), Edgar Carrere, Sr. (Rosita Pablo Carrere), Roy Raymond Carrere (Elizabeth Billinger Carrere), Muriel Carrere Douglas Revels, RN (Alonzo Lamar Douglas & Selma Revels), and Alton Paul Carrere (SSgt. USAF, Ret.). She was also preceded in dealth by her first husband, Gilbert L. Rochon II, RPh., by her second husband, Ulysses Pere Jupiter, Sr., by her step-children, Wilbert Jupiter and Marlene Jupiter Coubarous, step-grandsons Wendell Couberous and Darian Clayton, Jr., step grand-daughter, Karen Marie Coubarous Lucas, and by nephews Jeffery Paul Douglas, Larry Carrere, Sr., and Ronald Carrere, Sr. She is deeply mourned by her sons, Gilbert L. Rochon III, PhD (Patricia Saul Rochon, MFA), of Chalmette, LA; Admiral Stephen Wayne Rochon (USCG, Ret.) (Shirley Hamilton Rochon) of Alexandria, VA and Gregory Paul Rochon (Janet Oliver Rochon), of Palm Coast, FL, by her step-children, Sr. Greta Jupiter, SSF, Ulysses Jupiter, Jr., Byron Jupiter, Monica Jupiter Carrere Bozinier, Glen Jupiter, Sr. and Peter Jupiter, Ph.D, as well as by 7 grandchildren (Omari Salim Rochon; Hildred S. Rochon, MD, MPH; Ursula Theresa Rochon; Emile Saul Rochon, MD, (Jalelah Sophia Ahmed Rochon, M.I.A.); Olivia Janet Rochon, Laura Camille Rochon (Vuk Radovich); Rachel Maria Rochon Griebert (Chris Griebert); 1 step-granddaughter Michelle McNeill, M.CS) on the Rochon side, 19 step-grandchildren on the Jupiter side; 14 great-grandchildren, on the Rochon side; 35 step-great-grand children on the Jupiter side; 1 great-great-grandchild; 13 step-great-great grandchildren on the Jupiter side; nieces (Camille Darbone, Vicki Moreland), nephews (Alonzo Michael Douglas, Wayne Anthony Revels, Edgar Carrere, Jr., (LCDR, USCGR) Hillary Carrere, Sr., Donald Carrere, Sr., Glenn Carrere, Sr.), sisters-in-law (Madeline Rita Rochon Rayon Simeon and Denise Rochon Post), cousins, friends, fellow parishoners, neighbors and members of Leewood Health Care Center in Annandale, Virginia. Socially distant, masked and limited-attendance (maximum 40). Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Blessed Sacrament-St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 8321 Burthe St. New Orleans, LA 70118 Visitation: 10:00AM (CST); Requiem Mass: 11:00AM (CST); Interment: St. Vincent’s Cemetery No. 2, 1950 Soniat St., New Orleans, LA 70115. Information with respect to a virtual streaming of the memorial service will be forthcoming. In lieu of flowers, it is recommended that donations be made to the: Ursula Carrere Rochon Jupiter Scholarship Fund at Xavier University of Louisiana to: https://giving.xula.edu/. In the comments box please write: Ursula Carrere Rochon Jupiter Scholarship. You also can mail checks to: Xavier University of Louisiana Office of Institutional Advancement, 1 Drexel Drive, Box 66, New Orleans, LA 70125 Members and friends of the Tuskegee University family are welomed to contribute to establishment of a graduate student fellowship in honor of the Mother of Tuskegee University’s 6th President: the Ursula Carrere Rochon Jupiter Fellowship Fund https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu The church service will be live-streamlined on Blessed Sacrament-St. Joan of Arc Church’s Facebook page. To access the live-stream enter the following URL in a browser to view the service at: https://www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentSaintJoanOfArc/ or at www.bssjaparish.com. Arrangements by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the guestbook.