Cleola (Kitty) Virginia Sibley Genuardi, 78, of Nederland, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Born December 22, 1934, in Many, Louisiana, Kitty was the daughter of Bessie and Ellis Sibley, and had been a resident of the area since 1954. Cleola worked as a registered nurse with Mid-Jefferson Hospital, Nederland, for over eighteen years before retiring. A longtime active member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Kitty was a past president, past secretary and past treasurer of the Altar Society and a member of the Red Hats.

Cleola is survived by her husband, Anthony Genuardi of Nederland; daughters, Lucia Marie Genuardi and Mary Elizabeth Genuardi, both of Nederland; sons, Robert Anthony Genuardi and his wife, Jeannette, of Lewisville; Paul Frank Genuardi of Newcastle, Oklahoma  and John Kirkland Genuardi of Beaumont; grandchildren, Madeline Grace Genuardi, Lucia Nicole Genuardi and Roger Anthony Genuardi; sisters,  Clara Anders of Lufkin, Frankie Piscitelli of Albany, New Mexico, and Elsie Carter and her husband, Jack, of Many, Louisiana; and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Helen Lehr; and brothers, Robert Sibley and Ellis Ray Sibley.