It has sometimes been criticized. We made fun of her cooking which could be heavy and greasy, but she was proud to make local gastronomy with local products. In this sense, she was a bit of an environmentalist before her time. It was like its dishes: simple and deeply rooted in its territory. When you ate at her place, you closed your eyes and you knew you were in the Landes. »
Laurent Civel, mayor of Rion-des-Landes: “I learned of his disappearance this Saturday morning. It was his family who called me. She was an essential citizen of Rion-des-Landes whom I found, each time, with pleasure. It felt like we had never left her. He was someone who had a fire in his eyes, a truculent person full of good nature. In recent years, they lived in the town's nursing home. She was well looked after there. Despite the illness which was gradually causing her immediate memory to disappear, she would draw from her memories the songs she performed at the time when she cooked meals for the Rion rugby club.
“The first time I saw her was in 2014. She was already a little diminished. I then ran for the first time in the municipal election and I went door to door. It was her husband, Pierrot, who opened the door. She was sitting on the couch and her husband said, “There’s the mayor!” » She then thought she would see the man I succeeded, Joël Goyheneix. We joked and she took the time to talk to me and ask me questions. It was a special moment. »
