OBITUARIES

Recent obituaries in Kaplan, Abbeville, and Gueydan Louisiana


The obituaries in the Kaplan, Abbeville, and Gueydan, Louisiana Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy.

Dennis "Jimmy Okra" Menard Sr.

Dennis "Jimmy Okra" Menard Sr.

Oct 17, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Dennis James Menard, 64, who died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Lafayette General Medical Center. He will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery with Deacon David Vaughn officiating the services. He is survived by his companion, Rhonda...

Otis James Clostio

Otis James Clostio

Oct 17, 2009

Abbeville—Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at a 2:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church honoring the life of Otis James Clostio, 47, who died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Abbeville General Hospital. He will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Rev. Loloy officiating the services. James...

John Picard

John Picard

Oct 17, 2009

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church honoring the life of John Picard who died Saturday October 17, 2009 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Matt Hebert, John Toups, Jeremy Picard, John Cross, Trenton Oubre and Don...

Edlar J. Hebert

Edlar J. Hebert

Oct 16, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Monday, October 19, 2009 at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Edlar J. Hebert, 95, who died Friday, October 16, 2009 at Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital. He will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery with Reverend David Broussard...

Inez Duhon Leblanc

Inez Duhon Leblanc

Oct 15, 2009

Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Inez Duhon LeBlanc, 92, who died Thursday, October 15, 2009 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Deacon David Vaughn officiating the services. She is survived by her special niece...

Ledora Ledet Hebert

Ledora Ledet Hebert

Oct 13, 2009

Abbeville— Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on October 15, 2009 at St. theresa Catholic Church honoring the life of Ledora Ledet Hebert, who was born to the late Eugene Ledet and Anny Bergeron. She was the fourth of nine children. Mrs. Hebert passed away peacefully at Abbeville General Hospital on October 13, 2009 surrounded by her family...

Purvis “Buddy” Joseph Broussard

Purvis “Buddy” Joseph Broussard

Oct 9, 2009

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Purvis “Buddy” Joseph Broussard, 75, who died Friday, October 9, 2009 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Reverend Kenneth Mayne officiating the services. He is survived by one brother, Paul...

Mercedes Vincent Herpin

Mercedes Vincent Herpin

Oct 9, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Mercedes Vincent Herpin, 91, who died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Kaplan Healthcare Center. She will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery with Deacon Paul Roy Eleazar officiating the services. She is survived by her son, Sanford...

Infant Nathaniel Solomon Cormier

Infant Nathaniel Solomon Cormier

Oct 9, 2009

Graveside service will be held at St. Paul Cemetery honoring the life of infant Nathaniel Solomon Cormier, who died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Women's and Children's Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Angela Cormier; father, Solomon Barnet; maternal grandparents, Bertha Lormand and husband Jared and Angelus Cormier, Jr.; sisters, Ava Cormier and Victoria Cormier; aunt, Misty Cormier; and...

Dolores Alva Hebert

Dolores Alva Hebert

Oct 9, 2009

Alva Delores Ainsworth Hebert died Friday, October 9, 2009, at Abbeville General Hospital, Abbeville, Louisiana. Due to health reasons for both, she and her husband Alfred E. Hebert, an Abbeville native, had come to reside in Abbeville after many years of residence in New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana. Delores, affectionately dubbed “Bug” as a life-long family nickname by one of...

Lester Paul Landry

Lester Paul Landry

Oct 9, 2009

Graveside memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 14, 2009 St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery honoring the life of Lester Paul Landry, 60, who died Friday, October 9, 2009 at The Regional Medical Center of Acadiana. Deacon David Vaughn will officiate the service. He is survived by his step grandmother, Ouida G. Perry of Abbeville; two sisters, Margaret...

Margaret Leblanc Leleux

Margaret Leblanc Leleux

Oct 6, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Friday, October 9, 2009 at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church honoring the life of Margaret LeBlanc Leleux, 91, who died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at St. John the Baptist Cemetery with Reverend Donald Leger officiating the services....

Carl Blaine Suire

Carl Blaine Suire

Oct 4, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Friday, October 9, 2009 at a 2 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Carl Blaine Suire, 25, who died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at Greene Cemetery with Reverend Clint Trahan officiating the...

Anthony "Tony" Lemaire

Anthony "Tony" Lemaire

Oct 4, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 8, 2009 at a 3 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Anne Catholic Church honoring the life of Anthony Lemaire, 49, who died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at St. Anne Cemetery with Reverend Randall Moreau officiating the services. He is survived by his...

Margaret Faye Bennett

Margaret Faye Bennett

Oct 3, 2009

Abbeville—Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Margaret Faye Sanders Bennett, 69, who died Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Maison De Lafayette. Reverend Noah Langley will officiate the services. She is survived by her husband, Jackie Bennette; sister, Ann McCullen; adopted son, Willie Roy Dean....

Wilfred Joseph Sonnier

Wilfred Joseph Sonnier

Oct 3, 2009

KAPLAN— Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Wilfred Joseph Sonnier, 77, who died suddenly Saturday, October 3, 2009 while at Lafayette General Medical Center recuperating from surgery. He will be laid to rest at...

Neola Ann Thibodeaux

Neola Ann Thibodeaux

Oct 2, 2009

Memorial services are pending for Neola Ann Gaspard Thibodeaux, 71, who died Friday, October 2, 2009 at Abbeville General Hospital. She is survived by her three brothers, Wilfred James Gaspard of Scott, Alvin Joseph Gaspard of Erath and Daniel Paul Gaspard of Lafayette; and six sisters, Theresa Wilda Baynard of Sulphur, Hilda Mae Trahan of Meaux, Eve Velma Dubois of...

Woodrow Wilson Morgan

Woodrow Wilson Morgan

Oct 2, 2009

Woodrow “Woody” Morgan, the Old Flying Tiger, died on October 2 at the age of 91. He was born on August 2, 1918 at Pecan Island, Louisiana, the eighth and last surviving child of ten born to Jefferson Davis Morgan and Virginia Dyson Morgan. He resided in New Orleans for many years and, at the time of his death, in...

Bristol James Lege

Bristol James Lege

Sep 30, 2009

Pecan Island—Funeral services will be held Friday, October 2, 2009 at a 2 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart Catholic Church honoring the life of Bristol James Lege, 46, who died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at Abbeville General Hospital. He will be laid to rest at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery with Reverend Randall Moreau officiating the services. He...

Clifford Meaux

Clifford Meaux

Sep 29, 2009

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Clifford John Meaux, 77, who died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at his residence.  He will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery with  Reverend David Broussard officiating the services.  Serving as pallbearers will be Randy Meaux, R.J. Meaux,...

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