Obituaries
Zaydon Touchet
Sep 9, 2021
Opelousas - Funeral services for baby Zaydon Malachi Touchet, age 9 months old, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Committal service will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park. Pastor Kalob Simien will be officiating. The family will receive guests on Wednesday, September 15,...
Mattie Martin
Sep 8, 2021
Mattie Wimberley Martin
February 2, 1928 – September 8, 2021
Opelousas – Every day she checked the obituaries to see if she was in them. She is surely laughing today seeing her name. Mattie Lee Wimberley Martin, “Mamee” to so many, passed away in her home on the Kennerson Hills in the early morning hours...
Craig Vidrine
Sep 6, 2021
Opelousas - Funeral services for Craig Hunter Vidrine will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2021 in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Reverend Mike Fitzgerald will conduct the service.
Visitation will be held in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel on Thursday, September 9, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. until...
Suzanne Spaulding
Sep 5, 2021
Opelousas - A Memorial Service will be held for Suzanne Spaulding at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2021 in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Deacon Ulysse Joubert will conduct the service.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. until time of service at 10:30 a.m....
Patricia Helton
Sep 4, 2021
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial for Patricia Hebert Helton will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas. Rev. Fr. Gregory Simien will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.
It is with heavy hearts that we...
Clarence Gobert
Sep 1, 2021
A Mass of Christian burial for Clarence Gobert will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at St. Ann Catholic Church in Mallett, LA (8348 Hwy 190). Rite of Committal will be held in the church cemetery. The Reverend Gregory Simien, will celebrate the Mass.
The family will receive guests at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home...
Chris Ledoux
Aug 30, 2021
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial for Chris Anthony LeDoux will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 3, 2021, at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA. Fr. Gregory Simien will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal and burial will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas, LA.
It is with...
Rose Marks
Aug 28, 2021
Opelousas - Funeral services for Rose Mary Stelly Marks will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas, LA. Father Darren Eldridge will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, from...
Josephine Persica
Aug 28, 2021
Funeral services for Josephine Graffagnino Persica will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, 2021 in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas, La. Deacon Sammy Diesi will conduct the service. Burial will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. until...
Sherline Goutro
Aug 27, 2021
Melville - Funeral services for Sherline "Tot" Goutro will be held on Friday, September 3, 2021 at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville, LA.
The visitation will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM and will re-open on Friday at 8:00 AM.
Burial will...
Russell Montgomery Iii
Aug 25, 2021
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of R.L. Montgomery III on Wednesday August 25, 2021 at the age of 81. He was a lifelong resident of Opelousas. He graduated from Opelousas High School and severed in the Army National Guard. He started his career with the Louisiana State Police in 1963 until his retirement in...
Donald Brown
Aug 24, 2021
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Donald James Brown at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas. The Very Reverend Monsignor Keith J. DeRouen will celebrate the Mass.
Visitation will begin in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas from 8:00 a.m. until...
Nancy Quebedeaux
Aug 21, 2021
Opelousas - Funeral services for Nancy Guidry Quebedeaux will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 26, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas, La. Pastor Bud Plake, from the Crossroads Church, will conduct the service. Burial will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, August...
Otis Taylor
Aug 20, 2021
Opelousas - Funeral services will be held for Otis Shelby Taylor at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 23, 2021, in the Skip Montet Chapel of Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home. The committal will follow in Bellevue Memorial Park.
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Otis Shelby Taylor, age 92, on Friday, August 20,...
Donald Savant
Aug 19, 2021
Krotz Springs - Funeral services for Donald Savant will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Krotz Springs, La. Brother Sam Ham will officiate. Burial will follow in the First Pentecostal Cemetery of Melville.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. until time of...
Glinda Clark
Aug 19, 2021
Melville - Funeral services for Glinda Ann Naquin Clark will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville. Pastor Samuel Ham will conduct the funeral service.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville from 9:00 a.m. until time of...
Judy Dale Bertrand Hardy
Aug 18, 2021
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Judy Dale Bertrand Hardy, age 75, on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
Judy is survived by her sons, Abe Bertrand, Scotty Casse and Ramona, Sam Allen Casse and Chandra, Michael Casse and Lanie; her sisters, Diane (Nanny) Bertrand Landry, Darlene Bean Bertrand, Sherry Bertrand Bartlett, Karen Jo Bertrand,...
Stacey Fontenot
Aug 16, 2021
Krotz Springs - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Stacey Jay Fontenot on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Krotz Springs. Reverend Father Michael DeBlanc will officiate the Mass. Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the St. Anthony Church Cemetery.
It is with...
Marie Soileau
Aug 9, 2021
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Marie Yvonne Hicks Soileau at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Leonville, LA. Father Darren Eldridge will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Leo the Great Church Cemetery.
Marie Hicks Soileau, of Walker, LA, passed...
Lucille Baillio
Aug 8, 2021
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Lucille Ann Baillio at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas. The Very Reverend Monsignor Keith J. DeRouen will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal and interment will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park. Readers will be Christine D'Arcangelo...
