OBITUARIES

Aug 4, 2021

Funeral services will be held Friday, August 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Roger Dale Fontenot, 71, who passed away August 4, 2021 at his residence. Nick Carroll of Our Savior's Church in Opelousas will conduct the funeral services. Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 am until service time at Walters...

Jul 30, 2021

Memorial services will be held Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 5:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Ashlie Alexis Dohmann, 38, who passed away on July 30, 2021. Father Russell Harrington will conduct the memorial services. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday afternoon prior to the service between 1:00 - 5:00 pm. Due to...

Jul 26, 2021

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Pauline Ann Robin, 71, who passed away July 26, 2021. Steven Bowen will conduct the funeral services. The family will receive visitors on Thursday from 9:00 am until time of service. Survivors include her husband Merlin James Robin;...

Jul 19, 2021

Thomas (Tom) Russell Will, born on New Year’s Day 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Sylvia Schultz Will and Albert John Will, joined God in Heaven on July 19, 2021 in Lafayette, La.

After graduating from Palatine High School, Palatine, Il., Tom attended Drake University, where in ’64 he earned a degree in Marketing and Communications. In ’68...

Jul 11, 2021

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 2:30 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Joycie "Joyce" Begnaud, 89, who passed away July 11, 2021. Father Gil Dutel will conduct the funeral services. Melanie Brewer will be the lector, and Jodi Bollich will perform, "Amazing Grace", "Shepherd Me, Oh God," "I Will Never...

Jul 10, 2021

John Barrett Bouy died peacefully Saturday morning July 10th. His father, Melvin Lynn Bouy, his mother Eleanor Lilly Bouy, and his brother William Brooks Bouy would like to thank all of those who have expressed their love. John lived a life larger than most of us dream of. He will live forever in the grace of God and the...

Jul 5, 2021

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 3:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Lionel Malagarie, 69, who passed away July 5, 2021 at his residence. Brother Francis Fontenot will conduct the funeral services. Entombment will be in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery in Broussard following the services. Visitation will take place...

Jun 24, 2021

Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 4:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Cecilia native Michael George Guidry, 76, who passed away June 24, 2021 at Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital in Lafayette. Deacon Robert Klingman will conduct the funeral services. Interment will follow in Holy Mary, Mother of...

Jun 24, 2021

Graveside services were held on Friday, June 25, 2021 in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens for James Lawrence Walker, who passed away on June 24, 2021. in his home in Butte LaRose, Louisiana, surrounded by family and friends. He was 87 years old. Known as “Jimmy” and “Jim”, he was born in on June 3, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of...

Jun 23, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, June 28, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Wesley Ray Rigsby, 32, who passed away on June 23, 2021 in Monroe, La. Father Michael Arnaud will be the celebrant of the funeral mass and will conduct the funeral services. Avia Andrepont and Chuck...

Jun 21, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 10:30 am in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Jeanette Ann Touchet, 76, who passed away June 21, 2021. Father Howard Blessing will be the Celebrant of the funeral mass and will conduct the funeral services. Janie Eatley and David Romero will be the...

Jun 12, 2021

A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens for George Olan Broussard, Sr., 93, who passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021.  Rev. Pat Sullivan will officiate the service.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

George is survived by his wife of 68 years, Nettie Irwin...

Jun 10, 2021

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11:00 am in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Dion Mliczek, 63, who passed away June 10, 2021. Dustin Gibson of The Point Church and Richard Meche of Christian Life Center will conduct the funeral services. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife,...

Jun 4, 2021

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Woodley Richard, 83, who passed on Friday, June 4, 2021.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the services.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation hours will be observed at Walters Funeral Home on Tuesday,...

Jun 2, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, June 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Donald Ray Bearb, 81, who passed away June 2, 2021. Father Brian Taylor, pastor of St. Genevieve Catholic Church, will be the Celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Interment will...

May 29, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Patrick Calais, 86, who passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021.  Father Brian Taylor, Pastor at St. Genevieve Catholic Church, will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery.

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May 24, 2021

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, May 28, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Percy “Wayne” Ortego, Jr., 71, who passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021. Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the services.

Visitation hours will be observed at Walters Funeral Home on Friday, May 28,...

May 17, 2021

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, May 21, 2021 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Dana Louise Aucoin, 60, who passed away May 17, 2021 at her residence. Father Nicholas DePre, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Parks, will conduct the funeral services. Karen Broussard, pianist and soloist, will perform, "Here...

May 16, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, May 24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Kenneth M. Bourg, 73, who passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021.  Father Joe Campion, Pastor at St. Edmond Catholic Church, will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens at...

May 9, 2021

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Earline Guidry, 75, who passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021.  Father Dan Edwards, Pastor at St. Jules Catholic Church in Lafayette, will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.