OBITUARIES

Aug 30, 2022

Due to inclement weather, graveside services will be held Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Walters Funeral Home for Anna Rose Penfield, who passed away August 30, 2022 at her residence. She was 89 years old. Brother Francis Fontenot will conduct the services. She is survived by many nieces and nephews, and is preceded in death by...

Aug 23, 2022

A Celebration of Life will be held in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. for Ronald Vanryckeghem, 62, who passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.   A rosary will be prayed at 3:00 p.m., immediately followed by a funeral service.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the ceremony.  Inurnment will be in...

Aug 18, 2022

Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 22, 2022 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Leo Rene Broussard, 87, who passed away on August 18, 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the service. Krystle Smith and Ashley Vidrine will be the lectors; Michael Lattier...

Aug 7, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Giles McBride, 66, who passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2022.  Pastor Andrew Fridelle will officiate the ceremony.

Visitation hours will be observed at Walters Funeral Home on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 10:00 a.m....

Aug 5, 2022

A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, August 8, 2022, in 4:00 pm service at The Open Door Church located at 1709 Dulles Dr, Lafayette, LA 70506 for Judith Ann Mayers, the former Judith Ann Conner, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Oschner Lafayette General Medical Center.

Born in Corpus Christi,...

Jul 21, 2022

Memorial services will be held Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:00 am at Youngsville First Baptist Church for Clarence H. Thrash, 83, who passed away July 21, 2022 at Calcutta House. Pastor Chris Fuselier will conduct the funeral services. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am at Youngsville First Baptist and continue until the time of service. Survivors include his...

Jul 13, 2022

Funeral services will be held Monday, July 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Patsy T. Chiasson, 77, who passed away July 13, 2022 at Hospice of Acadiana's Calcutta House. Father Albert Borel will conduct the funeral services. Olivia Hunter and Sophie Goodrich will be the lectors. Interment will follow the services...

Jul 10, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Glynn D. Patin, 73, who passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the funeral ceremony.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens immediately following the service.

Visitation hours will be...

Jul 9, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Joseph M. Venable, 84, who passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the funeral ceremony.  A rosary will be prayed on Tuesday afternoon at...

Jun 28, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2022 at Walters Funeral Home for Marcella Vanryckeghem, 81, who passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.  Father Gregory Chauvin, Pastor at St. Jules Catholic Church will officiate the service.  Inurnment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation hours will be observed on Friday, July 1, 2022...

Jun 11, 2022

Robert Earl "Bobby" Castille passed away June 11, 2022 at his residence in Lafayette. He was 82 years old. A private committal was held in Calvary Cemetery on Friday, June 17, 2022. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Castille of Lafayette; his two children, Robin Ann (Corey) Martin of Breaux Bridge and Joey Lee (Cindy) Castille of Covington; three half-sisters,...

Jun 10, 2022

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Eva Delle Touchet, 90, who passed away June 10, 2022 at her residence. Father David Hebert, pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Church, will conduct the funeral services. Lectors will be Bree Guidry and Madison Guidry. Phyllis Simar and...

Jun 9, 2022

Funeral services are pending for Janice Gail Murray, 70, who passed away on June 9, 2022 at her residence in Lafayette. She was born in 1951 in Church Point to Joseph and Eola Bourgeois, the eighth child the couple had and the only girl. She is survived by her husband, James Murray, and four brothers: Paul Terrel, Peter, Grady,...

Jun 6, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Kenneth “Ken” Joseph Haire, 70, who passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022.   Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens immediately following the service.

Visitation hours will be...

May 24, 2022

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2022 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Geneva H. Hebert, 90, who passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.  Deacon Keith Hebert will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens immediately following the service.

Visitation hours will be observed...

May 24, 2022

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 27, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church for Frances Melrose Guidry, 81, who passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.   Father David Hebert, Pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, will officiate the ceremony.  Interment will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in Carencro....

May 22, 2022

Lafayette resident Jason Dorr passed away at his residence on Sunday, May 22, 2022. He was 51 years young. He is survived by his only son, Stuart Allen, his wife Brittany, and their son, Greyson; his mother, Cathy Dorr of Indiana; father, David Dorr and his wife Kathleen "Sally" Dorr of Henderson, La.; the mother of his child, Hellice...

May 12, 2022

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:00 am at St. Jules Catholic Church for Genevieve "Jenny" Martin-O'Rourke, 73, who passed away May 12, 2022 at her residence surrounded by her family. The Right Reverend Russell Harrington will be the Celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Interment will...

May 6, 2022

Lafayette resident Mable Anita Theriot passed away late in the evening on May 6, 2022. She was 83 years old. A Celebration of Life service is planned for June 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm at 1111 Saint Esprit Rd., Carencro, LA 70520. Survivors include her four daughters, Georgia Proctor of Scott, Brenda (Michael) Gauthier of Carencro, Kathy (Dean) Vienne of...

Apr 27, 2022

Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11:00 am in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Alfred “Al” Elie Chiasson, who passed away on April 27, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He was 90 years old.

He was a most loving husband, survived by his wife of 70 years, Norma Jean...