Obituaries

JOEL SYLVESTER GUILLORY

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for JoEl Guillory, 76, were held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Entombment followed in the Sacred Heart Mausoleum. Father Tom Voorhies officiated the funeral Mass.

ENOLA F. PERRODIN

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Enola F. Perrodin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church of Ville Platte. Burial will follow at the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery.

CLAUDE BERNARD

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Mr. Claude Bernard, 80, were held at 12 p.m. on Monday May 8, 2023, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Father Andrew Killeen officiated.

JOSEPH BOURQUE

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services for Joseph Bourque, 89, were held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Ardoin’s Funeral Home of Ville Platte.

JOSEPH WARREN LAFLEUR

BELAIRE COVE - Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Warren Lafleur, 76, were held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday May 1, 2023, at Sacred Heart Chapel Church in Belaire Cove. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

THOMAS “TOM” THOMPSON

VILLE PLATTE – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte today, May 11, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. Burial will take place in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Thomas “Tom” Thompson passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the age of 92.

VALLE WEDLOCK DUPRE

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Mrs. Valle Wedlock Dupre, 73, were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Ville Platte. Reverend Kevin West officiated the services.

FRANCIS HENRY SOILEAU

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Francis Henry Soileau on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church at 1 p.m. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery with Father Mitch Guidry as celebrant.

PAUL VIDRINE

VILLE PLATTE – A celebration of life will be held for Paul Vidrine at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 11 a.m. Paul passed away on Monday, May 1, 2023, in Mamou at the age of 67.

JUANITA FREEMAN SOILEAU

Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 11 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church for Juanita Freeman Soileau, 69, who entered eternal rest on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. Interment was in Soileau Cemetery.