Obituaries

CHARLES LEE RITTER

Visitation for Charles Lee Ritter will be held at Hixson Lake Charles North Chapel on Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 2 p.m. Services will be held at 3 p.m. following visitation. J. E. Hixson and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

KATTER B. POULLARD

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Antioch Baptist Church in Ville Platte for Mrs. Katter B. Poullard, 68, who entered eternal rest, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home of Opelousas. Rev. Eradley Ben Sr. officiated the services.

EDNA B. FUSELIER

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 10 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou for Edna B. Fuselier, age 81. Edna peacefully passed away on March 27, 2022, surrounded by loved ones, after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Internment followed in the New St. Ann’s Cemetery.

JAMES BELDOINE “T-BELL” DESHOTEL

VIDRINE - Funeral services for James B. “T-Bell” Deshotel, 82, will be held today, March 31, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. T-Bell, a resident of Vidrine, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Calcutta House in Lafayette. Burial will follow in the Platin Cemetery.

JUDITH ANN ROUGEAU

MAMOU – Funeral services were held at a 2 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Monday, March 21, 2022, for Judith Ann Rougeau, 67, who passed away at her residence on Friday, March 18, 2022.

DIANA MANUEL FONTENOT

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Diana Manuel Fontenot at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Diana Manuel Fontenot, 73, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Father Andrew Killeen celebrated the Mass.

ETHEL MARIE LATUNSKI

Ethel Marie Latunski, age 79 of Perry, Michigan, went home to be with her savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, March 17, 2022. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Nelson-House Funeral Home. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

SHIRLEY LOUISE ARCHER REED

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Shirley Louise Archer Reed at 11 a.m. today, March 24, 2022, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Father Tom Voorhies will celebrate the Mass. Burial will take place at Evangeline Memorial Park.

NATHAN FONTENOT

Funeral services will be held for Nathan Fontenot, age 94, at 11:30 a.m. today, March 24, 2022, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Church in Ville Platte. Nathan Fontenot passed away March 19, 2022, in Lafayette.

VIRGINIA MELLOR FRUGÉ

A memorial will be held for Virginia Mellor Frugé, 93, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2022.