LEONISE TOUPS Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 8 Aug 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ August 04. 2005 11:34AM Leonise Toups [Photo] Leonise P. Toups, 86, a native of Galliano and resident of Cut Off, died at 12:20 p.m. Aug. 2, 2005. Visitation will be 1 to 10 p.m. today at Falgout Funeral home in Galliano and 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with burial at the church mausoleum. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Larry Paul and Dina Toups; daughters and son-in-law, Barbara T. Falgout and Beverly T. and Charles Sonnamaker; sisters, Rose Pierce, Earline Pitre and Wilavia Chiasson; grandchildren, Denise Matthews, L. Paul Toups, Jennifer Shelton, Kevin Toups, Dena Fernell, Lance Toups, Reed Fanguy and Kelli McNamara; great-grandchildren, Gavin Toups, Rory, Kelsey and Darcey Fernell, Denaé Matthews, Melyssa Matthews, Maygan Steele and Cole Steele. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rita Bouzigard Toups; parents, Remie Sr. and Angelina Gisclair Toups; son, Leonise J. Toups Jr.; son-in-law, Dennis George J. Falgout; brothers, Remie Jr., Lodess J. Loris, David and Noless Toups; sisters, Leona Anselmi, Noiscia Duet and Elescia Bouffanie. He was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church and Holy Name Society; a Third- Degree Knight of Columbus; a retired commercial shrimper, fur trapper and horticulturist raising fruits and vegetables. Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano is in charge of arrangements.