TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for PONTIFF, GENE   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from June 11 to June 12, 2013

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PONTIFF, GENE 

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Gene Thomas Pontiff, 72, a native and resident of Houma, died at 8 p.m. Monday, 
June 10, 2013.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 9 
a.m. until funeral time Friday at Annunziata Catholic Church. A Mass of 
Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, 

with burial in Terrebonne Memorial Park Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Chisolm Pontiff, of Houma; stepchildren, 
Lynn Welch Ford and husband, Steven, Mary Welch Bergeron and husband, Dean, Amy 
Welch Kraemer, Evelyn Chaisson Bailey and Lester Chaisson; 13 step-
grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Marie Louise Pontiff 
Lapeyre and husband, Harold, Bonnie Caro and Beverly Fenton; brothers, Edward 
Joseph Pontiff Jr. and wife, Rowena, Gerard Michael Pontiff and wife, Sharon, 
Larry Brien and wife, Judy, and Daniel Brien and wife, Claire; sister-in-law, 
Bonnie Pontiff; and mother-in-law, Mary Chisolm.

He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Pontiff Sr.; mother, Laura 
Martin Pontiff Brien; stepfather, Lance Brien; son, Daniel Christopher Burrell; 
sisters, Dorothy Pontiff and Margie Giglio; brothers, George Francis Pontiff, 
Lance Brien Jr. and Johnnie Brien; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Pontiff.

Gene loved watching football with his beloved dog, Tinker, and his grandson, 
Jordan. He loved cooking and gardening. He always welcomed anyone into his home 
and always wanted to feed everyone. He was a loving and Christian husband, 
father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. 
He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his name to St. Joseph 
Hospice.

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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