TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for DE LA HOUSSAYE, LIONEL Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Dec. 24 to Dec. 26, 2013 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= DE LA HOUSSAYE, LIONEL "POOCHIE" ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2013/f1312.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Dr. Lionel Louis "Poochie" de la Houssaye, 73, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at M.D. Anderson Hospital, in the arms of his loving wife of 51 years, ZiZi. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home in Lake Charles and from 8 a.m. until funeral time Friday at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church with Monsignor Harry Greig, Monsignor James Gaddy, Monsignor Jace Eskind, Monsignor Charles Dubois and the Rev. Whitney Miller officiating. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the family mausoleum in Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. He is survived by his wife, Marie Louise Ogden "ZiZi" de la Houssaye, of Lake Charles; sons, Dr. Lionel L. de la Houssaye Jr. and wife, Geri of Thibodaux, and Jean Paul Peletier de la Houssaye, of Tampa, Fla.; daughter, Marie Louise de la Houssaye Civita and husband, Francesco, of Sao Paulo, Brazil; grandchildren, Anneliose and Louis de la Houssaye, and Max, Nicco and Luisa Civita; and brother, Dr. Benton Cason de la Houssaye, of Crowley. Dr. de la Houssaye was born in Crowley and graduated from Crowley High School. He was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church and Lake Charles Country Club. He enjoyed golfing. Johnson Funeral Home in Lake Charles is in charge of arrangements. ======================