TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for ONCALE, LOUIS JOSEPH  
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Feb. 18 to Feb. 19, 2016

Died: Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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ONCALE, LOUIS JOSEPH  

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Louis Joseph "L.J." Oncale, 83, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, 
February 17, 2016, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. 

Visitation will be held on Monday, February 22, 2016 at St. Joseph Co Cathedral 
from 7:30 AM till funeral time. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 
10:30 AM at the church. 

Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. 

Oncale was born in Thibodaux on March 10, 1932, graduated from Thibodaux High 
School and attended Nicholls State University. 
After serving overseas in the U.S. Army, he spent his whole life as an active, 
contributing member of the Thibodaux community. Oncale worked in the local 
banking industry for 32 years and was president of the Junior Bankers 
Association of Louisiana. 
He also served as president of the Thibodaux City Council and held a variety of 
leadership roles in the Lion's Club. 
Still, Oncale was a devoted family man before anything else. His most precious 
times were spent with family and friends. Many of his favorite memories were 
forged when they were all together at the family camp in Grand Isle, sharing 
the sun and the surf and lots of laughter … always lots of laughter. 

Oncale is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Carolyn Naquin Oncale, also 
a lifelong resident of Thibodaux; by their three daughters, Leslie O. Herpin 
Marx, Margo O. Badeaux, and Laurie O. Oncale; by five grandchildren, Alexandra 
Herpin, Austin Diaz, Kaitlyn Diaz, Victoria Diaz, and William Badeaux; by his 
great-grandson, Wilder Svoboda; and by his sister, Holly O. Naquin of 
Thibodaux. 

Oncale was preceded in death by his parents, Louis C. and Lily Rose Oncale, and 
by grandson Christopher Badeaux. 

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to either the 
Lafourche Home for the Aged or the Alzheimer's Association. 

The family would like to thank Lafourche Home for the Aged and Journey Hospice 
of Houma for their kindness and compassion. 

Landry's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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