Obituaries:  Mrs. C. G. (Tess) Cloutier, Sabine Parish       C-436
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 9, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. C. G. (Tess) Cloutier

  Services for Mrs. C. G. (Tess) Cloutier, 76, were held at 10
a.m., Friday, July 3, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Father
Leger Tremblay, pastor of the church, officiated, assisted by
Msgr. John Vandegaer, Father Phillip Postell, S. J. Father Edward
Buvens, and Msgr. Carson Lacaze.

  Interment was at Forest Park Cemetery, under the direction of
Osborn Funeral Home.

  A Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 2. The body
laid in state at Osborn's.

  Mrs. Cloutier died at 4:20 p.m., Tuesday, June 30, at Schumpert
Medical Center, after a long illness.

  Mrs. Cloutier, a native of Many, and a resident of Shreveport
for 37 years, was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. She
was always very active in church and charitable work of all
kinds.

  She was a Past Grand Regent, and member of the local Court of
Catholic Daughters of America for 40 years, and officer of the
State Court of the CDA for several years, member of the Sacred
Heart League, Our Lady's Guild, Samaritans of Holy Rosary Parish,
and St. Rapiels Guild. Mrs. Cloutier was the first President of
the Shreveport Deanery Council of Catholic Women, having been
appointed by Bishop Charles P. Greco of Alexandria. She also has
served for a number of years on the Lay Retreat Advisory Board at
Maryhill Retreat House. She was a recipient of a plaque for
outstanding and devoted work in her parish, and received a medal
from Bishop Graves of the Alexandria/Shreveport Diocese.

  Survivors include one son, Major C. G. Cloutier, (retired), of
Doyline; three daughters, Mrs. Marilyn Lelong of Mobile, Ala.,
Mrs. Sylvia Clark of Dallas, Tex., and Dr. Sara Looney of Burke,
Va.; two sisters, Miss Lenora Andries, and Mrs. W. D. Postell of
New Orleans; two brothers, Mr. W. H. Andries of Baton Rouge, and
Mr. P. D. Andries of Dallas; and seven grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Mr. San Defatta, Mr. W. T. Lestoge, Mr. Ben
Ligon, Mr. Henry Lotspelch, Mr. Hubert Moreay, Mr. W. H.
Readhlmer, and Mr. Prentiss Wilks, Jr.

  Mrs. Cloutier was the daughter of Julian J. and Blanche Blake
Andries of Many.

  The family requests memorials be made to the Holy Rosary
Catholic School.