Obituaries:  Herman "Steve" DeValcourt, Sabine Parish       D-142
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 15, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Herman "Steve" DeValcourt

  Funeral services were held at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian
Burial, Wednesday, in the Delhomme Bertrand Chapel of the
Flowers, for Herman "Steve" DeValcourt, 75, who died at 7:30
a.m., Monday, at his residence. Rev. Floyd Calais, pastor of the
Holy Cross Catholic Church, celebrated the mass. Musical
selections were rendered by Jodi McCasland, organist and soloist.
Interment followed in the Fountain Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The
funeral was under the direction of Delhomme Funeral Home in
Lafayette.

  Mr. DeValcourt was a native of Sunset, the son of the late
William DeValcourt, and Estelle Smith. He graduated from
Southwestern Institute in 1939. During World War II, Steve served
with the U.S. Naval Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre, and was
awarded the DFC, 2 Air Medals, Fleet Unit Citation, 6 Battle
Stars, AP, and the American Defense Medals. He retired in 1987,
after working for thirty years at the U.S.L. Horticulture Farm,
as a lab assistant.

  Steve is survived by his wife of forty eight years, the former
Mary Louise Davis, Lafayette; five daughters, Mrs. John (Dianna)
Brassette of Lake Charles, Mrs. Salvador (Janet) Bravo of
Marcaibo, Venezuela, Mrs. Larry (Kathy) Troyanowski, Sharon
deValcourt, and Mrs. William (Evelyn) Theriot, all of Lafayette;
three sons, Stephen DeValcourt of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Ken
DeValcourt, and Greg DeValcourt, both of Lafayette; two sisters,
Mrs. Hazel D. McManus, and Mrs. Philomena D. Bourg, both of Port
Arthur; two brothers, John DeValcourt, New Orleans, and T. I.
DeValcourt of Port Arthur; ten grandchildren; and one great
grandchild. He was preceded in death by five brothers and three
sisters.

  Pallbearers were his sons, Stephen DeValcourt, Ken DeValcourt,
and Greg DeValcourt; his sons-in-law, Jon Brassette, Larry
Troyanowski, and William Theriot; and his grandsons, Mark
Brassette, and Richard Brassette.

  The family requests that any donations in his memory be made to
Hospice of Acadiana, P. O. Box 3467, Lafayette, La. 70502.