Obituaries:  Hilton Joseph Gauthier, Sabine Parish       G-360
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 2, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Hilton Joseph Gauthier

  Services were conducted at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home,
Hwy. 80, E. Bossier City, Haughton, for Mr. Hilton Joseph
Gauthier, 69, of Bossier City, Monday, Sept. 29, 1986, at 10 a.m.
Officiating was the Rev. Tim Piland, pastor of Waller Baptist
Church. Interment was at Hill Crest Memorial Park.

  Mr. Gauthier entered into rest Friday, Sept. 26, 1986, at
Schumpert Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. He was a
native of Avoyelles Parish, and lived in Bossier/Shreveport area
for 51 years. Retired T/Sgt. Gauthier served in the Army, and Air
Force, over a span of 26 years. He entered the Army in 1942, and
served in World War II, in occupied Japan. He was awarded the
United Nations Service Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Korean
Service Medal, and numerous other decorations, medals,
commendations, citations, and campaign ribbons.

  He is survived by his wife, Doris Ackley Gauthier of Bossier
City; three sons, Ronald H. Gauthier of Shreveport, Bobby R.
Gauthier of Bossier City, and Jimmy Ross Gauthier of Shreveport;
three daughters-in-law, Joan, Jan, and Marie Gauthier; four
grandchildren, Miriam Guthrie, Ronald Gauthier Jr., Carrie
Gauthier, and Chad Gauthier; one great grandson, Michael Guthrie;
his mother, Mrs. Blanche Gauthier of Shreveport; one brother,
Raymond Gauthier, and his wife, Alice of Many; and good friends,
Amos and Florene Hilton.