St. Mary Parish, La. 

Obituary for: PLESSALA, HERMAN "COO COO" 

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Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Hargrave Funeral Home, Morgan City, La.

Publish date or date of death (dependent upon source): 
Died Friday, May 21, 2010

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PLESSALA, HERMAN "COO COO" 
May 13, 1917-May 21, 2010

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Herman Anthony "Coo Coo" Plessala, 93, passed away Friday, May 21, 2010, at 
Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City. 

Born May 13, 1917, he was a native of Berwick.

Herman, along with brother, owned R & H Grocery from the early 1940's to 1957. 
During this time, Herman had to leave the family business for four years to 
serve in the army during World War II. In 1957, the brothers relocated to their 
new store renamed Plessala's Super Market. Herman retired from the grocery 
business in 1981.

Besides owning and operating a business, Herman was also involved in many civic 
projects. In 1946, he was elected to the Berwick town council, for which he 
served two terms. He served as Mayor Pro-Tem for one of his two terms. Herman 
later served on the St. Mary Parish School Board for ten years from 1965 to 
1976. He served as vice president of the board for one of his terms. Throughout 
the years, Herman also belonged to various civic organizations.

Herman loved the outdoors and especially loved hunting and fishing. He and his 
relatives and friends would form a boat caravan as they traveled down the river 
to go fishing or to go duck hunting. After his retirement in 1981, he and his 
wife spent much time at their "home way from home" in Grand Isle. When he was in 
Grand Isle, he was fishing, and he fished as much as he could until he sold the 
camp in 2007.

Herman is survived by one son, the Reverend Randy Plessala, Sr., and his wife 
Diana, of Berwick; one daughter, Darlene Skelton, and her husband John, of 
Berwick; five grandchildren, Bliss Harris, Randy Plessala, Jr., Alison Head, 
Michael Skelton, and Matthew Skelton; nine great-grandchildren; and several 
nieces and nephew.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Mildred Peltier Plessala, his 
parents Mrytile and Delia Guidry Plessala; two brothers, William Plessala and 
Roy "Mitt" Plessala, Sr., and four sisters, Winnie Kiffe, Gretel Ross, Della Mae 
Dragna, and Evelyn Viviano.

Visitation will be tonight, Monday, May 24, 2010, from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. at 
Hargrave Funeral Home in Morgan City. At 7 P.M., family and friends will be 
given an opportunity to reflect and to share memories of their times with 
Herman.
Visitation will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 11 A.M. at St. 
Stephen Catholic Church in Berwick, with funeral services beginning at 1 P.M. 
Herman will be entombed in the Berwick Mausoleum.

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