ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BERTRAND, JOHN WILLIS 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Daily Review, The (Morgan City, LA)

Published Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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BERTRAND, JOHN WILLIS 

John Willis Bertrand , 78, of Bridge City, Texas, died Saturday, October 30, 
2010, at his home.

Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 4, 2010, at First Baptist 
Church Orangefield with the Rev. Forrest Wood officiating.

Military and Masonic rites will follow at Mary Williams Cemetery in Orangefield, 
Texas.

Born in Orangefield on June 6, 1932, John was the son of Davis and Agnes Morgan 
Bertrand . 

John was a Corporal in the U. S. Army during the Korean War and retired in 1994 
after 37 years with Nobles Offshore Drilling as a tool pusher. He was a member 
of First Baptist Church Orangefield, Lafayette #87 AF& AM in Patterson, and the 
American Legion Post 49 in Orange, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Dave Bertrand and Bruce 
Trahan; and sisters, Betty Ann Bendo and Shirley Trahan.

John is survived by his wife, Darla Bertrand , of Bridge City, Texas; daughters, 
Leisha Ann Babin of Bayou Vista, Torri Lynn Simoneaux of Denham Springs, Hollyn 
Renee Chellette and husband, Mark, of Berwick, and Christine Adele Eubanks of 
Bridge City, Texas; and sons, John Davison Bertrand and wife, Melissa, of 
Spring, Texas, and Fred Allen Hubert and wife, Maria, of Brookline, N. H.

He also is survived by his nine grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; and 
three sisters, Hazel Hooper of New Braunfels, Texas, and Wanda Mae Bergeron and 
Edna Ruth Vercher, both of Orange, Texas.

Serving as pallbearers will be Joe Vercher, David Frank Bergeron, Larry 
Shoemake, Richard Lacassin, Logan Bertrand , Edward Alvarado, Mark Chellette and 
Frank Thibodeaux.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church 
Orangefield, P. O. Box 288, Orangefield, TX 77639.

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