ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GAUTHIER, DEWEY LEO 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538

Died: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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GAUTHIER, DEWEY LEO 
September 28, 1938 - November 12, 2013

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A Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, November 15, 2013, at 1:00 PM 
at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Centerville for Mr. Dewey Leo Gauthier, 75, 
who passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at the Amelia Manor Nursing Home 
in Lafayette. 

A gathering of family and friends will begin at 11:00 AM until the time of 
services. 

He will be laid to rest in the St. Joseph Cemetery with military honors. 
Father Billy Ruskoski will officiate the services.

Dewey was a native of New Iberia, longtime resident of Franklin and resided in 
Youngsville for the last 11 years. 
Dewey served his country in the United States Navy, serving as a Navy Seal for 
six years during the Vietnam War and also worked at NASA in Houston during the 
Apollo Flights. He was also a longtime employee of the Veteran's 
Administration, working as the Veteran's Service Officer for St. Mary Parish 
and then for Lafayette Parish.

Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Carolyn Boudreaux Gauthier; two sons, 
David Gauthier and his wife Angela, and Sam Gauthier and his wife Cyndi; one 
daughter, Mary Beth G. Hammer and her husband Glenn; one step son, Derek 
Broussard and his wife Dacia; one step daughter, Tara B. McDonald and her 
husband Bobby; one brother Carroll Gauthier; one sister Sylvia G. Conrad; six 
grandchildren, Josh and Emma Gauthier, Meryl Boutte, Christopher and William 
Hammer, and Sam Gauthier; four step grandchildren, Coby and Collin Broussard, 
and Austin and Beau McDonald; and three great grandchildren, Jack Hammer, Gavin 
Gauthier, and Kayne Luke Broussard.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey Louis and Cleophine Couvillion 
Gauthier; one son, Mark Gauthier; and two brothers, Albert and Cecil Gauthier.

Serving as pallbearers will be David Gauthier, Sam Gauthier, Josh Gauthier, 
Christopher Hammer, William Hammer, Coby Broussard, Collin Broussard, Austin 
McDonald, and Beau McDonald. Honorary pallbearers will be Glenn Hammer, Derek 
Broussard, Bobby McDonald, Roderick Rodriguez, and Allen Alcina.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert's Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, 
Franklin, LA

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