ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GAUTREAU, CATHERYN OSTEEN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Monday, September 10, 2012 

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GAUTREAU, CATHERYN OSTEEN 

Catheryn Osteen Gautreau, 89, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012.

The native and resident of Cedar Key, Fla., also was a resident at different 
times in her life of New Orleans and Slidell.

In addition to raising four children, she also was a florist, real estate 
agent, restaurant owner and operator, motel owner and operator and charter boat 
fishing business employee. Her favorite pastimes were fishing, gardening and 
cooking, and her photo was on the cover of the Florida Sportsman and Gulf Coast 
Fisherman magazines.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Leon “Lee” and Nikki Falcon 
Gautreau of Baton Rouge; a son-in-law, John Fradella Sr., of Cedar Key, Fla.; 
two daughters and their friend and spouse, Robin Gautreau and Joel Ball of 
Slidell and Gigi Gautreau and Kelly Beckham of Bronson, Fla.; seven 
grandchildren and their spouses, Dawn Gautreau and Raymond Gann of Denham 
Springs, Brian and Margaret Martin Gautreau of Round Rock, Texas, John and 
Tanya Bamford Fradella Jr., of Cedar Key Fla., Alisha Beckham Smith, Tosha, 
Katie and Haley Beckham of Bronson, Fla.; 11 great-grandchildren, Brance and 
Christian “Chipper” Gann, Jadie Gautreau, Phillip and Avery Gann, Lacey 
Gautreau, John Fradella III and Taylor Fradella, Chloe and Charlie Smith and 
Emmy Beckham. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Gautreau Sr.; daughter, Joy 
Gautreau Fradella; parents, John David and Rosa Sanchez Osteen; three brothers, 
John “Bud”, Cecil and Houston “Red” Osteen; four sisters, Nadine Osteen Osteen, 
Corine Osteen Miller, Ruby Osteen Clayton and Madge Osteen Johnson.

Memorial services will be Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of 
Slidell, 4141 Pontchartrain Drive, and also Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at First 
Baptist Church of Cedar Key, 717 Second St., Cedar Key, Fla.

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