Obituaries of AUGUST 1978 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: As listed with each Obit Source: As listed with each Obit Last modified: 26 Jun 2005 These files are not necessarily complete for any given date. ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== The date preceding the obituary is the date of the newspaper, not the date of death. ============================ Houma Courier, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle FRANK ALLEN The Reverend Frank Allen, 81, a native of Napoleonville, died Sunday following a lengthy illness. The funeral will be 8 pm Friday at the Bright Morning Star Baptist Church in Napoleonville. Dismissal is scheduled for 11 am Saturday from the church, with burial following in the church cemetery. The Reverend Cleveland Williams is conducting services. The Reverend Allen was ordained April 23, 1944, and was a member of several spiritual associations and the recipient of many awards. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Allen; four sons, Herbert, Horace, Timothy and Joseph Allen; four daughters, Mrs. Permelia Mills, Mrs. Florida Ebb, Mrs. Florence Stewart and Miss Duriska Allen; three brothers, Early, Louis and Westly Allen; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. William and Southall Funeral Home, Napoleonville, is handling arrangements. ============================ Houma Courier, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle FLOYD JOSEPH BASCLE Floyd Joseph Bascle, 61, a native and resident of Bourg, and a Texaco employee for 35 years, died 4:25 pm Wednesday. Visitation will be from 5 pm until 10 pm today at the Falgout- McCleary Funeral Home, resuming 8 am Friday and continuing until funeral time. The funeral will be 10 am today at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bourg, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Floyd (Thelma) Bascle of Bourg; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Fredda) LeBoeuf of Montegut; seven brothers, Oneal Bascle of Bourg, Merlin, Hubert, Allen, Byron, Horace and Gerard Bascle; two sisters, Miss Lucille Bascle and Mrs. Thomas (Betty) Metz of New Orleans, and four grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Andrew S. Bascle and Ella Hebert; a son, Larry Bascle; and a brother, Bobby Bascle. Arrangements are being handled by Falgout-McCleary Funeral Home. ANNOTATION: Floyd Joseph Bascle h/o Thelma Bourg (St. Ann Church Ad Cemetery, book, page 46) =========================== Houma Courier, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle IDA KELLY BOURG Mrs. Ida Kelly Bourg, a native and resident of Golden Meadow, died 6:03 pm Wednesday at Galliano. Visitation is continuing until funeral time at the Thibodaux Funeral Home in Cut Off. The funeral will be 9:30 am Friday from the funeral home with religious services following, 10 am, at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Golden Meadow. Burial will be in the Cheramie cemetery. Survivors include a son, Linzy Joseph Bourg; four daughters, Mrs. Lula St. Germain, Mrs. Elizabeth Duhon, Mrs. Jean Favre and Mrs. Nancy Breedlove; a brother, Allen Kelly; 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Guilliaume Bourg; and her parents, William and Susan Lathrop Kelly. Thibodaux Funeral Home, Cut Off, is handling arrangements. ============================ Houma Courier, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle JENECIA SAVOIE DOBSON Jenecia Savoie Dobson, 80, a native of Larose and resident of Raceland, died at 3:15 pm Wednesday at Raceland. Visitation will be from 4 pm till 10 pm today at the VFW Community Ceneter in Larose, resuming at 8 am Friday and continuing until funeral time. The funeral is set for 9:30 am Friday from the Center with religious services following, 10 am, at Holy Rosary CAtholic Church in Larose. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a son, Whitney Dobson; daughters, Mrs. Allen (Ida Mae) Picou, Mrs. Amand (Emily) Champagne and Mrs. Alcide (Marcia) Foret; sister, Mrs. Clifford Seymour; 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Dobson. Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Raceland, is handling arrangements. ANNOTATION: Jenecia Marie Savoie d/o Wallace Arsene Savoie and Armentine Melancon; w/o Stanley Dobson on 12 Aug 1914 in Larose, Lafourche Parish (SLVFR-4, 221) ========================= Houma Courier, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle KUNTAKNITE JONES Services were held Tuesday for infant Kuntaknite Jones who died 7:50 pm Sunday. Survivors include her parents, Michelle Jones and Sylvester Stevenson; and grandparents, Theresa and William Nells, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson. Intracoastal Mortuary handled arrangements. ======================================================================= Houma Courier, Friday, Aug. 19, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle RONALD PAUL ALLEMAND Ronald Paul Allemand, 14, a resident of Coteau Rd. and a student at the Coteau-Bayou Blue School, died 12:09 am Friday. The funeral was held 2 pm Saturday at the Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Flavia Pellegrin Allemand of Coteau Rd. and Edric Allemand of Houma; a brother, Edric Allemand Jr.; three sisters, Mrs Ronnie (Carolyn) Stone, Mrs. Sammy (Penny) Hallman, and Lorenza Allemand; and his grandmother, Mrs. Elie Pellegrin of Grand Caillou. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Elie Pellegrin and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Allemand. Arrangements were handled by Chauvin Funeral Home. ========================= Houma Courier, Friday, Aug. 19, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle JOHN JOSEPH ESTAY John Joseph Estay, 59, native of Raceland and a resident of Paradis, died 9:45 pm Friday at Raceland. Funeral services will be held from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Paradis, today at 6 pm. Dismissal services will be held Monday at 10 am, followed by interment in Holy Savior Cemetery, Lockport. Friends and relatives may call after 1:30 pm today at the above named church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rose Mae Cancienne Estay; two sons, John Joseph and Roy Anthony Estay, three sisters, Mrs. Enola Chauvin, Mrs. Eunice Dufrene and Mrs. Vernis Taset; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late Harry and Evelyne Bernard Estay; two brothers, Percy and Ambrose Estay; and one sister, Lorraine Estay. Falgout Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. ============================ Houma Courier, Friday, Aug. 19, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle EDMA P. SAVOIE Edma P. Savoie, 85, of 503 Suthon Avenue, Houma, died Saturday morning at Terrebonne General Hospital. He was the husband of Ernestine Gomez Savoie, and the son of the late Gerard Savoie and Alice Daigle and was a retired operator for the U. S. Corp of Engineers. Survivors include numerous nephews and neices. Funeral services will be Monday at 10 am from the Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ascension Catholic Cemetery in Donaldsonville. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 pm until 10 pm and Monday from 8 am until funeral time. The family request that flowers be omitted and that donations be made to the Heart Association. =============================================================== Houma Courier, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle LONNIE KEITH CRYSEL Capt. Lonnie Keith Crysel, 44, a native of Shopin and a long time resident of Lake Charles and a recent resident of Houma, died at 7;20 am, Sunday, Aug. 6, following a short illness. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1972 after 20 years service. For four years he served as Captain of Dresser and __agobar and later worked for Offshore Logistics Co. in Morgan City. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Aug 8 at Hixon Funeral Home chapel in Lake Charles, followed by interment in the Bay Springs Cemetery in Shopin officiated by Rev. E. K. Donahue. He was the husband of Marie Crysel of Houma. He is also survived by four brothers, Edward and Robert, both of Lake Charles, W. R. Crysel of Rochester, N.Y. and Harold Crysel of Texarkana, Ark. And two sisters, Mrs. James L. Vaughn and Mrs. Effie Chandler of Alhambre, Calif. Arrangements were handled by Hixon Funeral Home in Lake Charles. ============================ Houma Courier, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1978 Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle ROSALIE MARIE SAVOIE DUPRE Mrs Rosalie Marie Savoie Dupre, native of Mathews and a resident of Bayou Blue, died at 10:55 am, Tuesday, Aug 22 in Bayou Blue at the age of 40. Visitation at Falgout's Funeral Home in Raceland begins at 10 am Thursday, Aug 24, and will continue until funeral time. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 pm Friday, Aug 25 from the funeral home to St. Louis Catholic Church in Bayou Blue at 2 pm, followed by interment in St. Louis Mausoleum in Bayou Blue. She was the wife of Leland S. Dupre. She is also survived by two stepsons, Michael and Terry Dupre; daughter, Wendy Leigh Dupre; brothers, Morris Savoie Jr. of Gibson and Norman Savoie of Lockport; sisters, Mrs. Jimmie Dupre of Bayou Blue, Mrs. Louis Rogers Sr. of Lockport, Mrs. Euclide Danos Jr. of Raceland and Mrs. Aurelian Kraemer Jr. of Bayou Blue. She was preceded by her parents, Morris Savoie Sr. and Mathilda Rodriguez. Arrangements are being handled by Falgout's Funeral Home, Inc. ===========================