RICHARD VAN LEUVEN Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 19 Apr 2005 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= April 18. 2005 12:00AM Richard Van Leuven Richard Gordon Van Leuven, 69, a native of Ellenville, N.Y., and resident of Houma, died at 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2005. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to funeral time Tuesday at Samart Funeral Home in Houma. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with burial in Rogers Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Bernice Van Vliet Van Leuven; one son, Richard Allen Van Leuven; three stepsons, John, Duane and Raymond Bennett; three daughters, Bedra Falgout, Rachel LeBoeuf and Angel Falgout; six brothers, Vivan, John, Roger, Pat, Tony and Paul Van Leuven; four sisters, Ella Du Mond, Rachael Gorr, Mary Sanderson and Jeanie; and 15 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vivan G. Van Leuven and Ester M. Davis Van Leuven; two brothers, Raymond and Allen Van Leuven; one sister, Donna Smith; and one granddaughter, Shelby Lynn Falgout.