All Obituaries

Funeral services for Keith Joseph Lemoine will be held at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura, Louisiana. Interment will follow at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held in West Monroe from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., Sunday, November 27, 2022 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at Escude Funeral Home in Mansura at 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Monday, November 28, 2022 and resume Tuesday,...

Visitation for Vivian Florence Hillard of Cottonport will begin at 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Cottonport. Rosary prayer service with Rev. Rusty Rabalais will begin at 6:30pm. Interment will be held on a future date at Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois. Vivian Florence Hillard, age 77, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022 at her home in Cottonport. She was a loving mother, grandmother, wife, sister, and friend. Since...

Funeral Mass for Raymond Simon Dufour of Moreauville will begin at 1:00pm on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moreauville with Fr. Brian Seiler officiating. Entombment will follow at the Sacred Heart Mausoleum No. 2. Raymond Dufour, age 74, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2022 at Mercy Regional Hospital in Ville Platte, La. Mr. Raymond served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the National Rifle Association and the Moreauville & Bordelonville...

Funeral Mass for Ben Joseph Valois of Plaucheville will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Moreauville on Friday, November 25, 2022 beginning at 12:00 pm with Rev. Brian Seiler officiating. Burial will take place at the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Mausoleum of Plaucheville.  Ben Valois, age 86, passed away at his home in Plaucheville surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, November 17th, 2022.  In his younger years, he served the United States Army in a...

Funeral Mass for Eric “Coach” Gormsen, Jr. of Moreauville will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Moreauville on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 beginning at 11:00am with Rev. Brian Seiler officiating. Burial will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. Eric Gormsen, Jr., age 75, passed away on Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at his home in Moreauville with his wife & daughter at his side. Eric served in the U.S. Air Force serving 2 tours in Vietnam...

Dennis Scallan, age 67, passed away at the Avoyelles Manor Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 15th, 2022. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Erin Armand (Randy); sisters, Denise Scallan (Lynn) and Carmen Parker (Wayne). He is also survived by his three grandchildren, Sebastian, Freya, and Ivar.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert John Scallan and Mary Adine Normand Laborde.   Family and friends are invited to sign and view the online...

Funeral service for Floyd Anderson of Bunkie will begin at 11:00am on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at New Light Baptist Church in Evergreen with Rev. Gary Ford officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:30am until the time of service at New Light Baptist Church in Evergreen. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.  Floyd Anderson, age 76, passed away at his home in Bunkie on Saturday, November 12th, 2022. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the...

  Funeral service for Howard Litzsey, Sr. of Simmesport will begin at 11:00am on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesport.  Visitation will begin at 9:00am until time of service on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesport.  Howard Litzsey, Sr., age 67, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 in Waxachie, TX.  2 Timothy 4:6-8 “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have...

Funeral Mass for Russell Lemoine of Delhi, formerly of Cottonport, will take place at the St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church of Cottonport on Friday, November 11th, 2022 beginning at 12:30pm with Rev. John Wiltse officiating. Burial will take place at the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery 2. Russell Lemoine, age 70, passed away at the Glenwood Regional Medical Center of West Monroe on Saturday, November 5th, 2022. Those left to cherish his memory are his siblings, Richard J....