Obituaries

February 10, 1958 - March 11, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Veronica Lynn Ortego, 58, of Pine Prairie, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Pine Prairie at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 13. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

January 6, 1929 - March 10, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Elva Mae Chaddrick Nelson, 87, of Pineville, at the G.A. Mangun Center of the Pentecostals of Alexandria at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 13. Burial will follow in the Turkey Creek Cemetery.

October 9, 1921 - March 10, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Ruby Vidrine, 94, of Ville Platte, at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 12 noon, Saturday, March 12. Burial will follow in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery.

HIGHLANDS, Texas - Funeral services will be held for Harold Gene Fuselier, 79, and Elaine Laverne Fuselier, 79, of Highlands, Texas, at the Sterling-White Funeral Home Chapel in Highlands, Texas, at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 12. Burial will follow in the Sterling-White Cemetery.

January 17, 1965 - March 10, 2016
Funeral services were held for Blake LaFleur, 51, at the Lone Pine Assembly of God Church in Bunkie at 3 p.m., Friday, March 11. Burial followed in the Griffin Hill Cemetery in Turkey Creek.

March 3, 1948 - March 8, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Gary “Keith” Ortego, 68, of Houma, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 12. Burial will follow in the Evangeline Memorial Cemetery.

November 30, 1947 - March 5, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Sonia Ann Gauthier, 68, of Pearl, Mississippi, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Pine Prairie at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 12. Burial will follow in the Ortego Cemetery in Mamou.

February 15, 1997 - March 6, 2016
Funeral services were held for Demetrius Deontae’ Bergeron, 19, of Ville Platte, at the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel in Ville Platte at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 9. Burial followed in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Belaire Cove.

October 5, 1937 - March 5, 2016
Funeral services were held for Pearl Devillier Johnson, 79, of Ville Platte, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 8. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Cemetery.

April 17, 1955 - March 4, 2016
MAMOU - Funeral services will be held for Ricky Ward Haviland, 60, of Turkey Creek, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou at 1 p.m., Friday, March 11. Burial will follow in the Ardoin Cemetery in Mamou.