Virgie Marie Cologne Bergeron, a native of Des Allemands and resident of Houma, passed away on April 1. She was 74 years old.

Noland Paul “Doogie” Breaux Jr., a native and resident of Bayou Gauche, passed away on April 30. He was 34 years old.

Mr. Breaux is survived by his parents, Noland P. Breaux Sr. and Anna Mae Bourgeois Breaux, his step-grandfather Jack Flippo, brother Derrell Paul Breaux, sister Darnell Breaux Hebert, four nephews and one niece. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Noah Anthony Breaux, Georgia Matherne Flippo and Noah Adam and Gertrude Plaisance Bourgeois. Mr. Breaux was a member of the Arc of St. Charles and the Special Olympics.

Services were held on May 4 at Community Assembly of God Church in Bayou Gauche, followed by burial at Sunset Cemetery.

Maxie Martin Chauvin, a native of Marrero and resident of Des Allemands, passed away on April 16. She was 82 years old.

She is survived by her sons, Dwighty and Vance Frickey, stepsons Calvin, Sylvester, Allen and Timmy Chauvin, daughters Jenelle Harrell, Paula Bernard, Elain Bartell, Marcella Bartell and Brenda Ardoin, stepdaughters Irene Owens and Ella Mae Andras, brothers Loveless Jr., Ray, Harry and Thomas Martin, sisters Virginia Candies, Marion Dufrene and Barbra Shortless, 20 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by first husband Herbert Guidry, second husband Lerrie Frickey and third husband Joseph Chauvin, parents Loveless J. and Mathilda Babin Martin and brother Malcolm Martin.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 20 at St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Des Allemands.

Merston Joseph Doucet, Sr., a native of Iota and resident of Luling, passed away on April 11. He was 84 years old. A 44-year resident of the parish, Mr. Doucet was a U.S. Army veteran and a survivor of Pearl Harbor. He is survived by his wife, Angela Bourgeois Doucet, children M.J. Doucet Jr. and Effie D. Benoit, sisters Annie Mae D. Taylor and Minnie D. Young, and grandchildren Fr. Charles Benoit O.S.B., Kristy Doucet Roach, Regina Benoit McMillan and Joey Doucet.

Visitation will be held on April 15 from 8:30 a.m. through 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Luling, followed by services at 11:30 a.m.

Clarise “Judge” Rerre Dufrene, a native of Gheens and resident of Thibodaux, passed away on April 23. He was 85 years old.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Rita Guidry Dufrene, daughters Janice Ramagos, Iris Plaisance, Karen Cortez and Catherine Faucheux, brothers Oliver and Tildon Dufrene, sister Gertrude LeBlanc, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Marcelite Pontiff Dufrene, brothers Lawrence and Clarence Dufrene and sisters Marguerite Lucia Bodden, Bernice Hogan and Bertha Breaux.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 26 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Destrehan.

Naise Naquin Dufrene, a native and resident of Des Allemands, passed away on April 9. She was 80 years old.

She is survived by her sons, Carl Joseph Dufrene, Curtis Joseph Dufrene and Clifford John Dufrene, daughters Juanita Tonubbee, Lona Loupe and Irma Breaux, brothers Whitney, Nollie and Wilbert “Brud” Naqin, sisters Earline Schaubhut, Rita Schaubhut and Joyce McBroom, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Norman Joseph Dufrene, parents Caliste and Agglia Dufrene Naqin, son Rodney Joseph Dufrene, brothers Randolph and Norman Naquin, sister Inez Naqin and grandchild Shannon Dufrene.

Religious services were held on April 12 at Des Allemands Baptist Church, followed by burial at the Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery.

Gerald Joseph Dupre Jr., a native of Morgan City and resident of Slidell, passed away on April 29. He was 67 years old.

He is survived by his sons, Aaron J. Dupre, Gerald J. Dupre Jr., Ralph Dupre and Edward Martina, daughters Lisa Dupre and Lana Hollis, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Aaron and Odette Delane Dupre.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on May 4 at St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Des Allemands, followed by burial at St. Gertrude Cemetery.

Edward Emil Jr. passed away on April 13 at Oscher Hospital. He was 77 years old.

He is survived by his wife, Avinell Barletter Faucheux Emil of New Sarpy, stepdaughters Donnell and Avinell Faucheux and Pandora F Bollingham, stepson Donald Faucheux, brothers Richard, Albert Donald and Walter Emil, sister Ruthie Rose Youngren, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his brothers Leonard Emil II, George N.W. Terrenal and Benjamin Terrenal.

Visitation with the family was held on April 16 at Alexander Funeral Home in Norco.

Teresa Marie Evans of Luling passed away on April 10. She was 41 years old.

She is survived by her husband, Don Evans, mother Nancy Tweedy, stepfather Edward Tweedy, daughters Dawn and Donna Evans, son Paul Bega, sister Debbie Matise and grandchild Brennan Bega.

A graveside service was held on April 15 at Jefferson Memorial Gardens in St. Rose.

Alise Dean “A.D.” Fountain, a retired carpenter, passed away on April 10 of emphysema. He was 73 years old.

Mr. Fountain was born in Oklahoma and lived in Destrehan for 34 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Cleovis Fountain, daughters Lahonda Schexnayder, Sharon Larkin, Brenda Parker and Gail Dillman, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on April 14 at First Baptist Church in Norco.

Denis Vincent Gaubert, a native of Ama and resident of Luling, passed away on April 15. He was 78 years old.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Zeringue Gaubert, sons Lowell “Buddy” Gaubert, Theron “Moss” Gaubert, Guinn “Black” Gaubert and Roth Gaubert, daughters Duenna G. Poché, Denise G. Boyd, Leila G. Bourgeois and Jaida G. Bergeron, brother Irby Gaubert, sisters Eunice G. Roberts, Ethel G. Keller and Leah Rae G. Cantrelle, 17 grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ambrose and Leah Zeringue Gaubert, brothers Lawrence, Norman, Emerson and Clifford Gaubert, sister Agnes G. Adams and one grandson.

A U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, Mr. Gaubert was a retired foreman for Shell Oil.

A service was held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hahnville on April 19.

Marguerite “Daisy” Walker Haynes, a retired employee of St. Charles Pharmacy in Norco, passed away on April 20 of pneumonia at Northshore Regional Medical Center in Slidell. She was 84 years old.

Haynes was born in 1919 and lived in Norco for the past 80 years. Wife of the late Easil E. Haynes, mother of John E. Haynes and Thomas J. Haynes Sr. of Slidell, sister of Georgette Chauvin and a brother, Rudolph “Bud” Walker. She is also survived by three grandsons and one great-grandson.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Alice Walker, brother Howard Walker Sr. and sisters Edna Anderson, Gertrude Brannon, Marie Simecek and Cecilia Kracen.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 23 at Sacred Heart Church in Norco, followed by interment at St. Charles Borromeo Mausoleum in Destrehan. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Masses.

Ruby Mace Jones, formerly of El Dorado, Ark., passed away on April 7 at her home in Luling. She was 81 years old.

Born on April 26, 1922, in Crossett, Ark., she was the daughter of William E. and Sarah P. Mize Mace, a member of the Parkview Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxilliary of the VFW.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Allison V. Jones, brother William Ed Mace and sister Loraine Jarmon. She is survived by her son, Buddy Jones and his wife Pat of Watauga, Texas, daughter Susan J. Weems and her husband Buddy, of Luling, grandchildren Gary Jones of Wilson, N.C.; Dawn Lawrence and husband Mike of Washington Terrace, Utah; Natasha Gilbery and husband M.C. of Fort Meade, Md.; Jeff Weems and Jody Weems of Luling; great-grandchildren Tim Jones, Michael Lawrence, Taylor Gilbert, John Gilbert, Hope Gilbert and Phoebe Weems, sister Vivian McIlveene of Chattanooga, Tenn., sister-in-law Mary Frances Mace of Caledonia, Ark. and many other nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.

A Funeral was held on April 10 at Parkview Baptist Church in El Dorado, Ark.

Michael David Landry of Lafourche Parish passed away on April 22. He was 39 years old. He is survived by his mother, Doris Rizzuto of Harahan, daughters Brittany Nicole Landry and Brandy Ann Landry of Destrehan, brother Richard James Landry of Atlanta, Ga. and sister Sheryl Landry Karger of Luling. He is preceded in death by his father, Louis W. Landry Sr., and brother Louis W. Landry Jr.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 26 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Destrehan.

Louise Mary Bergeron Ordoyne, a native of Des Allemands and resident of Cut Off, passed away on April 29. She was 89 years old.

She is survived by her companion, O’Neil Triche, sons Jimmy, Gilbert and Tony Ordoyne, daughters Rose LeBlanc, Geraldine Creppel and Virgie LeBouef, brother Eli Bergeron, sisters Lucille Shutter and Rita Morvan, 23 grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, two step-great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank Ordoyne, companion Percy Farve, parents Camille Bergeron Sr. and Selvina Guillot Bergeron, brothers Henry Bergeron and Camille Bergeron Jr., sister Elizabeth Bonner and one great-grandchild.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Des Allemands on May 1, followed by burial at Sunset Cemetery in Bayou Gauche.

Irma Cologne Plaisance, a native of Des Allemands and resident of Raceland, passed away on April 2. She was 77 years old.

Rita “Faye” Tregre, a native and resident of Norco, passed away on April 18 at Cannon Hospice. She was 81 years old.