G.P. — T.L. Barthelme. [Group Sheet]

1. M.P. Dore
2. N.P. Dore
3. C.P. Dore

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Donald Raymond Dore, Sr.

Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at a 1:30 pm Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne for Donald Raymond Dore, Sr., 86, who died Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne.

Interment will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery #2 in Rayne, LA.

Rev. Brent Smith, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Dupuis Dore, daughter, Paula Dore Landry and spouse Tommie Landry, two sons, Gregory Paul Dore and wife Tammi, Donald R. Dore, Jr., three sisters, Genevieve Roeder, Barbara Williams, Connie LeBlanc and spouse Paris LeBlanc, brother, Richard Dore and spouse Caren, sister-in-law, Sandy Dore, six grandchildren, Matthew Dore, Nicholas Dore, Christopher Dore, Michelle Dore Reinke, Sabrina Dore Fruge and Katie Dore, eleven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his father, Nery Dore, mother, Celia Granger Dore, two brothers, Michael Dore, Virgil Dore and spouse, Jewel Dore, sister, Juanita Dore.

Pallbearers will be Matthew Dore, Nicholas Dore, Christopher Dore, Greg Dore, Scott Dore and Tom Landry. Honorary pallbearer will be Donald Dore, Jr.

A Rosary will be prayed Friday at 7:00 pm in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne, LA.

The family requests that visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne, LA on Friday, May 20, 2022 from 2:30 pm to 9:00 pm and on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141.

(Published by Gossen Funeral Home of Rayne, LA)

Donald married S. Dupuis [Group Sheet]

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Sunday Rites Set Here For Clarence Dupuis

Funeral services for Clarence Dupuis, 59, who died at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Lafayette General Hospital, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Rayne.

Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery, with Gossen Funeral Home directing arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clarence (Bertha) Dupuis of Rayne; one daughter, Mrs. Shirley Dore of Rayne; one brother, Wallace Dupuis of Rayne; three sisters, Mrs. Walton Thibodeaux, Mrs. Jozen Breaux and Mrs. Stephen Castille, all of Rayne; and three grandchildren.

(Published in The Rayne Acadian-Tribune on June 4, 1978)

Clarence married Bertha Clement 6 Jan 1941, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Bertha (daughter of Willie Clement and Mea Leger) was born 27 Aug 1925, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 15 Feb 2018, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 17 Feb 2018, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at a 1:30 pm Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne, LA for Bertha Clement Dupuis, 92, who died Thursday February 15, 2018 at Rayne Guest Home in Rayne, LA.

Interment will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery #2 in Rayne, LA.

Rev. Christopher Cambre, Associate Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services.

Survivors include daughter, Shirley Dupuis Dore and husband Donald, Sr. of Rayne, grandson, Gregory Paul Dore and wife Tammi of Rayne, granddaughter, Paula Marie Dore and fiance Tomme Landry of Maurice, step grandson, Donald R. Dore, Jr. and fiance Darlene Dronet Lyons of Sulphur, three great grandsons, Matthew Dore, Nicholas Dore, Christopher Dore, brother, Norris Clement of Rayne.

She was preceded in death by husband, Clarence Dupuis, parents, Eumea Clement and Willie Clement, sister, Nola Clement Gaspard, brother, Nolan Clement.

Pallbearers will be Gregory Dore, Matthew Dore, Nicholas Dore, Christopher Dore, Joey Thibodeaux, and Donald Dore, Jr.

A Rosary will be prayed Friday, February 16, 2018 at 7:00 pm in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA.

The family requests that visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA on Friday February 16, 2018 from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm and on Saturday February 17, 2018 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141.

(Published by Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA)

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Willie Clement of Rayne died at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the Lafayette Sanitarium. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, Feb. 21 at 9:00 in the St. Joseph Catholic church. Interment will be in the St. Joseph cemetery.

Mr. Clement, a farmer, was born Sept. 25, 1895 and was 62 at the time of his death.

Survivors are his wife, the former Mea Leger, two sons, Nolan and Norris of Rayne; two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Gaspard and Mrs. Clarence Dupuis of Rayne; seven grandchildren, three brothers, Walter and Elphie of Rayne, and B.B. Clement of Lake Charles, three sisters, Mrs. Elias Simon of Crowley, Mrs. Leland Clark of Lake Charles, and Mrs. Morris Henry of Galveston.

The body will remain at the Gossen Funeral Home until the hour of final rites.

(Published in The Rayne Acadian Tribune on February 21, 1957)

Willie — Mea Leger. Mea was born 13 Apr 1898, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Oct 1970, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Blanchards Die in Wednesday Tragedy

RAYNE, La. - Dr. Robert McManus, Acadia Parish ccoroner, ruled apparent murder and suicide into the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Alcia Blanchard early today at their home two miles south of Rayne on the Indian Bayou road.

In an investiaation conducted by Dr. McManus and officers of the Acadia Sheriff's Department it was learned that Mrs. May Leger Blanchard, 72, was fatally shot three times in the chest with a .22 calibre pistol. Her body was found in her bedroom.

The investigation further disclosed that Blanchard, 76, went into the kitchen and apparently fatally wounded himself in the chest with the same weapon.

Mr. Blanchard was a retired Texaco employee and Mrs. Blanchard was formerly married to Willie Clement.

Her survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Gaspard and Mrs. Clarence Dupuis, two sons, Norris and Nolan Clement, all of Rayne, two sisters, Mrs. Joe Istre of Crowley and Mrs. Toville Trahan of Rayne and two brothers, Louis and Delma Leger, both of Rayne.

Surviving Mr. Blanchard are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Lou Broussard of Rayne and Mrs. Albert Kostelecky of Dickinson, N. Dakota, four sons (all of Rayne), Claude Wilbur, Douglas and Eugene; four sisters, mrs. Alcide Meyers of Duson, Mrs. Ella Blanchard of Abbeville, Mrs. Cyprien Borne of Rayne and Mrs. Nydia Woodbury of Vinton, La. and one brothers, Oneal Blanchard of Port Neches, Texas.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time, with the Gossen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Rayne Independent on October 29, 1970)