Russell James Gautreaux
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at 2 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church for Russell James Gautreaux, 69, who died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at 5:45 a.m. at Southwind Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Crowley.
Fr. Ed Duhon, Priest in Residence at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, will officiate for the services. The family requests visiting hours Monday from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. A rosary will be recited at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Russell is survived by his partner of 32 years, Robert Legendre of Crowley; one brother, Donald Gautreaux of Crowley; three sisters, Lois G. Brougham of Crowley, Margie G. McCormick of Crowley and Darlene Gautreaux of Beaumont, TX; numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Amy Champagne Gautreaux; one brother, Robert Gautreaux; one nephew, Donnie McCormick; one great nephew, Daniel Oliver Miller, II.
For those wishing to make memorial contributions the family request they go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc., 301 North Avenue F, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-783-3313.