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Eugene "Gene" Stanley Guidry

Mon, 03/23/2020 - 9:13am

Monday, March 23, 2020

RAYNE - Private graveside services will be held for immediate family members only at St. Joseph Cemetery #2, Mausoleum in Rayne, for Eugene "Gene" Stanley Guidry, 91, who died Sunday, March 22, at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne.

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

Fr. Kevin Bordelon, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne, and Deacon Denis LaCroix, also of St. Joseph, will conduct the graveside services.

Mr. Gene served in the United States Navy. He was a member of the American Legion Post 77 in Rayne, past Grand Knight with the Rayne Knights of Columbus Council 1897, and the St. Vincent De Paul Society. He retired with the United States Postal Service in Rayne after 25 years, then went on to open Cypress Sports in Rayne.

Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Letrice Richard Guidry of Rayne; three sons, Kenneth Guidry, Bill Guidry and spouse Cheryl, and Carl Guidry, all of Rayne; 10 grandchildren, Allison G. Cantrell and spouse Charlie, Jenny G. Prevost and spouse Terrell, Rebecca G. Vidrine and spouse Cody, Adam Girouard and spouse Jamie, Luke Girouard, Lindsey Girouard, Doug Guidry, Aidan Guidry and Sydney Guidry; a step-grandchild, Rachel L. Istre and spouse John; nine great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Debra Guidry Girouard; one grandchild, Phillip John Guidry; one great-grandchild, Catherine Francis Cantrell; father, Armond Guidry; mother, Lena Caillouet Guidry; and one brother, Larry Joseph Guidry.

Pallbearers will be Adam Girouard, Luke Girouard, Doug Guidry, Aidan Guidry, Charlie Cantrell, Terrell Prevost and Cody Vidrine.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to be made to The Healing House, 160 S. Beadle Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508 (337)234-0443, or St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude PL, Memphis, TN, 38105-9959.

The Guidry family would like to give special thanks to the staff at Southwind Assistant Living in Crowley, his caregivers Lou August and Agnes Sterling, the staff at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne, Heart of Hospice and his Hospice nurse Nicole Deaville.

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.

Reginald "Dusty" Louis Zaunbrecher Jr.

Sun, 03/22/2020 - 1:59pm

Sunday, March 22, 2020

RAYNE - Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Cemetery #2, Mausoleum in Rayne, for Reginald "Dusty" Louis Zaunbrecher Jr., 69, who died Thursday, March 19, at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne.

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

Fr. Kevin Bordelon, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church will conduct the graveside services.

Dusty will be remembered as a gifted athlete, outdoorsman, and committed environmentalist. He graduated from Rayne High School and USL, where he was a member of the football team and actively involved in student government. He went to Washington D.C. as a congressional staffer on the House subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and the Environment. He earned a masters degree at Catholic University and served as legislative counsel to the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies and National Wildlife Federation from there to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he started his own environmental consulting firm and spent many happy years hunting, fishing and working in wetlands conservation.

Returning to Louisiana in retirement Dusty spent his later years fly fishing in the marsh and hosting friends and family at his camp at Lake Arthur. He will be remembered for his love of the outdoors and commitment to causes he believed in.

Survivors include his sister, Elaine Z. Schiller and spouse Steve of Olympia, WA; two brothers, Chris Zaunbrecher and spouse Peggy of Rayne, and Lester "Jody" Joseph Zaunbrecher and spouse Kay of Arnaudville; one nephew, Nick Schiller; six nieces, Stephanie S. Vaughn and spouse Douglas, Christina Mayeux and spouse Jude, Cicely Zaunbrecher, Catherine Zaunbrecher, Claire Zaunbrecher and Eve Zaunbrecher; and three great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Reginald Louis Zaunbrecher Sr.; mother, Marion Trahan Zaunbrecher; paternal grandparents, Ferdinand and Eve Thelma Hines Zaunbrecher and maternal grandparents, Lester and Manila Rees Trahan.

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.

Acadia Parish reports first case of COVID-19

Sun, 03/22/2020 - 1:41pm

Steve Bandy, La. State Newspapers

Sunday, March 22, 2020

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in Acadia Parish.

At approximately7:30 p.m. Saturday, Ashley LeBlanc, Acadia Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, was notified through proper channels that there is a positive case of COVID-19 in Acadia Parish, according to a statement from the Acadia Parish Police Jury.

Officials are working in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

No information on the identity of location of the patient has been released. Officials said a formal statement will be made upon receipt of more information.

APSO Daily Bookings: March 11 - 12

Fri, 03/20/2020 - 11:27am

March 11 • Caleb James Rogers, Highway 93, Scott: Arrested by Rayne P.D. for distribution of Schedule II narcotics ($20,000 bond);