Laurent “Buck” Zeringue, lifelong resident of St. James, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. He was 64. Buck went to welding school at Avondale Shipyard and later worked for the shipyard as a welding inspector. When he wasn’t working he enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Harold Rodrigue, Sr., a native and resident of Vacherie, was born on February 16, 1932 and passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at the age of 88. Harold married his queen, Marie Elaine Steib on January 29, 1955. He was a devoted and loving father of 5 children, 13 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting. Harold was a rice and sugarcane farmer.
Jason “Panu” Paul Louque, a resident of Grand Point, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the age 54.
Mary Ann Porteous Guidry, a native of New Orleans, and a resident of Lutcher since 1952, died Sunday evening, June 21, 2020, surrounded by her five loving daughters. She was 90, born December 7, 1929, the eldest of five children to John Courtney Porteous, Jr. and Mary Cochran Porteous. She married Lewis Joseph Guidry in 1955 and together they raised their family with much love and a strong discipline and ensured that all were educated and raised in the Catholic faith. She was employed at the St. James Parish Library in the 1970's and was later Town Clerk of Lutcher for over ten years. Her hobbies included working in her yard and creating beautiful door wreaths for all occasions. Mary Ann was a former member of the Riverside Garden Club and received Best of Show for Artistic Design in the 1960 garden club flower show. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, 18 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren. She was the mother and mother-in-law of Beverly and Donald Balhoff of Baton Rouge; Sandra and Bill Balhoff of Baton Rouge; Andrea and Richard Balhoff of Katy, TX; Georgette and Xavier Viteri of Fairport, NY; and Janelle and Ricky Millet of Paulina, LA. Mary Ann was the grandmother of Elizabeth Balhoff (Bryan) Lindsay, James (Kristen Monroe) Balhoff, Kristen Balhoff (Tanner) Magee, and Barbara Balhoff (Seth) Bagwell; Bridget Balhoff (Beau) Leitner, Stephanie Balhoff (Jeff) Ferguson, and Gretchen Balhoff; Elise Balhoff, Mark Balhoff, Greg (Bowe Barger) Balhoff, Stephen Balhoff, and Christopher Balhoff; Matthew Viteri, Kate Viteri (Zack) Lamb, and Andrew Viteri; Brennan Millet, Courtney Millet, and Peyton Millet.
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