Gerald James Duhon

BORN: FEBRUARY 20, 1947

DIED: MARCH 16, 2011

AFTER A BRAVE STRUGGLE AGAINST PANCREATIC CANCER GERALD DIED PEACEFULLY AT 4:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AROUND HIM.

HE WAS A KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS OF 35 YEARS HOLDING SEVERAL OFFICES INCLUDING GRAND KNIGHT. HE WAS ALSO A 4TH DEGREE MEMBER OF MSG. CRAMERS ASSEMBLY HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. THEODORE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE HE WAS A EUCHARISTIC MINISTER AS WELL AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE MINISTRY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR, AS WELL AS THE ALTAR SOCIETY.

HIS GREATEST JOY WAS WORKING FOR HIS CHURCH, LOVING HIS FAMILY, AND HELPING ANYONE WHO NEEDED HELP.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS 106, AND WAS A PNEUMATIC TECHNICIAN. AFTER RETIREMENT HE WORKED FOR ENTERPRISE CAR RENTALS FOR THREE YEARS AND ENJOYED THE FRIENDSHIPS OF THE CO-WORKERS.

HIS VISITATION WILL BE AT HIXSON’S FUNERAL HOME IN MOSS BLUFF FROM 11:00 FRIDAY TO 10:00 P.M. WITH A ROSARY AT 7:00 P.M. VISITATION WILL RESUME AT 10:00 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 1:OOP.M. AT ST. THEODORE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WITH BURIAL AT RITCHIE # 1 IN MOSS BLUFF.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, OF 44 YEARS; HIS SON ROBBIE OF GILLIS, HIS SON GENE, OF MIDLAND MICHIGAN, HIS DAUGHTER SHANNON, AND HUSBAND WAYNE LEUBNER OF MOSS BLUFF, GRANDCHILDREN ROBIN DUHON OF MIDLAND MICHIGAN, LEXIE LASHER OF MOSS BLUFF, TREVOR DUHON OF LAKE CHARLES, DERRICK AND TRAVIS STRINGER OF SHREVEPORT. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER-IN-LAW EUGENE FIELDS. ONE BROTHER NEWTON DUHON OF NEW IBERIA, THREE SISTERS, MABLE ROMERO, EFFIE ROMERO, AND GRACE MATURIN ALL OF NEW IBERIA, HE WAS ALSO “ADOPTED BY MANY TRUE FRIENDS AND CHILDREN WHO ALL DEARLY LOVED HIM.”

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EASSY AND ERONIQUE DUHON, BROTHERS DALTON DUHON. MINOS DUHON, CLARENCE DUHON, LAWRENCE DUHON, AND HIS SISTER SUSIE RICHARD. HIS TWO GODCHILDREN CAROLL STEVENS JR. AND RYAN DUHON ALSO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH

PALLBEARERS WILL BE ROBBIE DUHON, GENE DUHON, WAYNE LEUBNER, RONALD ROMERO, JOHN STELLY, AND CRAIG STELLY. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE NEWTON DUHON, ROBBIN DUHON, TREVOR DUHON, AND LEXIE LASHER.

HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. A SPECIAL THANKS TO HEART OF HOSPICE FOR THEIR CARE DURING GERALD’S ILLNESS. WORDS OF COMFORT MAY BE SHARED WITH THE FAMILY AT WWW.HIXSONFUNERALHOMES.COM