Obituaries

EUNICE – Darrel Scot Toepfer passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014, at the age of 54.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Eunice.

Former police chief
ARNAUDVILLE – Services are July 3 for former Police Chief Michael Duplechain. He died July 1 at age 58.
He was chief from 1995 until 2003.
Survivors include his wife Linda, two sons and his mother.

Long-time publisher
MONROE – Services for long-time weekly newspaper publisher and columnist Irma DeTiege will be July 5. She died July 1 at age 83.
She and her late husband Frank founded the Monroe Dispatch, which targets an African American audience, in 1975.

J. Elward Guillory died on Monday, June 30, 2014, at the age of 90.
A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at Quirk & Son Funeral Home. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.

Anna Vige Young died on Monday, June 30, 2014, at the age of 77.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at 10 a.m. at Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice.
Pastor Josh Johnson will officiate. Entombment will follow at St. Paul Mausoleum in Eunice.