NEW ORLEANS – Services for horseman and preservationist William Droulia were March 15. He died Feb. 27 at age 71.
He was affiliated with Acorn Farms thoroughbred ranch and The Helis Stock Farm. He was widely known for preservation work in the Vieux Carre’.
Retired banker
LAFAYETTE – Services geologist and banker Paul Blanchet, Jr. are Monday. He died March 14 at age 82.
Ruth Miller Manuel, 87, died on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Eunice Manor Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice. Rite of Committal will follow in the Mt.
Lloyd “Butch” James Zaunbrecher, 65, died on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in a Lafayette Hospital.
Former Scout exec
DERIDDER – Services for retired Boy Scout executive Paul Dutcher will be Sunday. He died March 13 at age 97.
He was a Scout executive for more than 25 years, including posts in Alexandria, Mississippi, Arkansas and Ohio before locating here.
