Abbeville—Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at a 1:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Ray Francis Lormand, 79, who died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at LA Extended Care Hospital.
He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Father Brad Guillory officiating the services.
Ray was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He loved to fish and was a member of the Knights of Columbus and never met a stranger.
He is survived by his wife, Hilda Marie Baudoin Lormand; three daughters, Brenda Lormand, Sandy Estilette and husband Eric, and Cheryl Clausen and husband Don, all of Lafayette; two grandchildren Christy Taylor and Shannon Hart and husband Chris; and three great grandchildren, Brittany Castete, Tiffany Castete and Cameron Picard.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Rose Broussard Lormand; a brother, Ernest Lormand; niece, Barbara Gayle Lormand and a nephew Galen Lormand.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Monday, November 30, 2009 from 2:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. until service time.