Dorothy Richard

LAKE ARTHUR   

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Belair Richard, (96), will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, June 1, 2017 in Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church with Rev. Jay Alexius officiating.

Burial will be in the St. Anthony Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Lake Arthur.

Funeral home visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Wednesday and 8:00 a.m. Thursday until time of services.

A rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel.

Mrs. Richard died at 7:45 p.m., Monday, May 29, 2017 in the Camelot Brookside Nursing Home of Jennings.

Mrs. Richard was a lifelong resident of Lake Arthur and worked in retail sales. She was a great cook, she loved gardening, planting flowers and doing yard work. She was a member of the American Legion and Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church.

Survivors include three sons, Alvin (Wanda) Richard of Lake Arthur, Harold (Shirley) Richard of Lake Arthur,Lance (JoAnn) Richard of Jennings; 7 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Elaire and Lucille Belair; one sister, Carrie Ardoin and one brother, Edward Belair.