Obituaries

Jason “Panu” Paul Louque, a resident of Grand Point, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the age 54.

Mary Ann Porteous Guidry, a native of New Orleans, and a resident of Lutcher since 1952, died Sunday evening, June 21, 2020, surrounded by her five loving daughters. She was 90, born December 7, 1929, the eldest of five children to John Courtney Porteous, Jr. and Mary Cochran Porteous. She married Lewis Joseph Guidry in 1955 and together they raised their family with much love and a strong discipline and ensured that all were educated and raised in the Catholic faith. She was employed at the St. James Parish Library in the 1970's and was later Town Clerk of Lutcher for over ten years. Her hobbies included working in her yard and creating beautiful door wreaths for all occasions. Mary Ann was a former member of the Riverside Garden Club and received Best of Show for Artistic Design in the 1960 garden club flower show. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, 18 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren. She was the mother and mother-in-law of Beverly and Donald Balhoff of Baton Rouge; Sandra and Bill Balhoff of Baton Rouge; Andrea and Richard Balhoff of Katy, TX; Georgette and Xavier Viteri of Fairport, NY; and Janelle and Ricky Millet of Paulina, LA. Mary Ann was the grandmother of Elizabeth Balhoff (Bryan) Lindsay, James (Kristen Monroe) Balhoff, Kristen Balhoff (Tanner) Magee, and Barbara Balhoff (Seth) Bagwell; Bridget Balhoff (Beau) Leitner, Stephanie Balhoff (Jeff) Ferguson, and Gretchen Balhoff; Elise Balhoff, Mark Balhoff, Greg (Bowe Barger) Balhoff, Stephen Balhoff, and Christopher Balhoff; Matthew Viteri, Kate Viteri (Zack) Lamb, and Andrew Viteri; Brennan Millet, Courtney Millet, and Peyton Millet.

Gerald "Chippytoe" Joseph Torres, 69, died Monday, June 15, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Born July 10, 1951, he was a native of Vacherie and resident of Bayou Boeuf, LA.