Albert N. Fontenot

A retired carpenter for Boudinot Construction, he died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, in Baton Rouge. He was 92, a resident and native of Whitehall, and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Visiting at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Whitehall, on Monday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Jason Palermo. Interment in Whitehall Community Cemtery. Survived by his wife, Lucille Delatte Fontenot, Whitehall; two daughters and a son-in-law, Melva Berthelot, French Settlement, and Leverne and Berlin Aydell, Prairieville; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Rayborn and Diana Cambre Fontenot, Port Vincent, and Lemoine Fontenot, Whitehall; sister, Aurelia Fontenot, Whitehall; ten grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Victoria Rousseau Fontenot; a son and daughter-in-law, Collins Albert and Kathy Albie Fontenot; a sister, Celestine Penalber; six brothers, Sosten, Murphy, Emile, Elmo, Felician and Kosueth Fontenot; and tow grandson, Christopher Watts and Troy Altazin. Pallbearers will be Rayborn and Lemoine Fontenot, Berlin Aydell, Darren and Dain Fontenot, Ron Melancon, and Kenny Whittington. He was a member of Gautreau Williams American Legion Post 81 in Gonzales. In lieu of flowers, please memorial donations to The Carpenter House of St. Joseph Hospice or St. Stephens Catholic Church in Whitehall. Arrangements by Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales.