Vincent "Vince" Louis Dukaris

Vincent Louis Dukaric “Vince” passed away unexpectedly at his home on August 22, 2026, after experiencing health issues in recent years. He was 62 years old. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on June 29, 1964, Vince spent the rest of his life building a family and a life in his hometown.

After graduating from Woodlawn High School during the very best generation (X), Vince spent nearly 30 plus years as a local entrepreneur owning both a building maintenance and construction company. A more talented carpenter, you will never meet. For the last seven years, he was employed as a Senior Project Manager with Rostan Solutions, LLC.

He was crazy passionate about LSU sports. His love for LSU football was memorialized by the 2003 National Championship logo tattooed on his back. He was also an avid LSU baseball fan and frequently guest-coached from his lawn chair while listening to the game on the radio - all at no cost to LSU. There was not a deer in the woods or a fish in the Gulf that did not fear him (so he said). He loved the outdoors, and you could frequently find him, Bud Light in hand, sitting outside listening to a ballgame or just hanging out with family and friends, telling lies (mostly) about fishing, hunting, and all the good things in life. He loved good food and was an excellent cook, and he truly believed that whatever he made was better than anything anyone else ever made. He was a world-class trash talker, but he also cried while watching Bambi, which his sisters never let him forget, and every single time Tim McGraw’s “Don’t Take the Girl” came on the radio. Every. Single. Time.

Vince was preceded in death by his mother, Marleen Dukaric; his mother-in-law, Carol Jenks; and both his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Once upon a time, in typical Vince fashion, after swearing he would never marry a girl who put ketchup on a steak (one should never speak with such certainty about such speculation), he forced his younger sister to tell the prettiest girl at school that he liked her. She would become his girlfriend, then his wife, and he would spend 43 years loving her. He is survived by that same girl — who stopped putting ketchup on her steak — his wife, Romi Jenks Dukaric; their two children, Kade Christopher and Quin Simone, both of whom he loved fiercely and of whom he was incredibly proud; and two grandbabies, Ivory Ash and Navy Grace, who brought him immense joy. Also left to mourn his loss are his father and stepmother, Ferdinand “Duke” and Nevon Dukaric; his five sisters, each of whom tried to take him down at some point and usually lost: Suzanne Taylor (Kevin), Kimberly Heard, Michele Dukaric (Trent), Angela Page (Phil), and Brandy McIntire; his father-in-law, John Jenks, Jr.; his sister-in-law, Amy Jenks; and his brothers-in-law, Trae and Jody Jenks. In addition, he leaves behind numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and a host of lifelong friends. A truly big presence, he will be terribly missed.

Vince was one-of-a-kind! A life force; always living life out loud and making it his own. We all hope he found the ice chest in heaven, popped open a longneck (never a can), and tracked down Skip for a long-overdue talk about LSU baseball. We are sure he is saving a lawn chair for the rest of us.

A memorial service will take place on September 11, 2026 at Ourso Funeral Home, 13533 Airline Hwy, Gonzales LA 70737. Visitation is from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Memorial Service to follow at 1:00 pm. Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of life following services. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the American Heart Association or Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area.