Raymond George LaHoste Sr.

Raymond George LaHoste, Sr., 87, a resident of Bayou Vista, passed away Friday, January 12, 2018 at Patterson Healthcare Center surrounded by his loving family.

Raymond was born on Feb 21, 1930 in New Orleans, the son of Oscar LaHoste, Sr. and Eunice Jackson Billiot.

As a young man, Raymond, affectionately known as ‘Ray-maw,’ worked several different jobs which helped aid in his ability to be able to fix almost anything and everything that was broken.  While working at the Western Auto Store, he met his loving wife of 64 years, Nelwyn.  Together, they built a life with love and dedication.  They had five children who later blessed them with four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  He was an active member of the MCPBA and an avid parishioner of St Bernadette Catholic Church.

He leaves behind his ‘bay’, Nelwyn Percle LaHoste, of Bayou Vista; four children, Raymond G. LaHoste, Jr, and his wife, Ellen, of Morgan City; Gary A. LaHoste of Madisonville; Susan L. Mira, and her husband, Thomas, of State College, Pennsylvania; Bruce J. LaHoste of Patterson; Four grandchildren, Cody LaHoste, his girlfriend Tiffani Probst, Emily LaHoste, her fiancé, John Chesteen, Peter LaHoste, and Brandon LaHoste; two great grandchildren, Zavier Prince and Kase LaPoint; one brother and a sister-in-law that was more like a sister, Joseph and Inez LaHoste of New Orleans, sisters-in-law, Anna Luc and Elodie LaHoste of Morgan City, and brothers - in- law George Percle of Morgan City, and Mac Percle and his wife Mary Ellen of New Iberia.

Raymond was preceded into death by his parents, Oscar LaHoste, Sr. & Eunice Jackson Billiot; one daughter, Karen LaHoste; one daughter-in-law, Bonny Aucoin LaHoste; two brothers, Oscar LaHoste, Jr. and Calvert LaHoste; two sisters, Elaine L. Lodrigue and Delores L. Boudreaux; two sisters-in-law, Annabelle LaHoste and Rose Percle; three brothers-in-law, Rudolph Lodrigue, D.J. Luc, and Alvin Boudreaux.

A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:10 PM on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at St. Bernadette Catholic Church with Father William Rogalla celebrating Mass.  A visitation will be held in the parish hall from 9:00 AM until 11:20 AM with a rosary being prayed at 11:20 AM.  Following Mass, Raymond will be laid to rest in the Morgan City Cemetery Mausoleum.

Serving Raymond as Pall bearers will be Billy Parker, his grandchildren Cody, Emily, Peter, Brandon, nephews Kerry Luc, Joe Hensgens and Honorary Pall bearers his son-in-law Tom and his great grandsons Zavier & Kase.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to St. Jude’s Children Hospital.