Harold James BERTRAND

LAWTELL -Funeral services for Harold James Bertrand, 63, of Lafayette will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday June 9, 2005, at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Lawtell, with the interment in the church cemetery.The officiators will be the Rev. Daniel Picard of St. Bridget and Monsignor Richard Greene of St. Joseph in Patterson.Mr. Bertrand, a resident of Lafayette, died at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday June 7, 2005.He is survived by his wife, Gail Joubert Bertrand, of Lafayette; one son, Mark Stephen Bertrand and his wife, Patricia, of Lawtell, and their four daughters; Megan, Amanda, Samantha and Nicole; one daughter, Melissa Ann Bertrand Hamontree and her husband, Scott,and their eight children; Ben, Ashley, Krista, Josh, Matthew, Elaine, Gabriel and Maggie; one brother, Gervis "Buck" Bertrand Jr., of Baton Rouge; and one sister, Linda Faye Bertrand Smith, of Baker.His father, Gervis "Buck" Bertrand Sr., preceded Mr. Bertrand in death.Harold Bertrand will always be remembered as an avid golfer along with his contributions of time and money to many local charity golf tournaments; organizing the American Cancer Society Golf Tournament for several years.He was passionate for his family and especially his 12 grandchildren who adored him. Time spent with family and friends was the most important thing to him. He also loved treating his family to frequent trips all over the world.Mr. Bertrand was a member of the following organizations; Altar Server and Eucharistic Minister at Our Lady of Fatima in Lafayette and a past member of St. Vincent de Paul Society and Charter member of one of Our Lady of Fatima's small church groups. He was also annually recognized as top producing sales agent nationally with CSO of Omaha and was a member of the Pinnacle Club, and National Director in charge of 48 states with the National Motor Club out of Dallas, Texas.Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be Jim Poche, Tim Maragos, Ben Hamontree, Charles Joubert, Chip Privette, Buck Bertrand, Chad Thibodeaux, Michael Joubert, Jim Morrow and Charles Barton.Visiting hours will be observed from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. today, June 8, 2005, and will continue from 7 a.m. Thursday until the time of services.A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. this evening.The family would like to thank Culicchia Neurological Clinic, mainly Dr. Frank Culicchia and staff of Marrero, La. for their compassionate care and concern. Also sending a special thank you to Hospice of Acadiana.Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home 2845 S. Union St. Opelousas, (337) 948-6538, is in charge of arrangements.