Joseph Lawrence Rachal

Funeral service for Joseph Lawrence Rachal will be held 10:30 AM Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Rev. Harold Imamshah officiating. Burial will be in Cloutierville Catholic Cemetery at Cloutierville, La. Visitation will be Monday, July 21, 2008 from 5 PM until 9 PM with a rosary at 7 PM and on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 from 8 AM until 9 AM in Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Mr. Rachal, 65, of Natchitoches, La., died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, La. He was a native of Derry, La. He was a retired supervisor for Kerr Glass in Chicago, Il. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by a grandchild, Quinten Rachal; parents, Edgar Rachal, Sr. and Mary P. Rachal. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara LaCour Rachal of Natchitoches, La.; three sons, Douglas Rachal and wife Heidi of Bolingbrook, Il., Rodney Rachal and wife Denise of Romeoville, Il., and Keith Rachal and wife Michele of Northport, Fl.; ten grandchildren, Jessica Rachal, Christopher Rachal, Elizabeth Rachal, Ashley Rachal, Keith Rachal, Jr., Blade Rachal, D. J. Rachal, Jasmine Rachal, Haley Rachal, and Kaley Rachal; two sisters, Amelia LaCour of Berkley, Il. and Margie Brossette of Shamburg, Il.; three brothers, Edgar Rachal, Jr. of Cane River, La., Thaddious Rachal of Scott, La., and Charles Rachal of Detroit, Mich. For online condolences please visit us at www.blanchardstdenisfuneralhome.com