Junior Sklar

A Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Junior Sklar will be at 10 am Thursday, May 1, 2014 at The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Rev. Louis Sklar serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 7 pm on Wednesday the 30th in the funeral home chapel. Mr. Sklar, 80 years of age and a resident of Powhatan, passed away April 28, 2014. He was born August 31, 1933 in Wallis, Texas to Adolf and Emma (Wasicek) Sklar. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Allen Paul Sklar. Junior was a board member of City Bank & Trust as well as The Levee Board. A graduate of Wallis High in Wallis, Texas, Junior was a cattle rancher for his entire life. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Ann Sklar; sons, Terry Sklar and his wife Lanelle and Rodney Sklar; grandchild, Laura Bain and her husband Andrew; as well as a great grandchild, Emma Bain and numerous nieces and nephews. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include: Glenn Davis, Chuck Garrett, Steve Pezant, Alan Shepherd, Dustin Richter and Junior Free. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to St. Mary’s School, 1101 E 5th St, Natchitoches, LA 71457, (318-352-8394) or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 4619 N Ravenswood Ave #302, Chicago, IL 60640, (773) 784-6704).