Funeral Service for Mrs. Irene Marie Gongre will be 4 p.m. Monday, June 21, 2010 in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Interment will follow at St. Maurice Cemetery, St. Maurice, LA. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at Blanchard St. Denis.
Mrs. Gongre, 87 years of age, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2010 in Natchitoches. She was born January 26, 1923. She worked for many years as a clerk for Montgomery Furniture and Hardware. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Tyrone Gongre; grandchildren, Shannon Kay and her husband Mark, Kevin Gongre, and Cody Gongre and his wife Crystal; great grandchildren, Jessica Kay, Hunter Gongre and Cadence Gongre.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J. K. “Keator” Gongre; son, David Gongre; mother, Rosie Martin; three sisters and one brother.