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Obituary: CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held Friday, September 18, 2009, at a 2 p.m., Mass of Christian Burial, in St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Carencro, for Louis Sydney Stutes, 89, who passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., at Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor in Lafayette. Interment will be in Lafayette Memorial Park in Lafayette. The Rev. Bill Melancon, pastor of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, will officiate at the services. Mr. Stutes was a native of Scott and had been a resident of Sunset for the past 43 years. He was a dedicated employee of Lafayette Woodworks, where he was one of the first employees hired, until his retirement. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Rose Mary Benton Stutes, of Sunset; one son, Wayne Sydney Stutes and wife, Linda, of Griffin, Ga.; two daughters, Ramona Mary Fahey and husband, Kenneth, of Dehlonga, Ga., and Carolyn Anne Keller, of Pearland, Texas; four grandchildren, Robert Stutes, Jennifer Cisco, Bryan Fahey, and Benjamin Aaron Fahey; five great grandchildren, Madison Stutes, Alaina Stutes, Sidnee Stutes, Samantha Cisco, and Eaton Cisco; and two step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis Sydney Stutes, Sr. and the former Artemis Bernard; one brother, Aaron Stutes; one sister, Rena Thompson; three half-brothers, Claude Stutes, George Stutes and Clovis Stutes; and four half-sisters, Alzena Alleman, Alma Guidry, Martha Stutes and Lucille Broussard. A rosary will be prayed at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the funeral home. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 9 a.m. until service time Friday. View the obituary and guestbook online at www.melanconfuneralhome.net. Melancon Funeral Home of Carencro, 4615 North University Avenue, (337) 896-6366, is in charge of arrangements.