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CROWLEY - Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at St. Michael Catholic Church for Edward Hoffpauir III, who died at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2003, at Crowley American Legion Hospital. The Rev. Gary Schexnayder will be officiating for the funeral service. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today. Visitation may be observed from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Wednesday until time of the services. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Edward Hoffpauir III, lifelong resident of Crowley, beloved husband, son, father and brother, died Sunday evening at the age of 58 years, six months. Ed retired from Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. in 2000, after 34 years of service as a corrosion specialist. Among numerous awards he received while at Columbia Gulf, he reached his millionth mile as a safe driver with the company in 1999. He recently began his own business as a building inspector and was an avid woodworker and gardener. Well known for his barbecue, Ed will be missed by all. He was a parishioner of St. Michael Catholic Church of Crowley. Survivors include the former Shelly Talen, his wife of 37 years; his mother, Margie Cormier; two sisters, Jackie Ducote and Janet Cradeur, both of Baton Rouge; one brother, Johnny Romero, of Lafayette; and his two children, Sara Hahn, of Baton Rouge, and Edward Hoffpauir IV, of Crowley. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Hoffpauir Jr.; and his brother, Roy Romero Jr. Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley is in charge of the arrangements. (Daily Advertiser, 25 March 2003)

Birth	9 Sep 1944
Marriage License	14 Jun 1966	Acadia Parish, LA - Shelly Ann Talen
Marriage	18 Jun 1966	Acadia Parish, LA - Shelly Ann Talen
Death	23 Mar 2003	Crowley, Acadia Parish, LA
Burial	26 Mar 2003	Woodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, Acadia Parish, LA
Soc Sec No		439-08-8441

Spouse	Shelly Ann Talen (1944 - )
Child	Sara Hoffpauir (1966 - )
Child	Edward Hoffpauir IV (1966 - )

Father	Edward Hoffpauir Jr. (1921 - 1944)
Mother	Margie Lee Andrus (1921 - 2003)
Sibling	Jacklyn "Jackie" Hoffpauir (1942 - )