Lawrence Joseph Gauthier

St. Martinville - A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 pm, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in St. Martinville, for Lawrence Joseph Gauthier, 88, who passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015, at home surrounded by his family. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 1:30 pm until 4:00 pm on Tuesday. The Marine Corps League will officiate at the Memorial Service. Mr. Gauthier was a member of the Marine Corps League. He honorably served his country in the Marines and was a WWII Veteran in the Pacific. He was a career law enforcement officer for St. Martin Parish Sheriffs Office, as a deputy and investigator and later as Chief of Police in St. Martinville. Mr. Gauthier attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and he was lifetime member of the NRA. He truly cherished moments spent with friends, family, and especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Shirley Poch Gauthier; sons, Jon Gauthier and wife Shawna of Dumfries, VA, and Glen Gauthier and wife Stacy of Plano, TX; daughters, Carole Lancon and husband David of St. Martinville, Leslie Gauthier of St. Martinville, and Janet Gauthier and husband Brad Hockmeyer of Taos, NM; sister, Isabelle Pointer of St. Martinville; 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents, Anatole Charles Gauthier, Sr. and Agnes Rousseau Gauthier; two brothers, Anatole Gauthier, Jr. and Dennis Gauthier; and five sisters, Marie Louise White, Gertrude Bienvenu, Inez Gauthier, Annette Gauthier, and Therese Delcambre. As per Mr. Gauthier's request, his body was donated to science. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory to the Wounded Warrior Project. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville, 112 New Market St., St. Martinville, LA 70582, (337-394-9121) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary and sign guestbook, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com