Dan LaPrarie, 79, died Sunday at Richland Parish Hospital in Rayville after a long illness.

Services were held Monday at First Baptist Church in Delhi with the Rev. Everett Geis officiating.

Burial was in Providence Memorial Cemetery in Delhi under direction of Kidder-Cox Funeral Home in Delhi.

Mr. LaPrarie was a longtime resident of Delhi. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Delhi, and owned and operated a business in Delhi for a number of years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie LaPrarie of Delhi; a son, Bud LaPrarie of Delhi; two daughters, Mrs. Anna "Boogie" Laird of Delhi and Mrs. Dorothy Goode of Lake Providence; a brother, Allen LaPrarie of Delhi; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Raymond Barrios, W. B. Sumner, W. A. Gaharan, Gus Frances, Travis Richards and Charles Tharpe.

Published in The Oakdale Journal (LA), Thursday, August 2, 1984

Dan LaPrarie, 79, died Sunday at Richland Parish Hospital in Rayville after a long illness.

Services were held Monday at First Baptist Church in Delhi with the Rev. Everett Geis officiating.

Burial was in Providence Memorial Cemetery in Delhi under direction of Kidder-Cox Funeral Home in Delhi.

Mr. LaPrarie was a longtime resident of Delhi. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Delhi, and owned and operated a business in Delhi for a number of years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie LaPrarie of Delhi; a son, Bud LaPrarie of Delhi; two daughters, Mrs. Anna "Boogie" Laird of Delhi and Mrs. Dorothy Goode of Lake Providence; a brother, Allen LaPrarie of Delhi; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Raymond Barrios, W. B. Sumner, W. A. Gaharan, Gus Frances, Travis Richards and Charles Tharpe.

Published in The Oakdale Journal (LA), Thursday, August 2, 1984