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1934 Hilda 2021

Hilda Clara Ray

June 12, 1934 — June 24, 2021

Funeral Mass for Mrs. Hilda Clara Ray, 87, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, June 28, 2021, at St. Paschal Catholic Church in West Monroe, with Fr. Frank Coens officiating. Interment will follow in Fellowship Cemetery in Columbia, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Visitation will be held from 12:00 P.M. until service time on Monday at St. Paschal Catholic Church.

Mrs. Hilda was born June 12, 1934 and passed away June 24, 2021, at her daughter, Laurie’s home surrounded by her loving family. She was a member of St. Paschal Catholic Church. She was a homemaker and loved being outdoors and in her garden was where she loved to be the most. To know her, was to love her and anyone that knew her, knew how much she loved her family and being a mother and grandmother were her greatest accomplishments.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Diane Gunter; son-in-law, Carroll Gunter, III; and granddaughter, Christine Gunter.

Survivors include her husband, Jack O. Ray; children, Karen Felder and husband David, Lynne Tolar, David Ray and wife Joyce, Laurie Hendrix and husband Roland, Kevin Ray and wife Terri, and Michelle Sweet; grandchildren, Carroll Gunter, IV and wife Summer, Russell Gunter and wife Yuri, Jeannie Hildebrand and husband Chris, Michael Felder, Heather Felder, Eric Felder and wife Lauren, Jason Tolar and wife Nikki, Brandon Tolar, Hollie Travis and husband Aubrey, Brian Singson, Lindsay Tyson and husband Ryan, Jessica Mills and husband Jesse, Justin Hendrix and Megan, LeAnne Bounds and husband Zac, Danielle Williams, Madison Ray, Trevor Sweet and Kaitlyn Sweet; 34 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and sisters, Dolores Pancrazi and Yvonne Donnelly.

Mrs. Hilda’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family would like to give special thanks to her caregivers, Laurie Hendrix, Lindsay Tyson, Ashley Walker, Karen Felder and Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care for taking such great care of our Mom.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Monday, June 28, 2021

12:00 - 2:00 pm (Central time)

St. Paschal's Catholic Church

711 N 7th Street, West Monroe, LA 71291

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Funeral Mass

Monday, June 28, 2021

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

St. Paschal's Catholic Church

711 N 7th Street, West Monroe, LA 71291

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Burial

Fellowship Cemetery

LA

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