Obituaries

Harry “Bay” Cyprien Thibodeaux, 80, of Seneca, also known affectionately as Papadeaux, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 7, 2023, while surrounded by loved ones. 

A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Seals-Campbell Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. 

Harry was born on March 7, 1943, to Harry C. Thibodeaux and Irene Anna (Duplantis) Thibodeaux in St. Martinville, LA. On December 24, 1965, he married Judith Sears of Waukegan, IL. 

Laura Houeye, aged 96, was called home on November 8, 2023 in Naperville, Illinois.

Henri Clay Bienvenu was born in 1941, but his story really begins over half a century earlier, around 1886, with a 12-year-old kid tacking obituary notices to telegraph poles in St. Martinville, notices that he had printed himself on a small hand press in the offices of a brand-new newspaper called the Weekly Messenger.