Gardner Leigh DeHart

Eula Adams Savoie
March 6, 2014
Hazel Cenac Domangue
March 6, 2014
Eula Adams Savoie
March 6, 2014
Hazel Cenac Domangue
March 6, 2014

Gardner Leigh DeHart, 78, a native of Terrebonne Parish, La., and resident of Montegut, La., died Sunday, March 2, 2014.


Mr. DeHart was a self-employed contract welder and barge maintenance contractor. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and enjoyed gardening, raising animals, fishing and rabbit hunting.

He is survived by his wife, Mary DeHart; sons, Wesley and Mitchell DeHart; daughters, Annette Alleman, Georgana Berger, Robbi Michel and Kayla Frickey; brothers, Wilfred and Floyd DeHart; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam and Ida DeHart; son, Shawn DeHart; first wife, Ethel DeHart; sisters, Nora Lovell and Estelle Voisin; and brothers, Herbert, Houston, Cyrus, Edmund, Eugis, Charles, Thomas, Easton and Willard DeHart.


Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at Chauvin Funeral Home and 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 7, at St. Eloi Catholic Church with Mass of Christian Burial to follow. Burial will be at the church cemetery. (Chauvin)

Gardner Leigh DeHart