Richard Hensgens Obituary

Age - 75

September 10, 2023

Crowley, LA

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, September 7, 2023, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Crowley, LA for Richard Wayne Hensgens, 75, who passed away September 4, 2023, at the Calcutta House in Lafayette. Fr. Nicholas Ware, Parochial Vicar of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Eunice will be officiating for the services. The family is requesting visiting hours to be held Thursday from 11:00 am to 1:45 pm at Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Crowley. A Rosary will be recited at 11:30 am Thursday. Interment will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery in Mowata. He is survived by four children, Douglas Hensgens Edwards and his wife Tami of Houston, Scott Hensgens and his wife Lauren of Baton Rouge, Luke Hensgens and his wife Mallorie of Eunice, Alyson Stewart and her husband Steven of Rayne; three siblings, Dale Hensgens and his wife Tina of Mowata, Sheila Hargrave and her husband Calvin of Longview, TX, and Keith Hensgens and his wife Melanie of Gueydan; and seven grandchildren, John, Grey, Caroline, George, Henry, Isla, and Spencer. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Nicholas Louis and Doris Landry Hensgens. Condolences maybe sent to the family by www. geesey-ferguson. comArrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.

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