Funeral service for Mrs. Doretha “Dot” Rachal LaCaze will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Bay Springs Cemetery in Chopin, LA. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at the funeral home and again on Sunday from 8 a.m. until service time.
Doretha “Dot” Rachal LaCaze, 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette. Doretha was born on July 18, 1940 in Cloutierville, LA to Wallace and Bernice Rachal. Doretha was a resident of Duson, LA and a former resident of Natchitoches Parish.
In 1956 she married the love of her life, Phillip “Pete” LaCaze Jr. and together they started their family. Doretha was known for her loving ways. She never met a stranger, her door was always open and she always gave without expecting anything in return. She loved Cajun music and dancing. Her greatest love was for her family, especially her kids, grandkids and great grandkids.
Doretha is survived by her sons, Rodney LaCaze, Ricky LaCaze (LaDonna), and Richard LaCaze (Kristy); daughters, Janet Lopresto (Alex) and Beverly Reeves (Pap); 14 grandchildren, Amanda, Jason, Brandon, Tiffany, Chelsea, Meagan, Brittany, Derrick, Morgan, Daniel, Dana, Dustin, Ashley, and Laney; 36 great grandkids with one great-great on the way; a brother, Robert Rachal; two sisters, Bonnie Salard and Martha Long.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Bernice Rachal; husband, Phillip “Pete” LaCaze Jr.; daughter, Elma Sue; son, Rocky LaCaze; and sister, Johnnie Bea Feazell.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers include Jason LaCaze, Brandon LaCaze, Daniel Fontenot, Dustin Fontenot, Lance Freeman and Derrick LaCaze. Honorary pallbearers will be Dylan Aucoin, and Austyn Aucoin.
“Oh, what a sweet reunion there was in Heaven as our mother gained her wings”