Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, August 4, 2007, at Fountain Memorial Funeral Home Chapel for Louis Victor Ryan, Jr., 84, who died Thursday, August 02, 2007 at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Lafayette.

Interment will follow in Lafayette Memorial Park Cemetery.

The honorable Reverend Perry Sanders, of First Baptist Church of Lafayette, will conduct the services.

Mr. Ryan was born December 5, 1922. He was a native of Alexandria and a long-time resident of Lafayette. Louis served during WWII in the U.S. Army and was a Mason with the Masonic Bodies of Lafayette F & AM. He worked for over 37 years for Davidson Louisiana as a Branch Manager in sales and was a long-standing member of the First Baptist Church of Lafayette. Married to his loving wife Kathryn Monroe Ryan for over 61 years, he was also an avid outdoorsman, loved golf and enjoyed spending time with his family.

He is survived by his beloved wife Kathryn Monroe Ryan, of Lafayette; son Mark Ryan and his wife Debbey, of Lafayette; sister Betty Willson of Converse, La.; grandchildren Michael Ryan and Aerielle Benoit of Lafayette and Stacey Ryan of Anchorage, Alaska, and one great-grandson, Ender Reese Ryan, of Lafayette

Louis was preceded in death by his father Louis Victor Ryan, Sr., of Alexandria; his mother Jessie Rembert Ryan of Pineville; one brother John D. Ryan, of Morgan City, and one sister Judy Legett, of Boyce, La. .

Louis was a warm and generous husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed by all.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Fountain Memorial Funeral Home from 11:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 3, and to continue at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 4 until time of services.

Active pallbearers will be Mabry Langlinais, Carl Conrad, I.J. Mires, Jack Smith, Ed Wittenberg, and Jack Anderson.

Fountain Memorial Funeral Home, Cemetery, and Mausoleum of Lafayette, 1010 Pandora Street, (337) 981-7098, is in charge of arrangements.