Leonard Ray Chatagnier, 80, of Mauriceville, Texas, passed away on November 22, 2017, at his home.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville. Officiating will be Father Delphyn Meeks. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. with a wake service at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Orange, Texas, on June 18, 1937, he was the son of Nolan P. Chatagnier and Lou Ann Chatagnier. Leonard loved his wife deeply and was an excellent family provider. He was a brilliant chemical engineer who not only enjoyed his job, but excelled in his career. In his free time he enjoyed golf and gardening, and was also one of the organizers of the Pony Baseball League for Boys (BCYRA) in 1978. Leonard had an impact on everyone he met, and will be thoroughly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty June Chatagnier; his parents Nolan and Lou Ann Chatagnier; his son, David Chatagnier; and his sister Patsy Chatagnier.
He is survived by his daughters, Tina Chatagnier, Cheryl Chatagnier-Sterling and Mindy Wix; grandchildren, Jessica Griffin and husband Drew, Tony Chatagnier and wife Molly, Megan Pounders and wife Amy, Miranda Gallagher and wife Rebecca, David Arabie, and Nicole Wix; great great grandchildren, Caden, Kendall, Carson, Peyton, Rylee, David, Weston, Charlee, Zachary, and Hudson; and brother, Timothy Chatagnier.
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Claybar Funeral Home
November 27, 2017
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Anonymous
November 25, 2017
Strength & Solace Spray was purchased for the family of Leonard Chatagnier.
Anonymous
November 25, 2017
Emerald Garden Basket was purchased for the family of Leonard Chatagnier.
Cheryl
November 24, 2017
Dad told me after Mom died that Mom was the only women he's ever been with. :heart:
Cheryl
November 24, 2017
Here's another funny story about Dad. When he was young he decided he wanted to go along with Mom to do her horse riding stuff and he decided that he was going to show her how to do it. So she let him get on her horse and show her how to do it and what he showed her was how to get thrown from a horse and have his jaw broken. Unfortunately for Dad he had to have his jaw wired shut for 6 weeks after that! He never tried to show her how to do that again.
Cheryl
November 24, 2017
A lot of people might not know about this story but my Dad used to Duck hunt when he was young. My mother told me a story about one time Leonard took David with him hunting in the marsh. Now mind you David was only 5 years old at the time and I don't know what possessed him to take a five-year-old hunting but he did. So what happened was that he lost my brother in the marsh for 8 hours! He had almost given up hope and was going to have to go home and call the authorities when he found David somewhere in the marsh playing in the mud and sand! I don't know how he didn't get eaten by an alligator while he was lost but he managed to survive without any bad memories of the event. He came home and told Mom what had happened and of course she never let David go hunting with him again!🤣