Carolyn Walker

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in Delhomme Funeral Home Chapel of the Flowers for Carolyn DuCote' "Caro" Walker, 91, who passed peacefully into the presence of the Lord on November 1, 2015 following a brief illness. Reverend Thomas Wheeler, Th.M., Pastor of Southside Bible Chapel will conduct the funeral services. Burial will take place in Fountain Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Walker, a lifelong resident of Lafayette, was the daughter of the late Martin DuCote', Sr. and the former Margaret Dees. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, William O. "Bill" Walker; her daughter, Lynette "DeeDee" Heinberg and her husband, Jerry; her grandson, Chris Callahan; her brother, Dr. Martin "Zeke" DuCote' and his wife, Becky; her sister-in-law, Faye Patterson of Snyder, Texas and her children. Other survivors include Karen DuCote' Thow, Scott DuCote', Ruth DuCote' Blundell, Pam DuCote' Peale, and several great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Mrs. "Caro" Walker accomplished a longtime public service of 22 years in the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court's office where she was promoted to Chief Deputy Clerk of Court, the first woman to fill that position in Louisiana. Following this, she served 26 years as Official Court Reporter for Judge Lucien C. Bertrand of the 15th Judicial District of Louisiana. Her forty-eight years of service were partly inspired by her grandfather, Joseph DuCote', who served as Clerk of Court for the City of Lafayette, LA. In her teen years, after graduating Spencer Business College, "Caro" served as Secretary to A. Paul Duchesneau, Minister of Southside Bible Chapel until he left Lafayette to found Montreal Bible Institute in Canada. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home - Bertrand on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 5:00PM until 7:00PM. Visiting hours will continue on Wednesday from 9:30AM until the time of service. Pallbearers will be Scott DuCote', Ben Blundell, Lalon "Clipper" Peale, Jerry Heinberg, James Bonner and Ray Cummings . Personal condolences may be sent to the Walker family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Carolyn Walker

August 23, 1924 - November 1, 2015