Raymond George Fontaine, Sr., 82, a resident of Slidell, La., died on Saturday, January 23, 2021, in his home surrounded by family. As a lifetime Catholic, the family will celebrate his life with a Memorial Service at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd., West, Slidell, La., on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be on Saturday after 9:30 a.m. until service time. Ray was a 1956 graduate of Thibodaux College High School, where he played football. He enlisted in the US Army and served until he began his studies at the University of New Orleans with a focus on construction, survey and engineering. He became a field and construction engineer developing several properties including New Orleans East and Venetian Isles. Ray worked for New Orleans based Boh Bros in the 70s as a project manager. As President of Quality Sand and Gravel, he provided aggregate for projects across coastal Mississippi. He was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the National Sand and Gravel Crushed Stone Association after designing a process and wash plant in Buffalo, New York. In 1988, he was certified as a real estate agent while working on numerous concrete and development projects until his retirement. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 44 years Mary Jean Owens Fontaine; his son, Raymond G. Fontaine, Jr.; his parents, Eura Voorhies and Jean P. Fontaine; and two brothers, Jean P. Fontane and Lenhard Fontaine. He is survived by his loving wife of 16 years, Maxine Vincent Monnin Fontaine. His four children, John P. Fontaine (Karen Lima) of Ponchatoula, David S. Fontaine of New Orleans, Stephanie Fontaine Davis (Don) of Ridgeland, Mississippi and daughter-in-law, Mary Helen Fontaine of Covington; three grandchildren, Lindsey Fontaine Orkus (Gregory) of Mandeville, Mary Madison Davis of Salida, Colorado and Wyatt W. Davis of Ridgeland, Mississippi and one great-granddaughter, Mary Kate Orkus. With his marriage to Maxine, Ray was gifted with four step-children Gary Monnin (Christine), Keith Monnin (Karen), Cindy Monnin Nuccio (Joey), Todd Monnin (Trish) and Michelle Fethke (Shannon); thirteen step-grandchildren Katie Reidell (Matt), Vincent Monnin (Liz), Brittany Preble (Sean), Dane Monnin (Alison), Kristen Smith (Nate), Danielle Roussel (Adam), Kimberle Trowbridge (Richard), Beth Rochelle (Jared), Brandy Mulherin (Jimmy), Paige McCullough (Zachariah), Victoria Monnin, Whitney Lyons, and Colton Fethke. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Jude at 501 Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or www.StJude.org.
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