Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Michael O'Lacy Machen
HAUGHTON, LA -- Services for Michael O'Lacy Machen, 59, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at St. Jude Catholic Church, Bossier City. Officiating the service will be Father Pike Thomas. Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park Cemetery, Haughton. The family will be receiving friends and loved ones on Monday evening between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., with a Vigil Service beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Hill Crest Funeral Home.
Michael was born October 19, 1946 in Delhi, LA. and died August 26, 2006 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Mr. D.C. Machen, Sr. Left to honor his memory are his wife of 37 years, Susan Machen; son, Michael Reade Machen of Haughton; daughter, Kelly Machen Boyter and husband, Brian of Bossier City, LA.; mother, Elizabeth Machen of Bossier City, LA.; brothers, Dr. Charles Machen and wife, Emily of Knoxville, TN., Roger Machen and wife, Kathy of Bossier City, LA., and D.C. Machen, Jr. and wife, Maria of Benton, LA.; mother-in-law, Mary Phil Gardner of Louisville, KY.; grandson, Jacob Ryan Boyter; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbeaers for Michael will be family members.
The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staffs of Promise Specialty Hospital and Christus Schumpert Hospital for all of their kindness and care.
Hill Crest Funeral Home
Sunday, August 27, 2006
(318) 949-9415