Syrie Funeral Home Obituaries

How to Search Syrie Funeral Home Obituaries

1. Open the official obituary page

   Go directly to Syrie Funeral Home’s obituary search. This is preferable to relying on a copied obituary listing because the funeral home’s memorial page is where service changes, directions, guestbook options, and family-approved information are most likely to appear.

2. Search the full name first

   Enter the person’s first and last name. If you know a middle name, maiden name, nickname, or suffix such as Jr., Sr., II, or III, try the basic name first before making the search more specific.

3. If nothing appears, search only the surname

   A memorial may use a maiden name, married surname, nickname, middle initial, or a different spelling. Searching only the last name often reveals a notice that a full-name search missed.

4. Open the complete memorial page

   Do not rely only on a preview card or search snippet. The full obituary can contain the service schedule, visitation, church or chapel name, cemetery, interment information, guestbook, flower link, and directions.

5. Confirm the service location separately from the funeral-home address

   Syrie Funeral Home’s building is on E. Simcoe Street, but many funeral services are held at local churches or other venues. Use the address printed under the individual service entry.

6. Recheck shortly before traveling

   Service times, venues, livestream information, or family instructions can be updated. If the service is the same day, the obituary is unclear, or you are traveling from outside Lafayette, call (337) 235-2305 before leaving.

What You Can Usually Find on a Syrie Memorial Page

Syrie obituary pages are not all identical. Older notices may contain a shorter obituary and basic service information, while newer memorial pages can separate visitation, service, directions, guestbook, and flower options into dedicated sections.

If You Cannot Find the Obituary

A missing result does not automatically mean Syrie Funeral Home did not handle the arrangements. Work through these checks before giving up:

Before You Attend a Service in Lafayette

• Confirm the deceased person’s full name.
• Confirm the service date.
• Confirm whether there is a separate visitation.
• Write down the exact venue name.
• Copy the complete street address.
• Check whether burial follows immediately.
• Check the cemetery name if listed.
• Look for rosary, wake, viewing, or family-receiving times.
• Check whether a livestream or Zoom option is available.
• Call ahead if accessibility, parking, or timing is important.

Do not assume that every visitation, funeral, burial, or memorial event is held at 1417 E. Simcoe St. Official Syrie obituary examples show services being held both at the funeral home and at Lafayette-area churches, with burial or entombment at separate cemeteries.

Syrie Funeral Home Location and Contact Details

The funeral home’s official site identifies the telephone number as an immediate-need contact. If a death has just occurred, service arrangements are still being finalized, or an obituary has not yet appeared online, calling is more useful than repeatedly refreshing search results.

A Short Background on Syrie Funeral Home

The funeral home’s published history says Syrie Funeral Home was founded by Carol Syrie, Sr., with the support of his wife, Sedonia Gray Syrie. The family moved to Lafayette in the early 1950s, and Carol Syrie later acquired the Lafayette funeral business he had been managing and renamed it Syrie Funeral Home. The business later continued under family management and was restructured as a family-owned corporation in 1998.

That history is useful when researching older Lafayette obituaries because records connected with the Syrie family and funeral home extend back many years. Older notices may also appear in newspaper archives, church records, cemetery files, or family collections even when the modern obituary search does not immediately surface them.

Funeral Pricing: What Is Publicly Listed

Syrie Funeral Home publishes a funeral-package page. The page reviewed for this guide lists Traditional Services at $4,000 and explains that the basic service charge includes arrangement planning, consultation with family and clergy, sheltering remains, notices, authorizations and permits, coordination with a cemetery or crematory, and a share of operating overhead.

You can review the funeral home’s published information at Syrie Funeral Home Funeral Packages.

Your federal funeral-pricing rights

The Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule gives consumers the right to ask for price information by telephone, receive a written General Price List when discussing arrangements in person, and select individual funeral goods and services instead of being forced to purchase an unwanted package, subject to limited legal requirements.

Families comparing arrangements can review the FTC Funeral Rule before accepting a package or signing a contract.

Need a Louisiana Death Certificate After the Funeral?

Louisiana treats recent birth and death certificates as closed records. A certified death certificate is generally available only to qualifying relatives and certain other authorized applicants, and requests require identification, the correct fee, and a completed application.

Check current eligibility, identification rules, fees, forms, and processing instructions on the Louisiana Department of Health death-record page before ordering.

Social Security: Does the Family Need to Report the Death?

The Social Security Administration says funeral homes generally report a death to Social Security, so families usually do not need to make a separate report. If a funeral home is not involved or the death was not reported, SSA says the family should contact Social Security and be ready to provide the deceased person’s name, Social Security number, date of birth, and date of death.

The SSA also explains that qualifying survivors may be eligible for survivor benefits and that an eligible spouse, or in some cases an eligible child, may qualify for a one-time lump-sum death payment. Review the current process at Social Security: What to Do When Someone Dies.

If the Person Was a U.S. Veteran

Veteran families should check VA burial and memorial benefits before paying for every cemetery or memorial item. Depending on eligibility and the circumstances of death, VA benefits can include national-cemetery burial, a government headstone or marker, a burial flag, Presidential Memorial Certificate, transportation reimbursement, or burial and plot allowances.

Start with VA Burial Benefits and Memorial Items.

How to Use an Obituary to Find the Cemetery or Grave

1. Read the burial line carefully

   Look for words such as burial, interment, entombment, cemetery, mausoleum, or graveside service.

2. Record the cemetery exactly as written

   Save the cemetery name, city, parish, church name, and service date. Similar cemetery names can exist in nearby communities.

3. Search the cemetery office or official record next

   Ask for section, lot, plot, row, grave number, or mausoleum information if you need the exact burial location.

4. Use family clues when the cemetery is not named

   Search the obituary for a spouse, parent, sibling, church, hometown, or funeral-service venue. Family members are often buried in the same cemetery or parish.

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Frequently Asked Questions

This independent guide is provided for obituary and burial research. FindAGraves.com is not Syrie Funeral Home and is not affiliated with the funeral home. Funeral pricing, service schedules, benefits, record-processing times, and government procedures can change, so final transactions should be confirmed with the responsible official source.