Eugene E. "Gene" Bonnecaze

A beautiful life that ended too fast, your worries are over, your troubles have passed. With the winds to lift you, your shackles off-cast, fly on proud bird, you’re free at last.

Eugene Elden “Gene” Bonnecaze passed away peacefully on October 10, 2025. He was 85. Born January 24, 1940, he was the second child of Emile Joseph Bonnecaze, Sr., and Leah Lucas Bonnecaze. A lifelong outdoorsman, taking after his father, he enjoyed duck, deer, and rabbit hunting, as well as fresh and saltwater fishing.

He is preceded in death by his parents and elder brother, Emile Joseph Bonnecaze, Jr.

He is survived by his two younger sisters, Evelyn Bonnecaze Boudreaux and husband, Phil; niece, Allison Boudreaux Newman and husband, Daniel; great-nieces, Ainsley and Madison Newman; nephew, Jason Boudreaux and wife, Bonnie; great-nieces, Riley and Reagan Boudreaux; sister, Denise Bonnecaze Plauche and husband, Michael Plauche, Sr.; nephew, Michael Plauche Jr. and wife, Catherine Plauche, and their son, Gus; nephew, Trent Plauche and wife, Donna; great-nieces Blair and Bailey; great-nephews Brayden and Bryce Plauche; nephew, Cary Rene Bonnecaze; niece, Holly Jo Bonnecaze Rorick and husband, Randy; great-niece, Rachel Rorick Cabbiness and husband, Randy; and great-nephew, Reid Scott Rorick.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy in Baton Rouge, on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.