Kinder-A Funeral Mass honoring Herbert Fontenot, 72, will be held at 11 o’clock a.m. on Saturday morning, August 8, 2026, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Fenton, LA. Rev. Fr. Jom Joseph will officiate. Herbert’s family will host private burial and inurnment services in his memory at a future date.

    Herbert’s family will receive friends and visitors at Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home of Kinder on Friday evening, August 7, 2026, from 5-10 o’clock p.m. Herbert's family will congregate at St. Borromeo Catholic Church in Fenton, LA, on Saturday morning, August 8, 2026, before Mass for the church’s reception of his body and introductory rites. All of Herbert’s arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home of Kinder.

     Herbert Fontenot was born on Tuesday, January 26, 1954, to the union of the late John and Willie Mae Fontenot. He departed this life on Monday, August 3, 2026, at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Herbert was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He was brought up in the church and had an unwavering love and devotion to his Catholic faith. Herbert was a hard dedicated worker in the oil and gas industry for over 30 years and was employed by Texas Eastern Gas and Pipeline, Citgo Refinery, and Red Fox Corporation throughout the span of his career. When he wasn’t working, he could be seen riding his horses and cruising the highways on his Harley or Gold Wing motorbikes. Herbert was the proud father and grandfather of five children and ten grandchildren. He loved and adored his family dearly and cherished every memory he made with them. Herbert was a kind, caring, and beloved person and will be forever missed and unconditionally loved by all who knew him.

     Those left to cherish Herbert’s memory include, his devoted wife Cynthia Arceneaux Fontenot of Lake Charles, LA; his wife of his first marriage, Joyce Leger Fontenot of Lake Charles, LA; two daughters, Leslie Fontenot Jordan and husband Marlon of New Orleans, LA, and Alexis Fontenot Hebert and husband Jesse of Lake Charles, LA, two sons, Joshua Herbert Fontenot of Houston, TX and Justin Kyle Fontenot of Cincinnati, OH; two sisters, Mary Malveaux and husband Irvin of Jennings, LA and Andrea DeSalvo and wife Mary of Houston, TX, and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

     Herbert is preceded in death by his parents, John “Johnny” and Willie Mae Fontenot; his beautiful daughter Lindsey Raquel Fontenot Lavergne, and his brother, Terrell Fontenot.

    Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be shared with Herbert’s family at www.ardoinfuneralhome.com or on Facebook-Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Homes.

John 14: 1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled; Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father ‘s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you onto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”