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American Press
12-08-2025
- General
- American Press
Wildria Fay Hay Fuselier
Wildria Fay Hay Fuselier, 95, passed away peacefully at home in Fenton, La. on the very land where she was born. She was the only child of Alton and Kate Peloquin Hay, born Sept. 2, 1929. Fay graduated from Fenton High School and Mathieu Business College. She worked for United Gas Pipe Line for four years then married her beloved friend Morris Fuselier Jr. 'Choty.' They were married for 55 years and were blessed with a very large family filled with 'love, laughter and prayer.' She took great pride in being called 'Granny' by all her children, grandchildren and their friends, and she was a special lady to all who met her. Fay worked as a secretary/bookkeeper at Boys Village for four years and at Iowa High School for 35 years and helped with every sport, club and event. She enjoyed working with children, people watching, reading and taking car rides. Fay is preceded in death by her husband, Morris 'Choty,' and her parents. She is survived by her five children, Morris 'Moe' Fuselier III of Lancaster, Calif., James Alton 'Jimbo' Fuselier (Janet) of Waiheiwa, Hawaii, Mary 'Melissa' Murphy ('my angel') of Iowa, La., John Hayden Fuselier (David) of Houston, Texas, and Jared Francis Fuselier (Natalie) of Iowa. Also, in-laws, Robyn Fuselier, Stacie Ardoin, and Joe Murphy; her seven grandchildren, Hayden Fuselier, Janee Fuselier, Jalee Kate Fuselier Palompo (Mark), Justin Murphy (Melissa 'Cricket'), Jodi Lynn Murphy Guillory (Shannon), Kalee Fuselier Hebert (Nelson), and Hilary Joseph Fuselier, and her 12 great-grandchildren. Granny's reminder to us, 'If you love someone enough you can still hear the laughter when they're gone.' A Mass of Christian burial will be at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Fenton on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jom Joseph, Celebrant. Burial will follow at Hebert Cemetery in Hecker. Visitation will begin Tuesday at Johnson & Brown Funeral Home of Iowa, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., with a rosary recited at 6 p.m. and will resume Wednesday in the funeral home from 8 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. Pallbearers assisting in her service will be her three grandsons, Justin Murphy, Hilary Fuseiler, Hayden Fuselier, and three great-grandsons Connor Guillory, Cullen Guillory, Heyd Murphy.
Daily Record
12-08-2025
- General
- Daily Record
Dear Coleen: 'I'm scared of leaving my daughter alone with her mean granny'
"She's shown little interest in her since she was born and is always 'too busy' to spend proper time with her." Dear Coleen MY mother-in-law is quite a fearsome person and I do my best to avoid her as much as possible. She's patronising and it's obvious she's not keen on me and doesn't think I'm good enough for her son. She runs a party planning business and was short-staffed once, so I helped her out against my better judgment. It was awful. She was so mean to me and kept telling me off in front of the other staff and criticising me. I can cope with what she throws at me, but she's also quite mean to our daughter, who's six. She's shown little interest in her since she was born and is always 'too busy' to spend proper time with her. As a result, my daughter doesn't know her well, she doesn't like her much and I'd go so far as to say she's a bit scared of her. She's cried when my mother-in-law has tried to hug her, which was embarrassing. The problem now is my husband has arranged a romantic night away for us – which I'm thrilled about – but he's asked his mum to babysit. I'm worried about leaving my daughter with her, but what can I say without causing bad feelings? What would you do? Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Coleen says If it were me, I wouldn't leave her with your mother-in-law. I'd ask a friend or another relative– someone your daughter knows really well and feels safe with. Be honest with your husband and explain that his mum hasn't put in the effort with your daughter and she's a bit afraid of her so, until that changes, you don't want her to babysit. Explain to him you're really looking forward to this night away, but you won't enjoy it if you're worried about your daughter. Imagine telling your daughter she's staying with Granny for a night and leaving her crying! As things stand, I don't think it will work for you, your mother-in-law or daughter. The good thing is, it might force your husband to talk to his mum about her role in her life. As for you, stop putting yourself out for your mother- in-law. You don't have to cause rows or stop your husband from seeing her, but you don't have to work for her if she's short staffed and be told off like a naughty child. It sounds as if she likes to be in control and hasn't got over the fact that her son loves someone else.
The Age
08-07-2025
- General
- The Age
Seductive sounds are for the birds
Granny thought the best person to confirm that Geoff Turnbull's visiting brush turkey (C8) shared his taste in music was our favourite instrumentalist, Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic), but she has concerns: 'I fear Geoff is being fooled by the brush turkey. It's either sizing him up as a mate or as dinner.' 'Reading of music experiences reminds me of my journey home on the XPT from Sydney last week, on the last leg of an exhausting return from London,' writes Steve Hulbert of West Kempsey. 'My carriage was half-filled with young Fijians, and just outside Kempsey, they burst into song, and serenaded the passengers. When I thanked them for their beautiful harmonies, and asked if they were a choir heading to a competition, they said no, they were heading to a netball competition!' 'The recent article in Lifestyle regarding incontinence, brought to mind my own introduction to this sometimes distressing condition,' recounts Viv Munter of Tumbi Umbi. 'Following the birth of my first child, I was to undertake pelvic floor exercises. I naively asked one of the nurses if I should bring my sneakers. She nearly wet herself.' 'In Notes From a Small Island, Bill Bryson relates his first stay in Britain in a boarding house in his youth,' says Andrew Taubman of Queens Park. 'The landlady had an obsession with the state of his room's counterpane (C8), a term he'd not come across in his childhood in rural USA. He thought it had something to do with the window but couldn't work out if she wanted it open or closed.' Jack Dikian of Mosman also finds comforters much easier to bed down. 'Otherwise, you've got to locate the corners of the doona, locate the corners of the cover and then somehow find a way to smooth out the 5th corner.' 'After readers rearranged the body parts of our new tennis prodigy, I wondered if the AI department of WADA had pricked its ears to Maya Joint (C8),' offers David Pyke of Wagga Wagga. Well, she was playing on grass. Still on sport, Leo Corbin of Rockdale thought the Windies were in with a chance in the second Test: 'They needed 274 runs in its 2nd innings. At 4-40, it didn't look promising, but with Chase and Hope at the wicket anything was possible. But they lost Hope and with Greaves next in, the loss came soon enough.'
Sydney Morning Herald
08-07-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Seductive sounds are for the birds
Granny thought the best person to confirm that Geoff Turnbull's visiting brush turkey (C8) shared his taste in music was our favourite instrumentalist, Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic), but she has concerns: 'I fear Geoff is being fooled by the brush turkey. It's either sizing him up as a mate or as dinner.' 'Reading of music experiences reminds me of my journey home on the XPT from Sydney last week, on the last leg of an exhausting return from London,' writes Steve Hulbert of West Kempsey. 'My carriage was half-filled with young Fijians, and just outside Kempsey, they burst into song, and serenaded the passengers. When I thanked them for their beautiful harmonies, and asked if they were a choir heading to a competition, they said no, they were heading to a netball competition!' 'The recent article in Lifestyle regarding incontinence, brought to mind my own introduction to this sometimes distressing condition,' recounts Viv Munter of Tumbi Umbi. 'Following the birth of my first child, I was to undertake pelvic floor exercises. I naively asked one of the nurses if I should bring my sneakers. She nearly wet herself.' 'In Notes From a Small Island, Bill Bryson relates his first stay in Britain in a boarding house in his youth,' says Andrew Taubman of Queens Park. 'The landlady had an obsession with the state of his room's counterpane (C8), a term he'd not come across in his childhood in rural USA. He thought it had something to do with the window but couldn't work out if she wanted it open or closed.' Jack Dikian of Mosman also finds comforters much easier to bed down. 'Otherwise, you've got to locate the corners of the doona, locate the corners of the cover and then somehow find a way to smooth out the 5th corner.' 'After readers rearranged the body parts of our new tennis prodigy, I wondered if the AI department of WADA had pricked its ears to Maya Joint (C8),' offers David Pyke of Wagga Wagga. Well, she was playing on grass. Still on sport, Leo Corbin of Rockdale thought the Windies were in with a chance in the second Test: 'They needed 274 runs in its 2nd innings. At 4-40, it didn't look promising, but with Chase and Hope at the wicket anything was possible. But they lost Hope and with Greaves next in, the loss came soon enough.'
The Age
02-07-2025
- General
- The Age
Royal ruse is still an honour
'My name appeared in the recent King's Birthday 2025 Honours List, but it was not me,' says David Pigott of North Parramatta. 'However, I received a letter from my local club congratulating me on being awarded an OAM. I intend to frame the letter. Fellow C8-ers, mum's the word.' Brian Byrne of Flinders can get a little hung up on redundant terminology at times: 'The Bride and I had a chuckle when I opined that, in this weather, roofers' phones would be 'ringing off the hook'. We had to agree that the only valid word in this statement was 'the'.' Doing Tuesday's Superquiz, I learned that death cap mushrooms (very topical) were introduced to Australia,' notes Joe Barry of Lalor Park. 'The question is why?' Ian Costley of Belrose gets across the animal pedestrian (C8) discussion: 'Some years ago, visiting Tokyo, I noticed a group of police waiting patiently on the side of a six-lane freeway opposite the Imperial Palace with barricades, ready to close the road. My driver explained that it is an annual event when a mother duck and her ducklings decide to cross to the Imperial gardens. Lucky duck.' 'Cars and tool sheds are but two of many cane toad (C8) mitigation strategies,' reckons Tim Ingall of Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. 'Young lads working in the cane fields were known to play 'cane toad golf' at night with a 9-iron after a can or three of XXXX.' George Zivkovic of Northmead now provides his Gilligan's Island right of reply: 'Granny, with respect to those Gilligan's Island (C8) savants, alI I can say is that Casey Jones and Maynard G Krebs must have met on the mainland before deciding to move to Honolulu and team up and run that charter boat. I'm only disappointed that McHale and the crew of the PT73 didn't rescue the castaways.' 'With all this talk of Gilligan's Island, the unanswered question is: 'What happened to Ginger (who was allergic to cats)?'' asks Pasquale Vartuli of Wahroonga. We can report that Ginger (Tina Louise) is the last living castaway, at the ripe old age of 91. The last time Granny saw her strut her stuff was as Brad Pitt's record producer in the indie flick Johnny Suede.
