The sheriff said that in 2020, 11 people in Lafourche died of overdoses of heroin and opioids.
Credit: Lafourche Parish Sheriff s Office Author: WWL Staff Updated: 2:23 PM CDT April 12, 2021
LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced that 33 people were arrested on various drug counts following the end of an operation that began in late 2020 and that he says targeted the distribution of heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Webre said that eight residences were searched as part of the operation.
“We believe this operation will have significant impact on the availability of heroin, methamphetamine, and especially fentanyl in the southern area of the parish,” said Webre.
Patricia Anne (Bogh) Howard 1935 - 2020
Patricia Anne (Bogh) Howard passed away Thanksgiving evening, November 26, 2020, in her home, surrounded by her cherished family, at the age 85. She bravely battled lung cancer for over nine months, defying the odds of her 3-6 month prognosis.
The fourth of eight children, Patti was born October 15, 1935, to Theodore and Helen Bogh in Donnelly, Minnesota. Soon after, the family made their trip out west together in one car with all their belongings, settling in McMinnville, Oregon. It was at McMinnville High School where Patti met Larry Howard, later marrying him on September 1, 1957. After moving to La Grande, Oregon, for Larry’s final year of college, the couple moved to Springfield, Oregon, and started their family. Together they welcomed their first daughter, Tamra Rogers in 1959, followed by Jennifer Lynn in 1962 and Suzanne Marie in 1965, who both tragically passed at the time of their births. Larry and Patti completed their family wit