Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Casso, Edward Paul - June 21, 1914
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
June 27, 1914, page 3


Death of Edward Paul Casso. - In the prime of his young life, on the very 
threshold of a career which held forth to him brightest promises, Edward Paul 
Casso, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Casso, passed from this world into eternity at 
3:30 o'clock last Sunday morning, aged nineteen years and four months. The young 
man had been desperately ill for many weeks with a malady that baffled his 
physician and although the fight to prolong his life was waged unceasingly with 
all the skill at the command of medical science, supplemented with tender, 
careful nursing by the devoted parents and other loved ones, human efforts 
proved of no avail to avert the merciless decree of grim-visaged death, who 
knocks alike at the palaces of the rich and the cottages of the poor, and will 
not be denied. The sufferings of the young man at times during his long illness 
were intense, but he bore his burden of pain patiently and uncomplainingly, and 
at the hour of his dying fell into the last long slumber as calmly and 
peacefully as the tired child drops to rest after a day of healthy play.

That he was generally liked was everywhere in evidence. At the home where he lay 
so desperately ill streams of people came constantly, anxiously inquiring as to 
his condition and hoping for his recovery: in the room where his body lay 
exposed, throngs of friends gathered, with quivering lips and tear-stained eyes, 
to gaze for the last time upon the kind face they knew so well; and at the grave 
a multitude of mourners assembled to pay the final tribute of respect to his 
memory and to deposit upon his resting place a wreath of beautiful flowers, 
fragrant offerings from those who loved and admired him.

When the pendulum of time swings over life's allotted span and the light of 
full, ripe years has burned to its lowest ebb, we look upon the inexorable law 
of nature with resignation and consent; but when the curtain of life is suddenly 
rung down in the full vigor of young manhood and usefulness, though we may 
repress the tear of bitter grief and bow in sorrowful submission, we are 
powerless to fathom the all-wise workings of the Master's will, and are 
constrained to marvel at the sternness of the decree that leaves us 
disconsolate. We know not why "He chastiseth those whom He loveth," and we can 
but murmur with grief-bowed head "Thy will be done," and depend upon Him to some 
day make all these things plain.

The funeral was held at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning, with services at Ascension 
church and interment in the Catholic cemetery. The remains were followed to the 
grave by a vast assemblage of sorrowing friends, the size and character of the 
funeral cortege, as well as the profusion of fragrant floral tributes which 
covered the casket, attesting the high degree of esteem in which he was held and 
the profundity of the sorrow occasioned by his untimely demise. members of 
Mohawk Tribe of Red Men and Napanee Council, Daughters of Pocahontas, attended 
the obsequies in a body, deceased having been a valued and popular member of the 
former organization.

The deepest sympathy of the whole community goes out to the bereaved parents, 
brothers and sisters. May the warmth and sweetness of his spirit still linger to 
cheer them, and  God's tender love console them in this their hour of trial.


CARD OF THANKS. - WORDS ARE INADEQUATE to express our heartfelt thanks to our
friends and neighbors for their kindly consideration and comforting aid during
the illness and at the death and burial of our beloved son and brother, Edward
Paul Casso. As long as life shall last we shall remember with the deepest sense
of gratitude all those who by their tender ministrations and words and deeds of
thoughtful kindness helped to lighten our burden of grief in this hour of sorrow
and desolation. We wish to extend our sincere thanks especially to Drs. John D.
and T.H. Hanson and Paul T. Thibodaux, for their untiring attention to our loved
one,and to all who sent the beautiful floral offerings for the obsequies, with
sincere assurances of our appreciation of their tokens of love and sympathy. To
each and every friend who in any way served us our hearts go out in gratitude,
while we breathe a fervent prayer that the fullest blessing of our Heavenly Father
may attend them always. - MR. and MRS. LUCIEN CASSO and FAMILY.


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