Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Cire, George Simon - August 17, 1886
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
August 21, 1886, page 3


Died. - CIRE - In Donaldsonville, La., on Tuesday, August 17, 1886, at 4:20 
o'clock A.M., George Simon Cire, aged 30 years and 3 months.

It can be truly said that the death of this most estimable young man cast a 
gloom over the entire community, for there were few residents of our town or 
parish more generally known or respected by the people among whom all his useful 
and upright life had been spent.

Born at the residence of his parents in 1856, in the settlement just below 
Donaldsonville commonly known as Faubourg La Pipe, and educated in local 
schools, at the age of 16 he entered the store of Mr. Bernard Lemann as a clerk, 
and remained in that house - now conducted by the firm of Bernard Lemann & Bro. 
- until the time of his death, a period of sixteen years, rising to the position 
of head salesman in the grocery department of the large establishment and 
winning the confidence and regard of his employers and associates in the fullest 
degree.

About nine years ago he married Miss Jane Gingry, one of Widow Andrew Gingry's 
charming daughters, and now leaves a young widow and three children bereaved by 
the loss of a husband and father whose affection and indulgence made him the 
central figure of a home circle of rare happiness and contentment. The children 
are two girls, aged respectively 7 and 2-1/2 years, and a boy of 5. A year or 
two ago the deceased purchased the Diez house and lot at the corner of 
Chetimaches and Claiborne streets, transforming the old building into the neat 
cottage that now shelters his grief-stricken family.

Mr. Cire has been a member and Treasurer of Donaldsonville Independent Brass 
Band since its organization eleven years ago, and such was the confidence of his 
fellows in his integrity that he was never permitted to exhibit a voucher for 
his receipts or expenditures, aggregating several thousand dollars. He was also 
a valued member of Phoenix Steam Fire Company, and both these associations 
attended the funeral in full force to pay the last sad honors to their lamented 
comrade and friend.

The remains were entombed in the Catholic cemetery Tuesday evening in the 
presence of one of the largest concourses of people such an occasion has ever 
called together in this community. Nearly all the stores and other places of 
business in Donaldsonville were closed during the funeral, and all classes of 
the population turned out to attest their esteem for the deceased and their 
sympathy with his afflicted family. The impressive ceremonies at the church and 
tomb were conducted by Father Simon.

The cause of Mr. Cire's death is stated by his attending physician to have been 
typhoid fever, which proved fatal about a fortnight after the patient was first 
attacked.

Cut down in the very flower of his manhood, George Cire has passed away from 
earth deeply mourned, respected and beloved by all who knew him. That he will 
reap beyond the grave the best rewards afforded by a future existence is an 
assurance which should bring some measure of consolation to the dear ones left 
behind to bewail his untimely loss.
 

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