Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Landry, Robert Henry - September 19, 1916
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
September 23, 1916, page 2


GOOD CITIZEN CALLED AWAY. - Death Summons Comes Suddenly [ink smudge] Landry.

[ink smudge] manager of [ink smudge] Rodriguez [ink smudge] Bayou [ink smudge] 
his home at 5 [ink smudge] morning after an illness of only a few hours, aged 46 
years. A pain in the region of the heart of which he complained Sunday was 
attributed to a disordered stomach, and he did not deem it necessary to consult 
a physician. He attended to his duties in the field all day Monday, as usual, 
returning to the house for a few minutes in the afternoon to take a dose of some 
home remedy calculated to relieve indigestion. At 9 p.m. he was suffering 
considerable pain and his wife telephoned to a physician in Donaldsonville, who 
prescribed a remedy which apparently gave relief. Near 4 a.m. Mr. Landry 
suffered another attack, which resulted in his death an haur [sic] and a half 
later before a physician from this city could reach his side.

Mr. Landry was one of the best-known plantation managers in this section, and 
was generally and cordially esteemed. By nature he was warm-hearted and genial. 
He had long since realized the value of a smile, and his face was always radiant 
with an expression of good fellowship and cheerful optimism. In the prime of his 
manhood, at the height of his usefulness, engaged in the active affairs of life 
and the pursuit of his chosen work, with a future which seemed to hold for him 
abundant promise, the skies shone brightly above him. But from out of the great 
unknown Beyond, where the hand of fate points to the destined hour, the summons 
came, and the immortal spirit of this lamented citizen flowed out from its 
tenement of time into the realms of space, an inhabitant of eternity.

The funeral took place Wednesday forenoon, interment being made in the local 
Catholic cemetery after impressive services at Ascension church. An unusually 
large concourse of relatives and friends assembled to pay the last earthy 
tribute of love to him who was in every way worthy of their affection and 
respect. Among the throng of mourners were many members of Olive Camp, Woodmen 
of the World, with which organization deceased was actively connected.

Mr. Landry is survived by his wife, nee Camilla Dalferes, and three young 
daughters, Camilla, Gladys and Irma. His mother, Mrs. L.A. Landry, Sr.; two 
brothers, Louis A. Landry, Jr., and Gilbert Landry and three sisters, Mrs. 
Edward Schaff, Mrs. Philip Hebert and Mrs. Henry Waguespack, all of Ascension 
parish, are also left to mourn his loss. Mr. Landry's father, Lieut. L. A. 
Landry of the Donaldsonville Cannoneers, C.S.A., died many years ago.

Our sympathies go out in full measure to the grief-stricken family, now left to 
sorrow in the shadow of their bereavement.



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