Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Maurin, Capt. Victor - September 10, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer.00@gmail.com January 26, 2022, 10:46 pm source: The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, September 11, 1915, Image 2 CAPT. MAURIN DEAD. - Prominent Citizen Expires Suddenly at Office - Former Mayor of Donaldsonville and President of Lafourche Levee Board. - There has been removed from the activities of life a citizen of this community whose career has been intimately and vigorously associated with its welfare and progress for upwards of half a century. Capt. Victor Maurin, civic leader, patriotic citizen and gallant gentleman, is no more. The end came to him suddenly and peacefully at 10:20 o'clock yesterday morning, in the office of the Maurin stables in Mississippi street, and the sad announcement caused a pall of grief to descend upon the community and carried lasting sorrow to the hearts of an exceptionally wide circle of friends in all sections of the state. Capt. Maurin, an extremely robust man who had not known a day of sickness in many years, remarked Thursday that he was feeling slightly out of sorts, and repeated the complaint Friday morning, attributing his indisposition to a light touch of indigestion. He went to his office as usual, however, and was seated on a bench on the sidewalk talking to some friends, when he suddenly experienced a recurrence of the pain in his chest which had been bothering him since the day before. He got up and walked into his office, and, securing a bottle of antiseptic, sat down in a chair and applied a little of the liquid to his lips, at the same time asking his friend, William Blumenthal, to turn on the electric fan over his desk. Noticing that Capt. Maurin was very pale and seemed to be in great pain, Mr. Blumenthal suggested that a doctor be summoned and immediately hastened to the Bank of Ascension, half a block away, returning at once with Dr. John S. Thibaut, cashier of that institution and a retired practitioner. As soon as he reached the scene Dr. Thibaut realized that the sufferer was beyond medical aid, and despatched (sic) Mr. Blumenthal to notify Capt. Maurin's brother, Charles Maurin, who arrived just before the last stricken man breathed his last. Thus passed into the Great Beyond the soul of a kind-hearted (sic), courageous, Christian gentleman, who held a full share of love and affection from those close to him, and and the warm friendship and high regard of all who knew him. Capt. Maurin was a native and life-long resident of this city, where he was born May 26, 1855. He succeeded his father in the general merchandise business in 1875 and successfully conducted the establishment for some five or six years thereafter. Later he owned and was in command of the steamer Cherry, plying between New Orleans and Lockport, on Bayou Lafourche, and it was while engaged in this occupation that he gained the title of "captain" by which he was affectionately known for the remainder of his life. For a time he was interested in a drug store then located at the corner of Mississippi and Lessard streets, and in recent years he had been at the head of the Maurin Company, operating the R. E. Lee livery and sale stables in this city, of which business he had active charge at the time of his death. He always took a prominent part in public affairs and filled various important offices, in discharging the duties of which he exhibited at all times a high measure of ability and an unfailing sense of responsibility and devotion to principle. A staunch Democrat in politics, he served for some years as alderman and afterwards as mayor of Donaldsonville, and was at one time chairman of the Democratic parish executive committee, in which body he still held membership as one of the representative of this ward. He was also a member of the Municipal Light and Water Commission, under whose supervision the city's modern electric power plant was erected and is being operated, and was a director of the Bank of Ascension and Donaldsonville Ice Company. Up to the advent of the Hall state administration, Capt. Maurin had served for a number of years as president of the board of commissioners of the Lafourche basin levee district, and was regarded as one of the best posted men in Louisiana on matters connected with the administration of the levee system and the prevention of overflow in periods of high water. His signal services in this capacity brought him wide prominence and earned for him the warmest regard and confidence of the entire public. One of the big dredges of the Lafourche district, the "Capt. V.M.," was named in his honor. The funeral took place at 11 o'clock this forenoon from the late residence of the deceased at the corner of Chetimaches and Iberville streets, and the imposing cortege which escorted the remains to their last resting place was made up of sorrowing friends from all sections of the surrounding country and all walks of life, who came to pay a last sad tribute to the memory of him who had served them so faithfully and whom they loved and revered. The profusion of floral tributes, and the expressions of grief and sadness heard on all sides, attested this esteem and respect, and gave evidence of Capt. Maurin's standing as a citizen and the realization of the loss suffered by the community in his untimely taking away. The impressive burial service of the Masonic order, with which fraternity deceased had long been affiliated, was performed at the home by the officers and members of Ascension Lodge No. 251, after which the flower- laden casket was conveyed to the Catholic cemetery and there tenderly deposited in the Maurin family tomb, with the whispering trees standing sentinel and the soft breezes of Indian summer sighing eternal requiem. Capt. Maurin is survived by his devoted wife, two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Breckenridge, widow of the late Col. George W. Breckenridge of Virginia, and Mrs. Charles E. Coates, wife of the professor of chemistry in the faculty of the Louisiana State University; two brothers, ex-mayor Charles Maurin, president of the Home Mercantile Co., Ltd., and Justice of the Peace Edmund Maurin, prominent in the state organization of United Sons of Confederate Veterans, both of this city; and one sister, Mrs. J. Numa Colomb, also of Donaldsonville. We can only remind these mourners that behind the storm cloud is the glorious rainbow, and that out of the blackness of the night comes the joy and sunshine of the day. Jovial, generous, big-hearted (sic) "Vic" Maurin, farewll (sic); may "flights of angels bear thee to thy rest." Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 156200081 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/obits/m/maurin8410gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb