Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Decourt, Lillian Dorah nee Mehlhop May 21, 1904
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source: New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer. (New Iberia, La.)
1902-1944, May 28, 1904, Image 3

DEATH OF MRS. A. E. DECOURT.

A most pathetic and heart searching funeral was that of Mrs. Albert E. 
Decourt, nee Lilly Dorah Melhop, wife of Hon. A. E. Decorut (sic), which was 
held last Sunday at the Presbyterian Church, at this place. The little 
edifice could not contain the members who attended. Rev. A. C. Arthur, 
officiated and conducted the services in a most feeling and touching manner 
which suffused all eyes in tears, while the grief-stricken ones were offered 
the consolation of Him that doeth all things well. Mrs. Decourt died in the 
prime of life being but 37 years of age, she leaves behind her a husband and 
five little children to whom her loss is irrevocable and who will ever miss 
the gentle ministrations of the mother.

Mrs. Decourt was beloved by the whole community for her many graces of mind 
and heart, she was a prime factor is the building of the little church from 
whose portals her body was carried to its last resting place. Her charities 
were numerous and of that christ like nature, that were never blazoned to 
the world but performed without ostentation and secretly in imitation of the 
blessed master who was her ideal. The body was carried to Carroliton, La., 
via the Southern Pacific Railroad and there interred in the family vaults. 
Deceased's mother, sisters and brothers still living mourn her untimely 
loss. In company with the entire community the Enterprise offers its hearty 
sympathy and friendship to the bereaved ones.


source: The Weekly Iberia. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, May 28, 1904, Image 3

Mrs. Mehlhop and her daughter Tillie, living in Carrollton, near the Protection
Levee, are receiving the sympathy of friends upon the death of a daughter and
sister. On Saturday last Mrs. Albert Decourt, nee Lillie Mehlhop, died at her
home in New Iberia, and the remains were brought to this city for interment in
the family tomb, Deceased leaves a heartbroken husband, mothers, sisters and
five children. She was a much beloved wife, mother and friend, so that the grief
inflicted by her demise reached far beyond the family fireside. - Picayune.


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