Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Hacker, Louis Octave - November 23, 1920 ************************************************ 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@yahoo.com November 22, 2018, 11:58 pm source: The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, November 27, 1920, Image 1 One of Iberia's Most Loved Citizens Passes Away. Hon. L. O. Hacker, Confederate Veteran, Judge, Lawyer and Once School Supt. Dies Tuesday. One of the landmarks of New Iberia citizenship was removed from our midst on Tuesday, November 23, when the venerable "Judge" L. O. Hacker passed to his reward. Almost eighty years ago Mr. Hacker first saw the light of day, being born in Iberia Parish, which has been his home for well over three-quarters of a century. A little over fifty years ago he was married to Miss Sarah Bolch, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish, and on the 23 of last February, one of the prettiest sights we have ever witnessed was their celebration of the Golden Anniversary of their marriage. The deceased was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law after his return from the army at the close of the Civil War. In the Spring of 1900 he was a candidate for District Judge against T. D. Foster, carrying Iberia Parish by a two to one vote over his opponent, the exact figures being Hacker 1037, and Foster 594. A heavier vote in the rest of the district, however, returned Foster the winner, much to the disappointment of the hundreds of warm supporters of Judge Hacker. In 1901 Mr. Hacker was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Public Education for this parish, which position he filled with a great deal of credit to himself and satisfaction of the public. Upon the adoption of the present commission form of government in New Iberia, he was chosen to fill the place of legal advisor for the Commission Council, which position he has held ever since. As late as Monday evening of this week Mr. Hacker was evidently in fair health, having gone to the moving pictures that evening. Monday night he was reading the newspaper, and waiting up for the 8:40 train, on which his daughter, Mrs. A. A. DeBlanc, was returning from New Orleans, as he was anxious to get the news from his grandchild in that city. He was stricken without warning, just as the train was coming in, and was unconscious when Mrs. DeBlanc came from the depot. The end came at seven o'clock of the following evening, when without pain or struggle he passed to the reward of a beautiful life. The funeral services were conducted at 4 P. M., Wednesday from St. Peter's Catholic Church, of which he had been a most devout member all of his life. It was an occasion of general sorrow for the whole city, as attested by a procession many blocks long that followed him to his final resting place. Rev. Father Langlois payed a beautiful tribute to the character of the departed man, and drew a deep lesson that much impressed the audience that more than filled the church. The pall bearers were Mr. S. G. Harry and Emile Vuillemot, representing the Societe Bienfaisance, of which he was a member, and Hons Walter Burke and James Simon, F. J. Decuir, J. S. Power, F. J. Dauterive and E. T. Weeks. The honorary pall bearers were E. S. Broussard, P. R. Burke, E. Delahoussaye, I. W. Gajan, V. J. Smith, W. G. Weeks, representing the local bar, and Mayor H. S. Sealy, Commissioners L. F. Villermin and A. A. Girard, P. A. Landry, J. A. Gonsoulin, Jules Dreyfus, Paul Basin, C. J. LaBauve, M. W. Fisher, R. W. Frame, Dr. Geo. Sabatier and Dr. H. J. Dauterive. Besides his wife, he is survived by four children, Mrs. A. A. DeBlanc and Mrs. R. M. Moore, of New Iberia, and Mrs. L. C. Fagot and Mr. Herbert Hacker of New Orleans; two sisters, Mrs. A. Ami of Loreauville and Mrs. Prosper Druilhet of New Iberia. He also has seven grand-children and two great- grandchildren, the latter being the children of Mrs. Mayronne of New Orleans, formerly Miss L. O. DeBlanc daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. DeBlanc of New Iberia. The body was followed to the grave by the local Confederate Veterans, who marched to the last roll call of their former companion with the flag under which they had all fought and suffered together in the great struggle. source: New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, November 27, 1920, Image 5 L. O. HACKER. On Tuesday night, November 24th, 1920 at &:30 o'clock, our esteemed citizen, Hon. L. O. Hacker passed the door that swings between Forever and No More, after an attack of appoplexy with which he had been stricken on Monday evening. To one so well-known in this City and Parish, a brief summary of his attainments will be all that is needed to recall pleasant recollections of an man who formed such an intimate part of the life of this community. Mr. Hacker was charitable to a fault, in thought, word and action, and his profession as an attorney-at-law brought him in direct contact with the masses of our people who are now grief-stricken over his sudden demise. After finishing his collegiate education and serving in the war between the States, the deceased followed the occupation of teaching and many of our citizens received their education under his tutorship. Later on in life he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Iberia where he practiced his profession up to the time of his death, being one of the eldest members of the Iberia bar. It was only a few months ago when almost the entire populace visited his home on Charles Street to extend their felicitations to him and his devoted wife on the occasion of the celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary, and on Wednesday these very same citizens collected to pay their last respect to a sincere friend. The outpouring at the funeral conducted from St. Peter's Catholic church by Rev. Father Langlois at four o'clock was an attestation of the love and esteem in which he was held here, and covered in a profusion of floral offerings, his body was gently laid in its eternal resting place. In the funeral cortege were the entire members of the Iberia Bar Association, the members of the Camp of Confederate Veterans and the Bienfaisance Society. He leaves to mourn him besides his wife, three children, Mrs. Albert DeBlanc, Mrs. Louis Fagot of New Orleans; Mrs. Robert Moore and Mr. Herbert Hacker of New Orleans; two sisters, Mrs. Antoine Aimee of Loreauville and Mrs. Prospere Drouet of this City and a number of grand and great-grand children. The pall bearers were Messrs. F. J. Dauterive, Sr., J. S. Power, Frank Decuir, W. J. Burke, E. T. Weeks and Judge James Simon. The honorary pall bearers were Messrs. E. S. Broussard, P. R. Burke, E. E. Delahoussaye, E. Vuillemont, I. W. Gajan, V. J. Smith, W. G. Weeks, H. S. Sealy, L. F. Villermin, A. A. Girard, P. A. Landry, J. A. Gonsoulin, Paul Bassin, M. W. Fisher, Jules Dreyfus, R. W. Frame, C. Labauve, Dr. Geo. J. Sabatier and Dr. H. J. Dauterive. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 141223646 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/iberia/obits/h/hacker7522gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb