OCTAVE DUFRENE Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 1 Feb 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ January 31. 2005 12:23PM Octave Dufrene Octave "Tive" Dufrene, 85, a native and resident of Raceland, died at 11:45 p.m., Jan. 28, 2005. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. today at St. Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at the church, with burial in St. Mary's Natvity Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Breaux Dufrene; son, O.J. Dufrene of Raceland; daughters, Ruth Bergeron of Raceland, Cathy Lyle of Raceland, Darlene Dufrene of Lockport and Tammy Knight of Mississippi; sister, Vivian Baudoin; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Leonise Champagne Dufrene; brothers, Joseph "Joe," Ambrose "Bob," Oneziph, Cliffton and David Dufrene; and sisters, Annette Dufrene, Meloway Dallimore, Marie Kidahl and Dorothy "Dot" Bergeron. He was a parishioner of St. Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church and was a U.S. Army veteran.