IRVING PIERCE Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

5 May 2005


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May 04. 2005 1:49PM

Irving Pierce

Irving "Rufus" Pierce, 83, a native and resident of Larose, died at 11:27 p.m. 
Tuesday, May 3, 2005.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to funeral time Thursday at Our Lady of the 
Rosary Catholic Church. Mass will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the church, with 
burial in the church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Loraine Martin Pierce; sons, Steve Pierce and wife, 
Roxanne, and Mark Pierce and wife, Jody; daughter, Anita Pierce Dozar and 
husband, Rocky; sisters, Verna Bergeron, Emelda Galjour and Marion Randolph; 
seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph P. Pierce and Celishc Savoie 
Pierce; one son, Philip Paul Pierce; two brothers, Francis and Norman Pierce; 
and three sisters, Isabel Bouvier, Norma LeBlanc and Alice Broussard.

He served in the U.S. Air Force for 11 years and was a lifetime member of the 
V.F.W. Post No. 8538 in Larose.

He was Catholic.

Samart Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.