TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LAVIGNE, MILTON 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 19 to Nov. 20, 2013

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LAVIGNE, MILTON ""BUDDY""  

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Milton E. "Buddy" Lavigne, 89, born on Avoca Island passed away Sunday, Nov. 
17, 2013. 

He was raised in Ponchatoula and had lived in Thibodaux since 1948. 

As per his wishes, no services are planned at this time. 

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Patricia Ulmer Lavigne; children, John 
Lavigne and wife, Linda, of Evans, Ga., James Lavigne and wife, Jeannie, of 
Prairieville, and Melissa L. Gates and husband, John, of Fair Oaks, Calif.; 
seven grandchildren, David Lavigne, Laura Sanders, Rae Izzo, Jamie Lavigne, 
Jason Lavigne, Jan Easton, and Eric Gates; and seven great-grandchildren, Grant 
Sanders, Connor Sanders, Emma Izzo, Christopher Lavigne, Jordan Lavigne, Aiden 
Easton and Ethan Easton. 

He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He as past 
commander of the American Legion Ferdinand Lefort Post 11 and a member of the 
Forty and Eighty Society. 
He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Southeastern Louisiana State 
University and Master's Degrees in both Education and Mathematics from LSU. For 
many years, he was a Thibodaux High School mathematics teacher and assistant 
principal. 
His hobbies were woodworking and gardening. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Legion 
Ferdinand Lefort Post 11. 

Thibodaux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

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