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Submitted by: Nancy Wright

The Lafourche Comet, Thursday, March 11, 1937, page 5, col. 3

Mr. Keefe Died Last Saturday
  Mr. Lawrence Keefe, who, three weeks ago, was stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage, which is more or less fatal, died last Saturday at 10:10 p.m. at
St. Joseph Hospital, in Thibodaux, where he had been receiving the best of
attention.  His age was 59 years.
  The funeral, an imposing ceremony, in St. Joseph's Catholic church, was
held Sunday at 2:30 p.m.  Many friends gathered within the church to offer
their prayers in behalf of the departed soul.
  Mr. Keefe was a native of Thibodaux, his whole life has been spent here,
he being one the children of the late Lawrence Keefe, who established and
for many years successfully conducted the Thibodaux Foundry, the deceased's
mother being Annie Bracken Keefe.  He attended different schools and
acquired a good education, but we have no knowledge that he ever adopted any
special vocation.  However, some years ago, when his father was largely
identified with the ownership in the Abby and Highland Planting Co., the
deceased served in the office on Abby plantation, as the representative of
his father's interest in that organization.  But with the decline of the
sugar industry - from 1913 to 1924 - the planting company went out of
existence and then the deceased gave his attention to a machine supply store
that he and his surviving brother conducted here, this business being
carried on more as a means of keeping busy rather than as a medium of
profit, hence the business was discontinued a year or so ago to rent the
store place to the Delmel gas -supplying company, the deceased then becoming
a gentleman of leisure and remained such until he became fatally ill.
  Though the deceased was pleasant and obliging with those with whom he was
thrown in contact, he nevertheless was of a retiring disposition and
therefore he did not take an active part in public matters.
  To cherish his memory he leaves one sister, Miss Mamie Keefe and one
brother, Mr. James Keefe, he also leaving one nephew, Mr. Robt. H.
Ketteringham, Jr. of New Orleans, and two nieces, Mrs. Arthur Danos and Mrs.
Louis Dedek, both residents of Thibodaux.
   Mrs. R. H. "Bob" Ketteringham and her husband returned to New Orleans,
Sunday, after attending the funeral of their uncle, Mr. Lawrence Keefe, Mrs.
Ketteringham having been in Thibodaux several weeks, assisting in trying to
restore the health of the deceased.

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