Francois Simon D'Abadie Obituary, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.
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The following obituary was obtained from the Pointe Coupee 
Banner of March 2,1933.

Francois D'Abadie passes away at his home.
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Funeral services for Francois Simon D'Abadie of Ventress, La., 
a native and resident of Pointe Coupee Parish, were held in the 
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Chenal La., following an 
illness lasting several weeks.  Internment was in the Catholic 
Cemetery, Reverend Louis Savoure officiating.

He was 75 years old and a son of the late Ovide D'abadie and 
Fannie Major.

The deceased, born on December 3, 1857, was a product of the 
trying Civil War and post war conditions, his father having served 
the entire duration of the
Conflict.

Although a member of that large Southern group, characterized by 
Walter Hines Page as the "forgotten man", he strove nobly for the 
advancement of education in his ward and parish and established 
the first school in his section, the family furnishing accommodations 
for the teacher and the classes.  His larger subsequent efforts, 
especially as a member of the parish school board, designate him 
as a most consistent and persistent friend of public education and 
vocational agriculture.

Although a farmer, stockman and merchant, he is better remembered 
as one who furnished playground accommodations for the entire boyhood 
of that section and in whose yard several college baseball players played 
or received their initial training.  Always his contention was that a 
father's serious duty is to keep his children at home, busy working or 
playing when not in school.

In addition to the task of rearing a family of five sons and a 
daughter, as well as six stepchildren, is a list widows, orphans 
and other dependents.

In the Ventress La., area he is survived by his wife, nee Cornelia 
Picard; one Brother, Alphonse; two sisters, Accia and Mrs. Frank Sicard; 
one daughter Beulah; and two sons, Fernand and Amedee; these with Charles 
of Donaldsonville, Felix of Houma, and Lawrence of San Diego, California, 
are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father.