Obituary of Josephine Peroyea, St. Helena Parish, 31 July 1968
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by  Jerry Nelson, May, 1999

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Source:  The St. Helena Echo; Greensburg, LA; Wednesday,
         July 31, 1968; p. 1


MRS. JOSEPHINE PEROYEA, age 60, mother of Donald C. Peroyea of
Greensburg, died Wednesday morning, at 6 p.m., July 24, at the
home of her son, L. M. Peroyea in Jackson, Miss.  Funeral
services were held from P. J. McMahon and Sons Funeral Home on
Canal Street in New Orleans, with requiem mass at 10:00 a.m.
Friday at Lakeview's St. Dominic Catholic Church.  Interment was
in Greenwood Cemetery.  Mrs. Peroyea was a native and resident of
New Orleans and during the past several months she had divided
her time visiting her sons in Greensburg and Jackson, Miss.  She
had been in ill health for several years and prior to her illness
she had been active in the neighborhood Mother's Club, of which
she had served as President.

Survivors include two sons, Donald C. Peroyea and Lucien M.
Peroyea a step-daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Parr, a step-son, E. C.
Peroyea, Jr.; grandchildren, including Jeanne, Chip and David
Peroyea of Greensburg; three sister, and an aunt, Mrs. Mamie
Locke of New Orleans.  Pallbearers were cousins Charles Branch of
Ponchatoula, Lucien Branch of Monroe, and nephews Kenny Usner, 
Bobby and Phillip Miller and step-grandson, E. C. Peroyea, III,
of New Orleans.

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