St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Debaillon, Raphael December 14, 1912
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St. Landry Clarion. (Opelousas, LA.) 1890-1921, December 21, 1912, Image 1

RAPHAEL DEBAILLON.

Died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. J. P. Trosclair, on the 
morning of the 14th, inst., and was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery, 
Sunday at 11 o'clock, followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives 
who sincerely mourn this most estimable young man, who possessed every 
quality of mind and heart to endear him to all who had the privilege of 
knowing him.

Cut down in the very flower of a glorious manhood, aged 37 years, 5 months 
and 18 days, one well may ask, Why are such sacrifices necessary? to which 
the only reply that can be made is: It is the will of the Lord.

The death of such a young man, good friend, devoted brother, honest citizen, 
carries with it the lesson the good Father Engberink so many times in the 
past and so frequently of late has sought to emphasize in his funeral 
sermons, that Death cometh like a thief in the night; that no age is spared; 
that all should be prepared for the dread summons. The death of Raphael 
accentuates his good traits and his memory will be an inspiration to the 
living; in the words of a in eloquent writer: "The moralist warns us that 
life is but the ante-chamber of death, that as on the first day of life the 
foot is planted on the lowest of a range of steps, which man scales 
painfully, only to arrive at the altar of corporeal death. "The chemist 
comes to proclaim that from infancy to old age, the quantity of earthly 
matter continuously inereases. Earth asserts her supremacy more loudly to 
the dust. In the end a higher will imposes, the bond of union is unloosed, 
the immortal soul wings its flight upward to the griver of all being. Earth 
claims its own and a little heap of ashes returns to dust. It was a man. It 
is now dust. Our ashes are scattered abroad to the winds over the surface of 
the earth. But the dust is not inactive. It rises to walk the earth again; 
perhaps to aid in peopling the globe with fresh forms of beauty, to assist 
in the performance of the vital processes of the universe to take apart in 
the words of Goethe are strictly applicable: "Death is the parent of life."

XXX.

Additional Comments:
NOTE: Joseph Raphael Debaillon is buried in section 11 of the Saint Landry 
Catholic Church cemetery located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 116722220

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