St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Stagg, Catherine Chacherre February 20, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K Creamr marykcreamer@yahoo.com February 15, 2015, 1:55 pm St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, February 29, 1908, Image 5 Mrs. Etienne Stagg, nee Catherine Chachere, died at the family residence near Prud'homme City, on Thursday, February 20, 1908, aged 72 years. The venerable lady was taken suddenly ill during the night with rheumatism of the heart, which refused to yield to medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Stagg last November celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding, on which occasion numerous relatives and friends gathered to do them homage. Deceased is a sister of Messrs. T. C. and Louis Chachere, and Mrs. Martin Carron, of Eunice. CROWLEY POST SIGNAL, FEBRUARY 22, 1908: Death of Mrs. Stagg. Eunice, La., Feb. 22. - Mrs. Catherine Stagg, wife of Etienne Stagg, died at 3 o'clock Friday morning. Thursday night she was as well as usual but in the night was struck with rheumatism or neurnlgia (sic) in the region of the heart. Dr. Chachere, of Prud'homme was sent for at once, but before he came she passed away. Her sufferings were intense from the time of her awakening about one o'clock until enar (sic) 3 o'clock when the end came. She was about 698 years of age and she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding a few months ago. The funeral will take place at the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church of which she had been a consistent member for many years, at 2 o'clock p. m. today and she will be buried at the cemetery near the church. Additional Comments: Catherine Chachere Stagg is buried in the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church cemetery located in Richard, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. www.findagrave.com memorial # 68629892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/obits/s/stagg5556gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb