St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Ventre, Arthur January 10, 1919
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, January 18, 1919, Image 5

ARTHUR VENTRE HAS CROSSED DIVIDE

Exemplary Young Man, Victim of Pneumonia, Buried Last Sunday Evening

After an illness of but a week, the soul of Arthur Ventre, aged 32 years, 6 
months and 8 days, joined the silent majority on the other side last 
Saturday afternoon at 3:45. The funeral was held Sunday evening from the 
residence of his mother, Mrs. A. Ventre, with services at the Catholic 
Church and interment in the Catholic cemetery, the Woodmen, of which he was 
a member, also performing their rites over his remains.

The death of Arthur Ventre was a severe jolt, not only to his aged mother, 
his two sisters and five brothers, but to his large circle of friends, and a 
large sorrowing concourse followed him to his last resting place, thus 
testifying to the high esteem in which he was held. Quiet and unassuming, he 
exhibited at all times the manner and instinct of a gentleman, and when 
death was made known to one of his dear friends, this latter quietly 
remarked that Arthur was one of the best boys he had ever known.

For a number of years he, with his younger brother, Laurent, had operated 
the mercantile establishment established by his deceased father and 
estimable mother, and notwithstanding the fact that this store located out 
of the business district, it enjoyed a splendid patronage, people going far 
out of their way in order to patronize a store where they had been well 
treated for years. When young Ventre's mother retired from the active 
management of the store, her sons took up the business and it was prosperous 
as in the years gone by, attesting to the courteous and fair and square 
dealings of the two young men in charge.

It is with extreme regret that The Clarion chronicles the passing of Arthur 
Ventre, for he was a close friend of the writer and we knew and esteemed him 
very highly. But a brief week before his death we, with others of his 
associates, never dreamed that his final leave taking was so near. 
Apparently he was in good health and only slightly indisposed and none of us 
thought that the Grim Reaper was then preparing to call him home. But such 
is life and such is death, for death, 'tis said, loves a shining mark. We 
can not question his wisdom nor do we try to scrutinize his ways. We bow our 
heads at his edicts for they are beyond our understanding.

To the aged Mrs. Ventre, the bereaved mother; his sisters and brothers, all 
of whom have their heads bowed in unutterable grief, The Clarion and the 
many friends of Arthur Ventre tender deepest sympathies in their great loss.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to tender to our neighbors and many friends for their kindness and 
sympathy shown un in the last illness and death of our beloved son and 
brother, Arthur Ventre, and to specially thank the attending physicians, 
Drs. S. B. Wolff and R. M. Littell, and the nurse, Miss Pollock, for their 
unremitting attention and efforts to save his life. Also to Father Wageman 
for his spiritual ministrations and words of comfort.
MRS. A. VENTRE AND FAMILY.



Additional Comments:
Arthur Ventre is buried in the St. Landry Catholic Church cemetery located in 
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

www.findagrave memorial # 102485414

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