ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: CAVENAUGH, HARRY ANDREWS 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Review, Morgan City, St. Mary, La.

Published Thursday July 22, 2010

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CAVENAUGH, HARRY ANDREWS 
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Harry Andrews Cavenaugh, formerly of Morgan City, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Franklin Health Care Center in Franklin. 

He was 85 and a retired master carpenter and homebuilder.

He was born in Yonkers, N. Y., and grew up in Brooklyn, N. Y. At an early age, 
he joined the 4th Marine Division and fought in most of their battles in World 
War II.

When he was 20, he had three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with a V for valor, a 
Presidential Unit Citation with a Bronze Star, and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign 
Medal with four Bronze Stars.

He married Teresa Ryan in 1950 in New York and had a son, Harry Brian, who 
became Harry Brian Foster after his parents'divorce.

He married Katherine Morgenstern in 1959, and they lived in Morgan City for many 
years.

He leaves behind two grandchildren in Maryland; a niece, Mary Cavenaugh, in 
Tampa, Fla.; a nephew, Allen Cavenaugh in Florida; and a brother, Michael 
Cavenaugh, in California.

Services will be private.

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