Marcotte obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Marcotte, Merlin Louis       29 Aug 2003    Aug 2003    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  8/29/2003

MARCOTTE, MERLIN LOUIS
A resident of Ponchatoula, he died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, in Hammond. He
was 85 and a native of Hessmer. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m.
until religious service at 9 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Sand Hill
Cemetery. Survived by four sons, Ronald Marcotte, Ponchatoula, Raymond
Marcotte, Marrero, Darel Marcotte, Ponchatoula, and Ricky Marcotte,
Springfield; a sister, Josephine Haley, Terrell, Texas; 12 grandchildren, 
Deborah D'Marco, Dianne Harper, Michele Marcotte, Paul Marcotte, Michael
Marcotte, Mark Marcotte, Tina Dedeaux, Sandra Miley, Darel Jo Marcotte,
Lauri Stockstill, Philip Bradley and Jennifer Marcotte; 24 great-grand-
children and four great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his wife,
Magdalena Cortese Marcotte; parents, Joseph and Leocatie Bordelon Marcotte;
two brothers, George and Leonard Marcotte; and two sisters, Alice
Fontanelle and Alene Marcotte. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
be made to North Oaks Hospice or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  

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