O'Neil obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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O'Neil, Callie Chadwick         29 Feb 2004    Mar 2004    Don Johnson
O'Neil, Hugh                    18 Mar 1949    Jan 2005    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  2/29/2004

O'NEIL, CALLIE CHADWICK
Died peacefully with dignity at the age of 91 at the home of her son, Jack
O'Neil, in Hammond, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004. She was born in Oakdale in
1912 to William and Myrtie Chadwick and was the eldest of five girls. After 
graduating from Oakdale High School, she attended business school in Tyler,
Texas. While working in Baton Rouge, she married Ted O'Neil, also from
Oakdale, in 1935. Mr. O'Neil was a famous LSU track star who graduated with
a master's degree in biology. He later became a biologist for the Wildlife
and Fisheries Department and was eventually promoted to the position of
chief. Mrs. O'Neil assisted in editing Mr. O'Neil's many publications, most
notably, "The Muskrat in Louisiana," one of the first ecological studies of
Louisiana's coastal wetlands. They moved to Abbeville in 1942, where she 
renovated a grand Victorian home that sits on 21/2 acres in downtown
Abbeville. The home became known as a festive place for gatherings of
family and friends throughout the years. Callie O'Neil was a woman ahead of
her time. She was one of the first women to own and operate a boat business
in Vermillion Parish, the Abbeville Seafood Boat and Barge Rental Co. She
managed a crew of men working on her 16 crewboats, three tugs and a shrimp
boat. She was a shrewd businesswoman who did not hold her tongue, a strong
and courageous woman in command in a man's world in the 1950s. Quite 
remarkable -- a real feminist. Callie was also an accomplished pianist, an
avid reader, as well as a historian. She was active in civic affairs,
particularly with Friends of the Library and the Methodist Church in
Abbeville. She is survived by three sisters, Marguerite Ponder, Myla Blades
and Myra King, all of New Orleans; two children, Jack O'Neil of Hammond and
Pat O'Neil Moergeli of Cincinnati; six grandchildren, Mark Ott Jr., Kristen
and Jaclyn O'Neil, Shannon Smith, Courtney Lindner and Katie Fisher; 10
great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Amanda "Pinky" Strickland and Chad
Pellerin. Her husband, Ted O'Neil Sr. and a son, Ted O'Neil Jr., preceded
her in death. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  3/18/1949

O'NEIL, HUGH "DUBIE"
Hugh "Dubie" O'Neil, 42, died at his home in New Orleans Tuesday.  He was
born in Chatawa, Miss. and moved to Hammond as a young boy.  Funeral 
services were held Wednesday.  Interment was in Greenlawn cemetery.  His
widow, the former Cloma Lallar of Tyler, Tex. survives; also his mother,
Mrs. Carrie O'Neil of Hammond; four sisters, Mrs. R. M. Grant of Baton
Rouge, Mrs. Ed Pickens of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Kendrick Fortenberry and 
Mrs. Edward Siffert of Hammond; one brother, Charles O'Neil of Richmond, 
Va.

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