Roques obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Roques, Achille Pierre            7 Mar 2007    Mar 2007    Jerry Nelson
Roques, Anne Schexnaydre         23 Sep 2004    Oct 2004    Jerry Nelson
Roques, Sister Mary Juliana     
       (Mildred Marie)           29 Aug 2003    Aug 2003    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/7/2007

ROQUES, ACHILLE PIERRE
A resident of Lutcher, he died Monday, March 5, 2007, at North Oaks Medical
Center, Hammond. He was 87, a native of Paulina and a U.S. Coast Guard
veteran of World War II. He is survived by his daughter, Sheila Dominguez,
and son-in-law, Charles Dominguez of Ponchatoula; three grandchildren,
Steven Dominguez Sr. and wife Kathy, and Lori and Mark Dominguez; three
great-grandchildren, Ashley Owens, Steven Jr. and Marvin Dominguez; four
brothers, Pascal, Nelson, Maurice and Alban Roques; and two sisters,
Theresa Miley and Irene Bourgeois. Preceded in death by his wife, Anne
Schexnaydre Roques; parents, Alban Joseph and Aline Ordeneaux Roques;
brother, Theophile Roques; and sister, Sister Mary Juliana Roques. Visiting
will be at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Paulina, on Thursday, March 8, from
9:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Entombment in the
church mausoleum. Arrangements made by Alexander Funeral Home, Lutcher. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/23/2004

ROQUES, ANNE SCHEXNAYDRE 
A homemaker and a resident of Lutcher, she died at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
21, 2004, in Ponchatoula. She was 88 and a native of Burnside. Visiting at
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Paulina, from 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2004,
until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., celebrated by the Rev. Ed Fuss.
Entombment in church mausoleum. She is survived by her husband, Achille
Roques, Lutcher; a daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Charles Dominguez,
Ponchatoula; a sister, Clara Abadie, Metairie; a brother, Lee Schexnaydre,
Geismar; three grandchildren and a spouse, Steven Sr. and Kathy Dominguez
and Lori and Mark Dominguez; and three great-grandchildren, Ashley Owens
and Steven Jr. and Marvin Dominguez. She was preceded in death by her
parents, Wilfred Sr. and Anne Waguespack Schexnaydre; three sisters, Elise
Spitzfaden and Rita and Lorraine Schexnaydre; and three brothers, Burtin,
Oleus and Wilfred Schexnaydre Jr. 

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

ROQUES, SISTER  MARY JULIANA    
Age 87 years and in her 64th year of religious profession, she died
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003, at 5:30 a.m. at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse.
Sister was born Mildred Marie Roques in Paulina, the daughter of the late
Alban Joseph Roques and Aline Angelina Ordeneaux Roques. She was also
preceded in death by a brother, Theophile Antoine Roques; and a brother-
in-law, Nolan Bourgeois. She is survived by five brothers, Achille, 
Pascal, Nelson, Maurice and Alban Roques; two sisters, Theresa Roques Miley
and Irene Roques Bourgeois; six sisters-in-law, Linda, Anne, Lucille,
Beatrice, Marion and Nancy Roques; a brother-in-law, Bruce Miley; nieces,
nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-
nephews; two dedicated cousins, Joycelyn and Bill Haydel; and numerous
other cousins. Sister Mary Juliana received a bachelor of education degree
from St. Mary's Dominican College. After professing her vows as a 
Dominican sister in 1940, Sister taught in elementary schools in Louisiana
and Mississippi, including St. Agnes, Baton Rouge; St. Leo the Great, St.
Anthony of Padua, St. John the Baptist, St. Matthias and Our Lady of
Lourdes in New Orleans; St. Joseph, Paulina; St. Mary Assumption,
Cottonport; and Lizana Public School in Lizana, Miss. For 22 years, Sister
Mary Juliana taught at Holy Ghost School in Hammond. In 1990, Sister
adopted a more retired life of prayer at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse. 
Visitation at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse chapel, 580 Broadway, New
Orleans, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, with a prayer service
at 4:30 p.m. Visitation at the chapel from 9 a.m. until a funeral Mass
celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. Interment in Dominican
Sisters Cemetery, Rosaryville, in Ponchatoula. In lieu of flowers, please
send donations to the Dominican Sisters Retirement Fund, 7300 St. Charles
Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118. Arrangements by Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral 
Home, New Orleans.  

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