Obituaries of January 1969 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. NOTE: The obituaries below may not be a complete listing for the date Submitted by: As listed with each Obit Source: As listed with each Obit Last modified: 27 Aug 2006 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== The date preceding the obituary is the date of the newspaper, not the date of death. ============================ Jan. 17, 1969 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle James Anderson Services are Held Thursday, Jan. 16 JAMES ANDERSON Funeral services were held Thursday, January 16, in the Mount Zion Baptist Church for James Anderson, 85. Burial followed immediately, under the direction of Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home in the Deweyville Cemetery. Mr. Anderson, a resident of 121 Stovall Street, died on Monday, January 13, at 1 pm in the Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Survivors include his wife, Mable Fitch Anderson; five sons James, Andrew, Francis, Charles John and Edward; three daughters, Betty Jean, Irma and Dorethea; one sister, Hanonola Anderson of Houma; and two nieces, Mrs Chelly Danks of Houma and Miss Nita Champagne of California. ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle DeHart Services Held Wednesday Afternoon at 3 AURELIA DEHART Mrs Aurelia Lacoste DeHart, 77, died January 13 at 4:30 pm in the Terrebonne General Hospital. She was a resident of Box _37, Theriot, Lower Bayou Dularge. Funeral services were held Jan. 15 at 3 pm from the family residence to the St. Andrew Episcopal Mission, Bayou Dularge, with Rev. Capt. Tom Currie officiating. Burial followed under the direction of Chauvin Funeral Home in St. Eloi Cemetery, Theriot. Survivors include her husband, Anderson DeHart; three sons, Earl, Lovell and Murphy, all of Theriot; two daughters, Mrs Gaston Champagne and Mrs Lester Naquin, both of Theriot; three brothers, Adam, Manuel and Godfrey Lacoste, all of Theriot; one sister, Mrs Ella Dupre of Grand Caillou; 29 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle DOWN E. GARDNER Little Down E. Gardner, 2 1/2 year old son of Mr and Mrs James E. Gardner of Gretna, died Monday evening, January 13, at his home when a color television set toppled on top of him, according to the Jefferson Parish coroner's office. The child is the grandson of ...........copy off of page...................... .......15 at 11 am and were attended by numerous relatives from the Houma area. The child, who had gotten a racing car for Christmas, was playing in the living room and bumped into the table on which the television was sitting. The set fell on the boy's back and he died a short time later in a hospital. *The complete obit is available on Courier microfilm available at Terrebonne Parish Main Branch Library in Houma, LA.* ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle Former SF Boys School Teacher Dies Wednesday MARY PETRONILLA Sister Mary Petronilla, MSC, teacher of the elementary grades at St. Francis de Sales Boys.............................. (Several sentences off of copy) .............Sister Mary Petronilla, a native of Ireland, had been retired from teaching for the past several years, and was living at the home at the time of her death. Holy Mass and funeral services have been scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 16, at 4 pm at Our Lady of the Holy Cross Chapel, 4123 Woodland Drive, New Orleans. Interment will be in Our Lady of the Holy Cross Mausoleum. Friends and former pupils of Sister Mary Petronilla are invited to attend. *The complete obit is available on Courier microfilm at Terrebonne Parish Main Branch Library in Houma, LA.* ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle Stanley Savoie Dies January 13 in Local Hospital STANLEY SAVOIE Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 14 at 11 am in the Chauvin Funeral Home parlor, for Stanley Claude Savoie, 55. Interment was in the Terrebonne Mausoleum. Mr Savoie, a native of Terrebonne Parish, died at 2:30 am in Terrebonne General Hospital. He was a resident of 514 Roosevelt. Survivors include his wife, the former Sophia O'Neal; his mother Elysia Lirette Savoie, of Houma; one daughter, Mrs James Reynolds of Crowley; two brothers, Junius and Louis Savoie, both of Raceland; four sisters, Mrs Sadie Eschete of Houma, Mrs George Toups of Baytown, Mrs Robert Delione of Fair Haven, N.J., and Mrs Jove Vindele of New Orleans; and three grandchildren. ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle Thomas Rites to be Held Saturday PM ANTHONY THOMAS Funeral services will be held January 18 at 2 pm in the Residence Baptist Church for Anthony Thomas Sr., 62. Interment under the direction of Gertrude Geddis Willis Funeral Home, was in the St. John Cemetery. Mr. Thomas a native of Terrebonne Parish, died on Tuesday, January 14 at 4:45 am at his home, 2617 Madge Street. He was a retired employee of Southcoast Corp. Survivors include his wife, Vivian Thomas; five sons Earl, Anthony Jr., Irvin, Allen and James Thomas, all of Houma; two daughters, Mrs Delma Scoby and Mrs Hilda Carter, both of Houma; two brothers, Dan Thomas of Houma and Eligh Thomas of Chicago, Ill; 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild. ============================ Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA Courier; Jan. 17, 1969, Friday Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle ELEANOR VERRET Little Eleanor Verret, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie Verret of Lafourche Crossing died on January 13 in the Charity Hospital of New Orleans. She would have celebrated her first birthday on January 13. Graveside funeral services were held Thursday, January 16, at 11 am in the St. Paul Baptist Cemetery. Terrebonne Funeral Home handled arrangements. ============================