DAVE DEFELICE, SR. Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 19 Dec 2004 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= December 16. 2004 12:42PM Dave Defelice Sr. [Photo] Dave John Defelice Sr., 88, a native of Cut Off and resident of Raceland, died at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004. Funeral services were held at noon today at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Raceland, with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Lolita Hanley Defelice; one son, Dave Defelice Jr. and daughter-in-law, Mona Mire Defelice. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry J. Defelice Sr. and Mathilde Galjour Defelice; and two brothers, Henry Defelice Jr. and Woodrow J. Defelice. He was a retired school principal with the Lafourche Parish School System, a banker and a community activist. He worked in the oyster business and with Texaco in the oilfields. He retired from the military as a Colonel in 1971 with 29 years of service. He served his country in World War II as a combat infantryman in the Fourth Army Division. After the war, he taught vocational agriculture at Raceland High School for 15 years and then was appointed principal of Raceland Elementary where he served for 17 years until his retirement in 1976 with 32 years of service. He was a former member of the Grand Marshall Club and was selected Grand Marshall in 1991. He was a member of the V.F.W., American Legion, Forty and Eight, Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce of Central Lafourche and later the Bayou Region, Nicholls Alumni, LSU Alumni from which he received the Golden Tiger 50th Anniversary Award for veterans of the Old War Skule, Louisiana Retired Teachers Association, Lafourche Parish Retired Teachers Association, U.S. Army Retired Officers Association and Ducks Unlimited. He was named Citizen of the Year in 1991. He was a parishioner of St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lafourche Parish Education Foundation, P.O. Box 879, Thibodaux, LA 70302. Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.