Berthelot Obituaries: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle

Source: As listed with each Obit

31 May 2004

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NOTES:
1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of the newspaper,
not the date of death.
2. Annotations are additional information
3. SLR - from South Louisiana Records by Donald Hebert
4. SLVFR - from South Louisiana Vital Family Records by Terrebonne 
Genealogicial Society


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The Houma Times; Saturday July 13, 1929 

Myrtile BERTHELOT

Burns Prove Fatal for Houma Man

Mr. Myrtile BERTHELOT, 31 years of age, an employee of the Houma Ice Co., who 
was severely scalded Monday evening, died in the hospital in New Orleans, 
Wednesday night.  Mr. BERTHELOT was working inside of a boiler, when live steam 
was turned on by the engineer, who didn't know the man was still in the 
boiler.  He was attended by a local physician and then rushed by ambulance to a 
New Orleans hospital in the hope of saving his life.
His remains were brought to Houma for burial in the Catholic Cemetery.  Funeral 
services were held at the St. Francis de Sales Church in Houma, Thursday July 
11, at 8 o'clock am.
The deceased is survived by his wife and several children;  also his father who 
resides on Little Bayou Black.

ANNOTATION: 
Probably Myrthil Denys Berthelot (Gustave BERTHELOT & Cecile NAQUIN) b. 8 April 
1897; Thibodaux Ch.: v. 7, p. 449; SLR v. 10, p. 59