Obit of Irene Boudreau - McClain County OK Submitted by: Susan Gabel 3 Sep 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irene Boudreau Dies Monday - Purcell Resident for Many Years The Purcell Register - October 8, 1959 Mrs. Irene Rebecca Boudreau, 67, resident of Purcell for many years, died Monday in the McCuldy Memorial hospital a few hours after she suffered a stroke at her home, 330 North Second. Rosary was held Monday evening at the Yoakum church chapel with requiem mass Tuesday morning at Our Lady of Victory church, Father Kenneth Fulton, officating. Interment was in the family plot at Hillside cemetery. Born at Hot Spring, Arkansas, she came to Lexington with her parents as a child. She was married to the late Medis Boudreau, who died in 1947, and had made her home here, taking an active part in the work of the Catholic church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Anita Allen, Oklahoma City, two sons, James of Wichita, Kansas, and Dale of Venice, Florida, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Hornbeck, Drumright, Mrs. Roy Bell, Goddard, Kan.; two step-brothers, John and Leon McKay, both of Wichita; a step-sister, Mrs. Gillmore Stratton, Kingfisher, and three grandchildren. Casket bearers were: Homer Boudreau, Buddy Williams, T.O. Dunn, Leo Marquis, Fred Ozment, George Whitlock and Clarence Dumas.