Continuation of tree (3rd child of Charles Marshall Pitre/Effie Annie Cochran); all known surname descendants:
8 Charles Alton Pitre b: 23 June 1922 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: 5 June 1974 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+Irma Betsy Washburn b: 19 October 1923 Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI; m: 24 December 1945 Orange, TX [Gorman A./Josie C. Anderson]; d: 19 December 1989 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
9 Mary Anne Pitre b: Abt. 1947; d: Aft. December 1989 Pasadena, TX
+David Landry
9 Charles Marshall Pitre b: 14 October 1949; d: 1 March 2015 Westlake, Calcasieu, LA
9 Robert Addison Pitre b: 31 July 1951 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: 1 February 1968 Houston, Harris, TX
9 Phyllis Christine Pitre d: Aft. December 1989 Baton Rouge, LA
+Eric Adelsflugel
Notes for Charles Alton Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana: Charles M. Pitre 59 electrician/contractor, wife Effie 48, daughter Bana Powell 27 waitress/restaurant, Ray P. 26 laborer/pipe line, Charles A. 17 messenger/Western Union.
- 1950 Goosport, Calcasieu, LA: Charles A. Pitre 27
ironworker/refinery, wife Irma 26, Maryanne 3, Charles M. (Oct).
WWII Records: Charles Alton Pitre, res. 1524 Gieffers, Lake
Charles, LA; b. 23 Jun 1922 Lake Charles, LA; contact Mrs. Bana Fern Powell
(same address); 5'8", 160 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, dark complexion; 30 Jun
1942 Lake Charles, LA.
Obituary: Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, WI), Thursday, 6 June 1974: Charles A. Pitre, 51, died Wednesday at his home in Lake Charles, La. He was born June 23, 1922, at Lake Charles. Besides his wife, the former Irma Washburn of Eau Claire, he is survived by one son, Charles Jr., in the Marine Corps; two daughters, Mary Ann and Phyllis, both at home; and one sister, Bana Eulie Fontenot, West Lake, La. Burial will be at Lake Charles.
Tombstone Inscription, Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA: Charles Alton Pitre / CPL US Marine Corps / World War II / Jun. 23, 1922 - Jun. 5, 1974
Notes for Irma Betsy Washburn:
Obituary: Southwest Daily News (Sulphur, LA), Thursday, 21 December 1989: Lake Charles - Services for Mrs. Irma Betsy Pitre, 66, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, in St. John Lutheran Church, with the Rev. George Earhart officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at the church. Mrs. Pitre died Tuesday morning, Dec. 19, in a local care center. A native of Eau Claire, Wis., she had lived in Lake Charles since 1945. She was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked as a respiratory technician at Moss Regional and St. Patrick hospitals for a number of years and as a part-time employee at Wal Mart. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. David (Mary Anne) Landry of Pasadena, Texas, and Mrs. Eric (Phyllis) Adelsflugel of Baton Rouge; a son, Charles Marshall Pitre of Orange, Calif.; two brothers, Cliff Washburn of Appleton, Wis., and Ade Washburn of Eau Claire, and four grandchildren.
Obituaries for the children:
Charles Marshall Pitre: Tombstone inscription, Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Leesville, LA: PITRE / Charles M / SSGT USMC / Vietnam / 1949 - 2015 / Honor Duty / Country
Robert Addison Pitre: The Times (Shreveport, LA), Saturday, 3 February 1968: Lake Charles - Funeral services for Robert A. Pitre, 16, will be held at 10 a.m. today in the Hammer Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. The youth died Thursday in a Houston, Tex., hospital after an illness of 30 days. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pitre; one brother, Charles M. Pitre; and two sisters, Mary Ann and Phyllis Pitre, all of Lake Charles.
Back one generation to parents of Charles Alton Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Acadia, Allen Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu,
Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary and Vermillion.
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 17 February 2026.