Continuation of tree (4th child of Artelus Pitre/Olivia Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 Edwin Pitre b: 28 July 1908 Welsh, Calcasieu, LA; d: 1 February 1985 Kinder, Allen, LA
+ Lucille Langley b: 29 November 1913; m: c8 June 1929 [John N./Azelie ---]; d: 11 July 1989 Bridge City, Orange, TX
10 Juanita Joyce Pitre b: Abt. 1931; d: Aft. April 1994 Bridge City, Orange, TX
+--- Amy
*2nd Wife of Edwin Pitre:
+ Adeline Trahan (Sonnier) b: 31 October 1915; m: Abt. 1945 [Clomere/Maria Desormeaux]; d: 24 April 1994 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
10 Elroy Pitre b: Abt. 1946; d: Aft. 1950
10 Shelton James Pitre b: 10 November 1949 Kinder, Allen, LA; d: 29 May 2013 Kinder, Allen, LA
+Linda Lee Taylor m: July 1969 Oberlin, Allen, LA [H. C./---]
*2nd Wife of Shelton James Pitre:
+Darlene Berlinger m: Abt. 1995; d: Aft. May 2013
10 William Pitre
Notes for Edwin Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Allen, Louisiana: Edwin Pitre 21, wife Lucille 16.
- 1940 Fenton, Jefferson Davis, LA: Edwin Pitre 30 farmer/farm, wife Lucille 27, Juanita Joyce 8.
- 1950 Jefferson Davis, LA: Edwin Pitre 35 farm hand/farm, wife Aline I. 32, Roy 3, Shelton (Nov).
Obituary: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Thursday, 7 February 1985: Funeral services for Mr. Edwin Pitre, age 76, of Kinder, La. was at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 1985. Rosary was at 7 p.m., Friday, February 2, 1985. Chapel Service was in Ardoin's Chapel with Rev. Msgr. A. J. Robichaud officiating. Burial was in the Liberty Cemetery under direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home of Kinder. Mr. Pitre died at 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 1, 1985, at the Allen Parish Hospital of a sudden illness. He was a native of the Kinder area. He was a retired farm hand. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Adeline Pitre of Kinder, La.; three sons, Mr. Shelton Pitre of Oberlin, La., Mr. Elroy Pitre of Houston, Texas and Mr. William (Bill) Pitre of Corpus Christi, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Juanita (Joyce) Amy of Bridge City, Texas; one step-daughter, Mrs. Hazel Courville of Oberlin, La.; one brother Mr. Mervin Pitre of Kinder, La.; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Ortego and Mrs. Lucy Fontenot of Kinder, La.; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscriptions: Liberty Cemetery, Elton, LA: (photo) / Edwin Pitre / July 28, 1908 / Feb. 1, 1985 / until we meet in paradise
Notes for Lucille Langley:
Tombstone Inscription, Autumn Oaks Memorial Park, Orange, Orange, TX: A. J. / 1917 - 1989 / Lucille / 1913 - 1989 / CONSTANCE
Notes for Adeline Trahan:
Obituary: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Thursday, 28 April 1994: Funeral services for Mrs. Claude (Adeline Pitre) Langley, 78, were held April 25 at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. The Rev. James Gaddy officiated. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery in Elton. Mrs. Langley died Sunday, April 24, 1994, in a Lake Charles hospital. A native of the Lafayette area, she lived in Kinder most of her life. Survivors are her husband; four sons, Elroy Pete of Houston, William Pitre of Corpus Christi, and Shelton Pitre and Charles Langley; four daughters, Carolyn Manuel and Ellen Matthews, all of Kinder, Mrs. Roger Courville of Oberlin and Mrs. Joyce Amy of Bridge City, Tex.; 28 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscriptions: Liberty Cemetery, Elton, LA: In loving memory / Adeline Pitre / Langley / Oct. 31, 1916 / Apr. 24, 1994
Obituaries for the children:
Shelton James Pitre: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Thursday, 6 June 2013: (photo) Shelton 'Dead Eye' James Pitre, Nov. 10, 1949 - May 29, 2013 - Shelton 'Dead Eye' James Pitre, 63, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013. He was a native and resident of Kinder. Shelton worked for the Town of Kinder for many years as a back-hoe operator and previously was a truck driver for 21 years. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Survivors include his loving wife of 18 years, Darlene Berlinger Pitre; four children, Tasha and Neilson Lovejoy of Ragley, Raven Corkern and Billy Bailey of Kinder, Ashly Corkern and Ben Setliff of Dequincy, Adam Pitre of East Baton Rouge; 10 grandchildren, Austin, Ryan, Harley, R.J., Hunter, Hailey, Trestien, Brayden, Breanne, and Brynleigh. Preceded in death by his parents, Adeline and Edwin Pitre. Funeral service was held May 31 at Reed Funeral Home of Kinder. Rev. John Nichols officiated. Burial followed in Carter Memorial Cemetery.
Back one generation to parents of Edwin Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- 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: 1 September 2022.