Continuation of tree (4th child of Theogene Pitre/2nd wife Marie Therese Brown); all known surname descendants:
8 Henri Pitre b: 16 January 1891 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA; d: 14 October 1956 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Eva Pitre b: 16 April 1892 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1911 [Arthur Francois/Aurelia Durio]; d: 5 November 1930 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Hazel Pitre b: 24 October 1912 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 1 March 1974 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+Horace Lavergne b: 17 November 1906; m: Abt. 1932; d: 28 September 1972 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
9 Aaron Pitre b: 21 January 1914 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 September 1976 Quitman, Jackson, LA
+Maude Miles b: 12 September 1914 Arkansas; m: Abt. 1938 [Joseph Thomas/Hattie Mae Broughton]; d: 15 March 1978 Ruston, Lincoln, LA
9 Joseph Eldron Pitre b: 21 December 1915 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 April 1975 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+Alice Vige b: 1919; m: Abt. 1936; d: 21 March 1961 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
2nd Wife of Joseph Eldron Pitre:
+Vernice Darbonne b: 5 January 1915 Mallet, St. Landry, LA; m: unknown [Freeman/Phelonise Bello]; d: 15 August 1995 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Lolita Pitre b: 16 March 1918 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 February 1998 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
+unknown husband (divorced before 1940)
*2nd Husband of Lolita Pitre:
+Ramie Joseph Lavergne b: 1 August 1909; m: Aft. 1940 [Joseph Achille/Pamela Miller]; d: 9 November 1968 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
9 John Waven Pitre b: 12 July 1921 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 March 1987 Alexandria, Rapides, LA
+Juanita Meche b: 10 January 1932; m: unknown [Ovile/Theresa ---]; d: 20 February 1989 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Leobelle Pitre b: 10 October 1926 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 4 July 2017 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+Horace Ortego b: 15 July 1923; m: Abt. 1946 [Estela/Camille Reed]; d: 27 June 2006 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
9 Vivian Pitre b: 22 June 1930 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 31 May 2008 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+Livoreil Lyons b: 27 August 1928; m: unknown [Ralph/Rita Olivier]; d: 4 April 2004 Church Point, Acadia, LA
*2nd Wife of Henri Pitre:
+ Mamie Dupre (Pitre) b: 7 December 1898; m: Bef. 1956 [Artelus/Ophelia Bertrand]; d: 22 December 1987 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Notes for Henri Pitre:
Census
- 1920
- 1930
- 1940 {Divorced Lolita Pitre 22, living with her married sister Hazel 28, her husband Horace Lavergne 33 laborer/farm & their son Lecester 6, in East Bayou Teche, St. Martin Parish. Son Aaron Pitre 26 proprietor operator/retail grocery, wife Maud 25, Joan 5 months, living in Jackson Parish. Son Eldron Pete 24 farmer/farm, wife Alice 21, Earl 2, living in Evangeline Parish}
WWI Registration Record: Henry Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 16 Jan 1891 (Plaisance); wife & 4 children; tall height, slender build; brown eyes & black hair.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 16 October 1956: Henry Pitre, 65, retired farmer, died Sunday at 9:05 p.m. at his home on College ave., in the Greenwood section. He had been ill for eight years. Services were held Monday at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Father Clifford Gaudin officiated. Burial was in St. Andrews cemetery in Prairie Ronde under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home. Pitre was a native of Prairie Ronde. He is survived by his wife, the former Mamie Dupre, three sons, Aaron of Hodge, Eldron and Waven of Opelousas; and four daughters, Mrs. Horace Lavergne and Mrs. Remi Lavergne of St. Martinville, Mrs. Horace Ortego of Lake Charles, and Mrs. Livoreil Lyons of Church Point. Other survivors are six brothers, Alfred, Odia, Moise, Eddie, Adelin, and Theodore Pitre, all of Opelousas; five sisters, Mrs. Thomas Bibbs of Prairie Ronde, Mrs. Dewey Dupre of Plaisance, Mrs. Amos Reed, Mrs. Willie Ledoux, and Mrs. Lee Fontenot all of Opelousas; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery: Henry Pitre / Jan. 16, 1891 / Oct. 14, 1956 / Mamie D. Pitre / Dec. 7, 1898 / Dec. 22, 1987
Notes for Eva Pitre:
Obituary: Clarion News (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 6 November 1930: Buggy Demolished as Mule is Unhurt - Mrs. Henry Pitre's Head Crushed in Tragedy Wednesday Afternoon - Mrs. Henry Pitre, 37, died a few minutes after her body was hurled 60 feet by Missouri-Pacific Fast Passenger Train 5 as it struck the buggy in which she was riding at 2:25 Wednesday afternoon. Lillian and Atile Deville, two young sisters, miraculously saved their lives by jumping from the buggy just before the train crash. The trio had been in Opelousas shopping and were returning home. They came to the railroad crossing two miles west of Opelousas and did not see the train in time to avoid the tragedy. Mrs. Pitre's body was hurled along the track about sixty feet by the impact. Her head was crushed and bones broken. The buggy was hurled against a cattle gap and destroyed as it fell in a nearby ditch. The mule pulling the buggy escaped injury and ran west. Mrs. Pitre is the mother of seven children, one, a young baby. It was the first time she had left the infant and was on the way home at the time. The family, well-to-do planters reside in Prairie Ronde. The Missouri-Pacific engineer stopped the train and members of the crew attempted to take Mrs. Pitre to the Sanitarium but she died a few minutes before arrival at the hospital. She did not gain consciousness before the end.
Notes for Mamie Dupre:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 23 December 1987: Mamie D. Pitre - Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Pitre, the former Mamie Dupre, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Prairie Ronde. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Opelousas, died at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Doctor's Hospital in Opelousas. She was a member of the ladies altar society at Our Lady of Mercy Church. Survivors include three stepdaughters, Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville, Leo Belle Ortego of Lake Charles, and Vivian Lyons of Church Point; a sister, Anna Belle Richard of Baton Rouge; a host of nieces and nephews. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on old Sunset Rd. in Opelousas, which is in charge of all arrangements.
Obituaries for the children:
Hazel Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 3 March 1974: St. Martinville - Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church for Mrs. Horace Lavergne, 62, the former Hazel Pitre of Opelousas. Mrs. Lavergne died at the Lafayette General Hospital Friday at 3:45 a.m. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville. She is survived by one son, Lee Lavergne of New Iberia; one daughter, Mrs. John Hamilton of Lafayette; three brothers, Waven Pitre and Eldron Pitre of Opelousas, and Aaron Pitre of Hodge; three sisters, Mrs. Lee Lyons of Church Point, Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville, and Mrs. Horace Ortego of Lake Charles; and three grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Michael's Cemetery, St. Martinville: In loving memory / Verla Lavergne Boutte / Aug. 6, 1915 - Jan. 9, 1981 / Horace Lavergne / Nov. 17, 1906 - Sept. 28, 1972 / Hazel Pitre Lavergne / Oct. 24, 1912 - Mar. 1, 1974 / Lolita Pitre Lavergne / March 16, 1918 - Feb. 12, 1998
Aaron Pitre: Monroe News Star (LA), Tuesday, 7 September 1976: Quitman - Funeral services for Aaron (Pete) Pitre, 62, of Rt. 1, Quitman, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Buck Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with the Rev. Paul Johnson officiating. Mr. Pitre died Monday at his residence in Quitman after a sudden illness. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Maude Pitre of Quitman; one son, Jimmy Pitre of Natchitoches; three daughters, Mrs. Joan Jones of Alexandria, Mrs. Barbara Johnson of Quitman and Mrs. Patsy Stewart of Baton Rouge; one brother, Waven Pitre of Opelousas; three sisters, Mrs. Leo Belle Ortego of Lake Charles, Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville and Mrs. Vivian Lyons of Church Point and eight grandchildren.
Joseph Eldron Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 21 April 1975: Joseph Eldron (Tee) Pitre, 59, retired welder, died at 4:40 a.m. today in Opelousas General Hospital after a one-month illness. He is survived by his widow, the former Vernice Darbonne; one son, Earl Pitre of Opelousas; his step-mother, Mrs. Henry Pitre of Opelousas; two brothers, Aaron Pitre of Hodge and Waven Pitre of Opelousas; three sisters, Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville, Mrs. Leobelle Ortego of Lake Charles, Mrs. Vivian Lyons of Church Point, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Heart Cemetery in Prairie Ronde under the direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home. A rosary will be said at 8:15 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery: Joseph Eldron Pitre / 1915 - 1975 / his memory lives on // Mrs. Eldron Pitre / 1919 - 1961 / at rest
Lolita Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Michael's Cemetery, St. Martinville, LA: In loving memory / Verla Lavergne Boutte / Aug. 6, 1915 - Jan. 9, 1981 / Horace Lavergne / Nov. 17, 1906 - Sept. 28, 1972 / Hazel Pitre Lavergne / Oct. 24, 1912 - Mar. 1, 1974 / Lolita Pitre Lavergne / March 16, 1918 - Feb. 12, 1998 [St. Michael's Cemetery, St. Martinville: Ramie J. Lavergne / Aug. 1, 1909 - Nov. 9, 1968 / Missed by All]
John Waven Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 22 March 1987: Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church for Mr. John Waven Pitre, 65, of Opelousas, who died at 11:40 p.m. Friday, March 20 at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria. Internment will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Prairie Ronde. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Juanita Meche Pitre of Opelousas; three sons, John Glenn Pitre of Opelousas, Allen David Pitre of Baton Rouge, and Larry J. Pitre of Lafayette; three sisters, Mrs. Vivian Lyons of Church Point, Mrs. Belle Ortego of Lake Charles and Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville; and four grandchildren. Mr. Pitre was a member of the VFW. He was a veteran of World War II having served as a lieutenant in the "Railsplitters" and was a prisoner of war. He was a retired offshore oil worker. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Old Sunset Road is directing.
Leobelle Pitre: Belle Pitre Ortego, 90, of Lake Charles, passed away Tuesday July 4, 2017 at a local hospital after a brief illness. Ms. Belle was a native of St. Landry Parish and longtime resident of the Lake Charles Area. She was a homemaker and retired from the Gulf National Bank (now Chase). Ms. Belle enjoyed cooking and baking, always sharing the fruits of her labor to her friends and neighbors. She was of the Catholic faith and was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church. Preceding Ms. Belle in death are her parents, Henry and Eva Pitre, beloved husband of 60 years, Horace Ortego and a son, Eugene Ortego. She leaves to cherish her memories a granddaughter, Lisa Duke and husband Everett; and three great grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan and Lacy Duke, all of Germantown, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM on Saturday July 8, 2017 with a rosary to be recited at 10:30 AM at the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home with the Very Reverend Anthony Fontenot officiating. Burial will follow at Consolata Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Consolata Cemetery, Lake Charles: Horace / July 15, 1923 / June 27, 2006 / together forever / (illegible) / Leobelle / Oct. 20, 1926 / (blank)
Vivian Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 2 June 2008: Church Point - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, for Mrs. Livoreil Lyons, the former Vivian Pitre, 77, who died at 9:38 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2008, at The Heart Hospital of Lafayette. She was a long-time resident of Church Point. The Rev. Albert Nunez will conduct the services with interment following in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Highway 35, Church Point. Survivors include a son, Bruce Lyons and wife, Patti, of Church Point; two daughters, Denice Johnson and husband, Dale, of Church Point, and Tina Owens and husband, Mike, of Pineville, La.; a sister, Belle Ortego, of Lake Charles; and a grandson, Andrew Antley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Livoreil Lyons; and her parents, Henry and Eva Pitre. The family requested that visiting hours be observed from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2008, and continue from 8 a.m. until the time of the services Tuesday. A recitation of the rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, by Deacon Bryne Winn. A salesclerk in the retail industry for a number of years; Mrs. Lyons was active in community activities, also. Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc., 219 N. Broadway, Church Point, La.
Tombstone Inscription, Old Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Church Point, Acadia, LA: LYONS / Livoreil L. / Aug. 27, 1928 / Apr. 4, 2004 / Vivian P. / June 22, 1930 / May 31, 2008
Back one generation to parents of Henri 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: 5 January 2021.