Continuation of tree (1st child of Oscar Pitre/Emilie Pitre); all known surname descendants:
10 Joseph 'Hosea' Pitre b: 29 January 1908 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 29 December 1993 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Leonie Fontenot b: 26 April 1913; m: Abt. 1941; d: 17 June 1995 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
11 Rebecca Pitre b: Abt. 1941
+Ernest Pompa m: 20 June 1964 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
11 Kenneth Joseph Pitre b: Abt. 1946; d: Aft. 1950
Notes for Joseph 'Hosea' Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Evangeline, Louisiana: Oscar Pitrie 53 farmer, wife Marie Louise 47, Hosea 21 farmer, Leroy 20 clerk/gen. store, Hazel 18, Lionel 16, Marie 14, Helen Jane 9, Jolie Lane 7, Burke 5.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Hosea Pitre 42 lagging water pipes/electric & water co., wife Leonie 37, Rebecca 8, Kenneth 3, widowed mother-in-law Helen Blackman 80.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 30 December 1993: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mr. Hosea Pitre, 85, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church here with burial in Gates of Heaven Cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, in Ville Platte Medical Center. He was a retired city employee. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Leonie Fontenot Pitre of Ville Platte; a son, Kenneth Joseph Pitre of Ville Platte; a daughter, Rebecca Pompa of Long Beach, Calif.; three brothers, Leroy and Lionel Pitre, both of Lafayette, and Burke Pitre of Ville Platte; five sisters, Vivian Soileau, Hazel Dardeau and Marie Perron, all of Ville Platte, Ellen Jane Fontenot of Lafayette and Joyclyn Isreal of New Orleans; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visiting hours are from noon to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Friday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.
Notes for Leonie Fontenot:
Obituary: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Thursday, 22 June 1995: Funeral services were held on Sunday, June 18, at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church for Mrs. Leonie Pitre, 82, of Ville Platte, who died Saturday, June 17, at Ville Platte Medical Center after a short illness. Burial followed in Gates of Heaven Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte. A housewife, Pitre is survived by: one son, Kenneth Pitre of Ville Platte; one daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Pompa of El Paso, Texas; one brother, Elton Fontenot of Houston; one sister, Eilen Vidrine of Opelousas; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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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: 4 October 2022.