Continuation of tree (1st child of Joseph Pitre/Alida Soileau); all known surname descendants:
9 Leo Pitre b: 21 October 1916 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 18 December 1971 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Alice Vidrine b: 26 March 1923; m: 17 January 1942; d: 27 January 2002 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
10 Sherry Dean Pitre b: 8 August 1946 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 27 February 2017 Pine Prairie, Evangeline, LA
10 Joseph Honore Pitre b: 11 September 1950; d: Aft. August 2014
+Marie Welene Wedlock b: 5 September 1952; m: 23 June 1973 [Wellam/Dorothy Joubert]; d: 28 August 2014 Opelousas, St Landry, LA
Notes for Leo Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Evangeline, Louisiana: Joseph Pitre 49 farmer/renter, wife Aledie 48, Leo 23 farm/labor, Dallas 21 laborer/CCC, Etherine 16 farm/help, Mattie 15, Murry 13, Hazel 12, Annale 10, Burtaline 8, Doratheline 6, Maryland 3, Joisline 2.
- 1950 Evangeline, LA: Leo Pitre 33 farmer/farm, wife Alice 27, Sherry 3.
Obituary: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Wednesday, 22 December 1971: Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Leo Pitre 55-year-old Ville Platte area farmer who died at the Ville Platte Medical Center at 9 a.m. Saturday following a long illness. Burial was in the old Ville Platte cemetery directed by L'Angelus Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, the former Alice Vidrine; one son, Joseph Honore Pitre; and one daughter, Miss Sherry Dean Pitre of Ville Platte; two brothers, Dallas and Murray Pitre, both of Ville Platte. Also surviving are nine sisters, Mrs. Johnny Maddox of New Orleans, Mrs. Percy Credeur of Opelousas, Mrs. Jack Pardue of Springhill, Mrs. Tom Arnaud of Lafayette, Mrs. Norman Nelson of New Orleans, Mrs. James C. Andrus of Houston, Mrs. D. G. Smith of Baton Rouge, Mrs. William Sans Souci of Santa Barbara, California, and Miss Mary Pitre of Lafayette.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Peter Cemetery, Grand Prairie, LA: PITRE / Alice V / Mar. 26, 1923 / Jan. 27, 2002 / Jan. 17, 1942 / Leo / Oct. 21, 1916 / Dec. 18, 1971
Notes for Alice Vidrine:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 28 January
2002: Grand Prairie - Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Vidrine Pitre,
78, were held at 2 p.m. today in St. Peters Catholic Church here with burial in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 3:20
a.m. Sunday, January 27, 2002, in Ville Platte Medical Center. Survivors
include: a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph Honore and Marie Pitre of
Opelousas; a daughter, Sherry Pitre of Ville Platte; and two
grandchildren, Michael Shawn Pitre of Lafayette and Delaina Pitre
of Baton Rouge. Visiting hours were observed from 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday and
from 8 a.m. today until time of services. A rosary was recited at 7 p.m.
Obituaries for the children:
Sherry Dean Pitre: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Thursday, 2 March 2017: Ville Platte - Sherry Dean Pitre, 70, a resident of Ville Platte passed away Monday February 27, 2017 Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Pine Prairie. She is survived by her brother Joseph Honore Pitre of Prairie Rhonde; nephew Michael Shawn Pitre; niece Delaina Pitre Sweat. She is preceded in death by her parents Leo and Alice Vidrine Pitre; and sister-in-law Marie W. Pitre.
Joseph Honore Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery, Prairie Ronde, LA: PITRE / Joseph / Honore / Sept. 11, 1950 / (blank) / married 6-23-73 / Marie Welene Wedlock- / Sept. 5, 1952 / Aug. 28, 2014
Back one generation to parents of Leo 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: 1 February 2026.