Continuation of tree (1st child of Lastie Pitre/Mary Lucinda Carroll); all known surname descendants:
10 Mark Anthony Pitre b: 1 October 1919 Mallet, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 April 1998 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+Betty Jean French b: 10 October 1923 Illinois; m: May 1945 San Diego, CA [Orion/Susie English]; d: 28 November 2009 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
11 Susan C. Pitre b: Abt. 1946 California; d: Aft. February 2023
+Greg Rabalais
11 Linda Gayle Pitre b: 11 September 1947 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 February 2023 Yorktown, York, VA
+Mike Mikovitz m: 18 February 1967 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Mike/---]; d: Aft. February 2023
11 David Pitre d: Aft. February 2023
+Judy ---
11 Mark Pitre d: Aft. February 2023
+Ann ---
Notes for Mark Anthony Pitre:
Census
- 1940 St. Landry, Louisiana: Widow Lucinda Pitre 40 laundress/steam laundry, Anthony 21 mechanic/Chevrolet garage, Frankie Belle 18 bookkeeper/Opelousas Loan co., Marjory 16, widowed sister Ida Iles 50, widowed brother Daniel Boone 28 laborer/electric dept.
- 1950 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA: M. Anthony Pitre 30 body man/auto repair shop, wife Betty J. 26, Susan C. 4, Linda G. 2.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 13 April 1998: Funeral services for Mr. Mark "Pete" Anthony Pitre Sr., 78, will be held (time pending) Tuesday in Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park. The Rev. Angelo Cremaldi will conduct the services. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Opelousas, died at 4:10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 1998, in Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette. He was a retired Exxon employee and a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Marines. Survivors include: his wife, Betty French Pitre of Opelousas; two sons, David Pitre of Baton Rouge and Mark Pitre Jr. of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two daughters, Susan Pitre of Lafayette and Linda Mikovitz of Valdosta, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Frankie Domingue of Lafayette and Mrs. Marjorie Nolan of Opelousas; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Pitre was preceded in death by a grandson, Douglas Roberts; and his parents, Lastie and Lucinda Carroll Pitre. Pallbearers will be David Pitre, Mark Pitre Jr., Mike Mikovitz, Greg Rabalais, Ed Domingue, Robert Nolan, Kevin Roberts and Peter Mikovitz. Visiting hours will be observed from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 7 a.m. Tuesday until time of services. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Old Sunset Road in Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Bellevue Memorial Park, Opelousas, LA: Mark A. Pitre Sr. / T SGT US Marine Corps / World War II / Oct 1, 1919 - Apr 12, 1998 / in loving memory // Betty Jean F. Pitre / CPL US Marine Corps / World War II / Oct 10, 1923 - Nov 28, 2009 / in loving memory
Notes for Betty Jean French:
Obituary: Daily World
(Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 29 November 2009: A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held for Betty French Pitre, age 86, on Monday, November 30,
2009, at 1:00 pm at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas.
Fr. Angelo Cremaldi will conduct the services. Interment will take place
at Bellevue Memorial Park. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Opelousas, died
Saturday November 28, 2009, at 5:20 am at Opelousas General Hospital. She
was a Marine Corps Veteran of WWW II. Survivors include her daughters,
Susan Pitre Rabalais and husband Greg of Scott, LA, and Linda Pitre
Mikovitz and husband Mike of Valdosta, GA., sons, David Pitre and wife
Judy of Lafayette, LA, and Mark Pitre, Jr., and wife Ann of Soddy
Daisy TN; a special niece, Peggy Domingue of Lafayette, LA, brothers
Kenneth French of Decatur, IL., and Lee French of Bonita Springs,
FL., 7 grandchildren, Lori Romero and husband Warren, Peter Mikovitz and wife
Tricia, Colleen Mikovitz, Kevin Roberts and wife Michelle, Rebecca Todd Pitre,
Mark Pitre, III, and Katie Pitre; 9 great-grandchildren and a special
neighbor, Lynn Faul. Preceded in death by her parents, Orion
French and Susie English French; her husband Mark A. Pitre, Sr.; and
a grandson Douglas Roberts. Visitation will be Sunday, November 29,
2009, at 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm and on Monday from 8:00 am until time of
services. A rosary will recited on Sunday at 7:00 pm. Lafond -
Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of the arrangements. The
family asks that donations be made to Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church
in Opelousas.
Obituaries for the children:
Linda Gayle Pitre: Valdosta Daily Times, Tuesday, 21 February 2023: Linda Pitre Mikovitz passed away on Monday, February 20, 2023 in Yorktown, VA. She was born in 1947 in Opelousas, LA to Mark Anthony Pitre Sr. and Betty French Pitre. After marriage, Linda accompanied her husband to various military bases and retired in Valdosta, Georgia. After 30 years, they moved to the Newport News/Yorktown area. Linda is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Mike C. Mikovitz, Jr.; her son, Jon Peter (Patricia) and her daughter, Jennifer Colleen Mikovitz (Maureen Mathews), her grandchildren, Elizabeth, Jon, Dian, and Stephanie Mikovitz; her sister, Susan Rabalasis (Greg); brothers, Dr. David Pitre (Judith) and Mark Anthony Pitre, Jr. (Ann); brother-in-law, Donald C. Mikovitz (Lee Pheather) and her sister-in-law, Sandra Bohon; and by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church with a Memorial Mass beginning at 11:00 a.m. Inurnment will take place at 1:00 p.m. at St. Jerome Catholic Church Columbarium. In lieu of flowers, please donate to St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church in Tabb, VA, Sentara Hospice Services, or Hospice House in Williamsburg, VA. Arrangements by Weymouth Funeral Home.
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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: 16 November 2024.