Continuation of tree (2nd child of Joseph Clovis Pitre/Selima LaFleur); all known surname descendants:
10 Marion George Pitre b: 5 December 1914 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 October 1978 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+ Rena Marie Manuel b: 28 October 1917; m: April 1936 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 September 1987 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
11 Danny George Pitre b: 18 October 1937 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX; d: Aft. September 1987
11 Margaret Pitre b: 6 September 1938 Jefferson, TX; d: Aft. September 1987
+Hersey Trahan
11 Cinder Marie Pitre b: 25 January 1942 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX; d: Aft. September 1987
+Gerald Boudreaux
11 Dwayne P. Pitre d: Aft. September 1987
Notes for Marion George Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas: Marion Petrie 24 painter/contractor, wife Rena 22, Danny 2, Margaret 1 [p. 10B, 320 - 17th St.]
- 1950
WWII Records: Marion George Pitre, res. 320-17th Street, Jefferson, TX; b. 5 Dec 1914 Eunice, LA; contact wife Mrs. Marion George Pitre (same address); 5' 7", 147 lbs., brown eyes & black hair, light brown complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Port Arthur, TX.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 12 October 1978: Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church of Opelousas for Marion Pitre, 63, of Lawtell, who died at 7:15 a.m. Thursday following a six month illness. Burial will be in the Bellevue Memorial Cemetery directed by the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Sunset Hwy. Survivors include his wife, the former Rena Manuel of Lawtell; his mother, Mrs. Clovis Pitre of Opelousas; two sons, Danny Pitre of Opelousas and Dwayne Pitre of Lawtell; two daughters, Mrs. Hersey (Margaret) Trahan of Lawtell and Mrs. Gerald (Cinder) Boudreaux of Baton Rouge; one brother, Wallace Pitre of Lawtell; two sisters, Mrs. Alfred Lagrange and Mrs. Clyde Walters, both of Opelousas; seven grandchildren. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Lawtell Volunteer Fire Department. A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Notes for Rena Marie Manuel:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 8 September 1987: Funeral services Rena M. Pitre, 70, were held at 10 a.m. Monday in Our Lady Queen of Angels Roman Catholic Church here with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Lawtell, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday in Lawtell. Survivors include two sons, Danny G. Pitre of Opelousas and Dwayne P. Pitre of Lawtell; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Trahan of Opelousas and Cinder Boudreaux of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Ladia Manuel and Alida Manuel, both of Eunice; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Old Sunset Road in Opelousas was in charge of arrangements.
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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.
Last updated: 16 December 2022.