Continuation of tree (2nd child of John Major Pitre/Sedonia Marcantel); all known surname descendants:
9 Robert Wilmer Pitre b: 4 November 1910 Kinder, Calcasieu, LA; d: 25 October 1960 Pasadena, Harris, TX
+Cora Mae Peloquin b: 11 December 1920 Basile, Evangeline, LA; m: Abt. 1937 [Nathaniel/Retha Aleoda Bushnell]; d: 1 September 2005 Spring, Montgomery, TX
10 Robert Wilmer Pitre b: 9 February 1939 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: 13 June 1971 Jacinto City, Brazos, TX (pedestrian struck by 2 cars)
+Suzanne M. Edwards m: 26 December 1962 Harris, TX
*2nd Wife of Robert Wilmer Pitre:
+Nelwyn Joyce Deaton
10 Donald Reynald Pitre b: 19 November 1940 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: 8 September 1988 Montgomery, TX
+Brenda Nell Bergin m: 30 August 1960 Harris, TX (div. 16 March 1970 Harris, TX)
*2nd Wife of Donald Reynald Pitre:
+Carolyn S. Messina m: 19 December 1976 Montgomery, TX
10 Sedonia Romain Pitre b: Abt. 1944 Louisiana; d: Aft. October 1960
Notes for Robert Wilmer Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana: Robert W. Pitre 19.
- 1940
- 1950 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas: Robert W. Pitre Sr. 39 radio announcer/radio station, wife Cora M. 29, Robert W. Jr. 11, Donald R. 9, Sedonia R. 5.
Obituary: Lake Charles American Press (LA), Wednesday, 26 October 1960: Robert William Pitre, a native of Kinder, died in Pasadena, Tex., late Tuesday afternoon. He was 49. The body will be brought to Hixson Funeral Home in Lake Charles, where date and time of services are to be announced. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a barber, had lived in Pasadena for six years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Cora Mae Pitre of Pasadena; two sons, R.W. Pitre Jr. of the U.S. Army in Germany and Donald Pitre of Pasadena; one daughter, Miss Romain Pitre of Pasadena; three sisters, Mrs. David Fruge of Eunice, Mrs. Gladue Dartez of Moss Bluff and Mrs. Dave Janice of Lake Charles; one brother, John M. Pitre of Ville Platte and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Marion Marcantel of Iowa.
Tombstone Inscription, Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles: "Pee Wee" / R.W. Pitre / Nov. 4, 1910 / Oct. 25, 1960 / gone but not forgotten
Back one generation to parents of Robert Wilmer 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: 8 June 2022.