Wesley Pitre

1911 Calcasieu, Louisiana – 1993 Oakdale, Louisiana

 

 

 Continuation of tree (7th child of Lezime Eusebe Pitre/Coralina Courvelle); all known surname descendants:

                   10       Wesley Pitre  b: 24 July 1911  Calcasieu, LA; d: 30 October 1993  Oakdale, Allen, LA

                                         +Pearl Lablue  b: 18 May 1914; m: 25 July 1931; d: 11 August 2000  Oberlin, Allen, LA

                               11                Donnel Jane Pitre  b: Abt. 1935; d: Aft. December 2016

                                                       +Robert Charles Muller  b: Abt. 1935; m: Abt. 1953 [Stephen Xavier/May Schwinn]; d: 16 December 2016  Alexandria, Rapides, LA

                               11                Morris J. Pitre  b: 16 June 1938; d: 26 March 1997  Kinder, Allen, LA

                               11                Charles Edward Pitre  b: 8 October 1940; d: 19 September 2020  Kinder. Allen, LA

                                                       +Barbara A. Savant  b: 29 December 1942; m: 17 June 1962 [Cally/Sadie ---]; d: 2 May 2010  Topsy, LA

                               11                Robert Wayne Pitre  b: Abt. 1943; d: Aft. October 1993

                               11                Gertie Geneva Pitre  b: 9 November 1945  Oakdale, Allen, LA; d: Aft. October 1993

 

Notes for Wesley Pitre:

Census

- 1930 Allen, Louisiana:  Wesley Pitre 19.

 

- 1940 Grant, Allen, LA:  Wesley Pete 28 WPA laborer/WPA project, wife Pearl 24, Donel Jane 4, Morris 1.

 

- 1950 Allen, LA:  Wesley Pitre 39 farm hand/farm, wife Pearl 35, Danold J. 14, Morris 11, Edward 9, Robert 6, Gertie 4.

 

Misc:  Port Arthur News (TX), 14 December 1922:  Find 'Lost Boys - Reported to the police today as being lost in the territory back of the Texas company since 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Wesley Pitre, 10-year-old son of Simon Pitre, 834 East Nineteenth Street, and his 12-year-old companion, a boy named Kibbe, walked into Pitre's home shortly before noon today, none the worse for having been out all night, Pitre later told the police.

Obituary:  The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Sunday, 31 October 1993:  Oberlin - Services for Wesley Pitre will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Ardoin's with the Rev. Albert Wayne Borel officiating.  Burial will be in Green Oak Cemetery.  Pitre, 82, of Oberlin died at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, 1993, in Oakdale Community Hospital, Oakdale.  He was a retired painter and a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and Painters Local No. 783.  Survivors include his wife, Pearl L. Pitre of Oberlin; three sons, Morris J. Pitre of Oberlin, Charles Edward Pitre of Topsy and Robert Wayne Pitre of Lake Charles; two daughters, Donnel Muller of Boyce and Gerdie Pitre of Oberlin; one brother, Hardy Pitre of Indian Village; one sister, Pearl Fontenot of DeQuincy; 26 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.  A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.  Friends may call after 10 a.m. today and until time of services Monday in the funeral home.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA:  Father / Wesley / July 24, 1911 / Oct. 30, 1993 / mar. / July 25, ---- / PITRE / Mother / Pearl L. / May 18, 1914 / Aug. 11, 2000

 

Notes for Pearl Lablue:

Obituary:  The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Sunday, 13 August 2000:  Oberlin - Pearl L. Pitre, 86, of Oberlin died Friday, Aug. 11, 2000, in Savoy Medical Center.  She was a native and lifelong resident of Oberlin and a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.  Arrangements will be announced by Ardoin, Oberlin.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Morris J. Pitre:  Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA):  Oberlin - Funeral services for Morris Pitre Sr., 58, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 27, from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.  Burial will be in Green Oak Cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home.  Mr. Pitre died at 2 a.m. Wednesday March 26, l997, in the Mamou hospital.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA:  Morris Junior / Pitre, Sr. / June 16, 1938 - Mar. 26, 1997 / gone but not forgotten

 

Charles Edward Pitre:  Kinder Courier News (LA), Thursday, 24 September 2020:  Charles Pitre Oct. 8, 1940 - Sept. 19, 2020  Kinder - Funeral services for Charles Pitre, 79, were held at Reed Funeral Home of Kinder at 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2020, with Reverend John Nickels officiating.  Burial followed in Green Oak Cemetery under the direction of Reed 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:  11 January 2026.