Leo Anthony Perres
1909 - 1965 (55 years)-
Name Leo Anthony Perres Born 16 Oct 1909 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Gender Male Died 28 Apr 1965 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried 5 May 1965 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA Person ID I1509 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 2 Jan 2018
Father Felix Perres, b. 27 Oct 1884, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 1 Mar 1940, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 55 years) Mother Georgiana Amy, b. 8 Feb 1888, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 2 Mar 1940, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 52 years) Married 27 Oct 1908 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Family ID F583 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Leora Thibodeaux, b. 12 Sep 1917, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 12 Nov 1999, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years) Married 8 Jun 1935 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Children + 1. Brengle Felix Chelf-Perres, b. 25 Feb 1940, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA , d. 13 Nov 2023, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 83 years) [Adopted] + 2. G.A. Perres + 3. Marie Jeanne Perres, b. 13 Jan 1944, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 14 Aug 2000, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 56 years) Last Modified 28 Aug 2015 Family ID F584 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents U.S. World War II Draft Card - Leo Anthony Perres
Name: Leo Anthony Perres
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1909
Birth Place: Rayne, Louisiana
Residence Place: Rayne, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Rayne, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
Employer: E. C. Fremaux & Son Inc.
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Next of Kin: Mrs. Leo Anthony PerresU.S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans - Leo Anthony Perres
Name: Leo A. Perres
Rank: Technician 5th Grade
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1909
Service Number: 38 487 641
Service Branch: U.S. Army
Unit: 14th Base Post Office
Enlistment Date: 9 Aug 1943
Discharge Date: 11 Nov 1945
Death Date: 28 Apr 1965
Cemetery: St. Joseph Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Rayne, Louisiana, USAObituary of Leo Anthony Perres
Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on April 29, 1965Obituary of Leo Anthony Perres
Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on May 6, 1965
Headstones Headstone of Leo Anthony Perres
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Leo A. Perres
RAYNE - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, for Leo A. Perres 55, who died at his home at 220 S. Polk, Rayne, at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Born Oct. 16, 1909, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix Perres, early residents of the parish.
Survivors include his widow, the former Leora Thibodeaux; two daughters Miss Jeanne Perres, Rayne, and Mrs. Gary Fruge Branch; and three grandchildren.
The Gossen Funeral Home, Rayne, is in charge of arrangements.
(Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on April 29, 1965)
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Perres Rites are Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church for Leo A. Perres, 55, who died suddenly at his home at 220 South Polk Street in Rayne at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Perres had been mowing his lawn when he was stricken, and died a few minutes later of a heart attack.
Until the hour of the funeral, the body was held at the Chapel of Gossen Funeral Home. Burial followed in the St. Joseph Cemetery.
Born October 16, 1909, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix Perres, early residents of this area. Veteran of World War II, Perres had been a mail carrier with the Rayne Post office for the past 15 years. He was a relative of the late Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard.
He is survived by his widow, the former Leora Thibodeaux of Rayne; two daughters, Miss Marie Jeanne Perres of Rayne and Mrs. Gary Fruge of Branch; and three grandchildren.
(Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune in Rayne, Louisiana on May 6, 1965.)
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