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Rites Held Wednesday For Sylvest Boudreaux

Sylvest Boudreaux, 81, retired rice mill owner, of Rayne died Wednesday at a Crowley hospital at 5 p.m.

Mr. Boudreaux was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the St. Joseph Society, and the Fire Association of Rayne, and has been a resident of Rayne for the past 70 years moving here from Lafourche parish. He was ill for a period of two weeks before his death.

Funeral rites will be conducted at high mass at 9 a.m. today at the St. Joseph Catholic church in Rayne with interment in the old St. Joseph cemetery.

Mr. Boudreaux is survived by his wife, the former Louisa Clement of Rayne; one daughter, Mrs. Lylia B. Moore of Rayne, three brothers, Dennis, Crowley; Eugene, Rayne; and Claude, Welsh; four sisters, Mrs. Alfred Dupont, Lyons Point; Mrs. Wilfred Richard, Leonville; Mrs. Felicien Duhon, Crowley; and Mrs. Emile Fontenot of Branch; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren.

Gossen Funeral home was in charge of funeral arrangements.

(Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on November 12, 1954)

Sylvestre married Louisa Clement 7 Nov 1894, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Louisa (daughter of Don Louis Clement and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc) was born 2 Nov 1877, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 May 1965, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 Jun 1965, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Lelia Marie Boudreaux was born 26 Jul 1896, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 4 Nov 1972, Winnie, Chambers County, Texas, USA; was buried 5 Nov 1972, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA.
2. Blaise Joseph Boudreaux was born 11 Sep 1898, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Aug 1938, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA.