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Obituary:

Mrs. Walter Clement, 30 years of age, resident of Rayne for many years and well known throughout this entire community, died at the Acadia Hospital in Crowley at 9:00 p.m. Friday, March 27 following a year's illness.

Mrs. Clement underwent a major operation last year, and had improved in health for the last five months but her condition had grown worse recently, and she had been receiving treatment in the Crowley hospital since that time.

Funeral services were held Sunday from St. Joseph's Catholic church immediately after high Mass with the Rev. Msgr. Robert Lerschen officiating. Interment followed in the adjacent Catholic cemetery and until the hour for the funeral, the remains were held at the family residence in South Rayne.

Mrs. Clement was the former Edna Callier, native of Cecilia, La. She was married on November 23, 1917 to Walter Clement and the family had residing in Rayne since that time.

She is survived by her husband, Walter Clement; one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Gankendorff, Jr., of Norwood, La; her mother, Mrs. Paul Callier, of Breaux Bridge; four sisters, Mrs. J.B. Roper, Mrs. Emory Comeaux, Mrs. J. LeBlanc, and Mrs. Fred Talbot, all of Port Arthur; and six brothers, Alcee, Claude, Able, Wesley, and Darand Callier, all of Port Arthur, Tex, and Pvt. Danny Callier, who is serving with the U.S. Army, stationed in New Orleans.

(Published in The Rayne Acadian Tribune on March 24, 1944)

Philomene married Walter Edward Clement 16 Nov 1916, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Walter (son of Anatole Clement and Odelia Breaux) was born 18 Jul 1896, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 26 Dec 1962, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 27 Dec 1962, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Helen Clement was born 10 Jun 1918, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; died 17 Mar 2013, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Mar 2013, St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.