McClain County, Oklahoma
Obituaries
Mrs. Josephine Boudreau
Purcell Register
October 19, 1939
Stroke Is Fatal To Mrs. Boudreau
Last Rites Are Conducted At Catholic Church For Mother of Nine
Requiem mass was said Monday morning for Mrs.
Josephine Boudreau at Our Lady of Victory church by the pastor, Father
Louis Hugh. Mrs. Boudreau died Saturday folling a stoke at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Delima Cardinal. Burial was made at Hillside cemetery.
All but one of her nine children attended the last
rites. Mrs. Alma Knox of Carlisle, Pa., could not reach here in time.
Other surviving sons and daughters are Mrs. Annie Marquis, Emile
Boudreau, Purcell; Mrs. John Price, Fairfax; Mrs. Chas. Anhalt, Norman;
Mrs. Denna Lewis, Oklahoma City; Leo Boudreau, Hominy; Mrs. Cecelia
Garrett, Cushing; and Louis Boudreau, Arkansas City, Kans.
Two brothers, Louis (Jude) Boudreau of Purcell and
Alex of Oklahoma City, and her sister, Mrs. Cardinal, also survive as
do 25 grandchildren.
Mrs. Boudreau was born in Illinois on Oct. 29, 1860.
She was married to the late Steve Boudreau on January 14, 1879. They
moved to Kansas and later to Oklahoma, arriving here in 1891. For many
years Mr. Boudreau was a well known Purcell carpenter. He died in
September, 1924.
Serving as pallbearers were Dolphus Dumas, Louis
Groothouse, Ed Price, Frank Hesse, Will Hesse and Eldon Dumas.
Submitted by: Susan Gabel