McClain County, Oklahoma
Obituaries
Medis Boudreau
Purcell Register
April 17, 1947
Medis Boudreau Dies Monday
Heart Disease is Fatal to Butcher
Medis Boudreau, 57, veteran butcher and resident of
Purcell since 1890, died suddenly Monday night in an Oklahoma City
hospital, the victim of heart disease. Although he had been retired for
the past five months becasue of poor health, the end came unexpectedly.
Requiem mass is to be conducted Thursday morning at
9 o'clock in Our Lady of Victory church, Father Louis Hugo officiating.
Interment will be in Hillside cemetery.
Medis Boudreau was born in Clyde, Kansas and moved
here with his parents when only a year old. He began working in a
Purcell butcher shop when a young man and plied this trade until
failing health forced his retirement.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Boudreau; a
daughter, Mrs. Antia Allen of Oklahoma City; two sons, Bill of the home
address, and Jimmie Boudreau, of Wichita, Kansas; three brothers, John
and Homer Boudreau, both of Purcell; Albert Boudreau, Oklahoma City;
four sisters, Mrs. Rose Sullins, Pampa,Tex.; Mrs. Carrie Beulmer,
Oklahoma City; and Miss Alda Boudreau and Mrs. Mary Williams both of
Purcell.
Honorary bearers were: John Kennedy, Guy Northcutt,
Martin Larran, D. Dumas, Louis Groothouse, Harold Miner, Ed Price, A.H.
Edgmon, John Emerson and Laurence and Albert Mantooth.
Nephews of the deceased were active casket bearers;
Buddy and Howard Williams, Kenneth and Homer Francis Boudreau, and
Andrew and Phillip Boudreau.
Submitted by: Susan Gabel