DE GRUY - On Tuesday, June 2, 1953, at 6:30 p. m., LOUIS VERLOIN DE GRUY, SR., husband of Marie Louise Mestayer; father of Mrs. O. I. Tremoulet, Mrs. H. J. Durel, Mrs. A. R. Pradilio, Mrs. John L. Kohler of Dallas, Tex., Mrs. John F. Froy, Ines V. and Louis V. De Gruy, Jr.; brother of Mrs. Odette Wiederhold; also survived by 20 grandchildren. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from Laudumley Funeral Home, 1225 North Rampart street near Gov. Nicholls street, on Thursday, June 4, 1953, at 9 o'clock a. m. , followed by services at St Catherine of Siena church. Interment in St. Louis No. 3 cemetery, Esplanade avenue. New Orleans Public Library Times Picayune Newspaper June 3, 1953, p2, c6 Helen Kendrick