As a followup to my previous note, I did find an Emily Hoffpauir and a Felicie Hoffpauir in the Social Security Death Index, both last living in Scott. However, Emily died in 1987 and Felicie in 1993, opposite of what should be if Felicie was the first wife, as stated in the obit. Of course, it could just be a mistake in the obit. Bonnie Rives wrote: > > Does anyone know the parents of Lawrence? > -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Bonnie, I saw the same obit, and I can't find any of the brothers or the children of this Lawrence Hoffpauir in my database. Nor can I positively identify anyone as the Noah Hoffpauir (his father) mentioned in the obit. I wonder if his father's name might have been Manoah, and the family called him Noah? Hopefully Felton will have the marriage records of Lawrence, so we can possibley determine his parents and the surnames of his two wives. Bonnie Rives wrote: > > Does anyone know the parents of Lawrence? > > Bonnie > -------- >Lawrence Hoffpauir > >SCOTT - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. >Saturday, March 18, 2000, at a Mass of Christian >Burial in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scott >for Lawrence Hoffpauir, 75, who died at > >9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16, 2000, at Lafayette >Guest House West. > >Interment will be in Lafayette Memorial Park >Cemetery. > >The Rev. Ted Broussard, associate pastor of Sts. >Peter and Paul Catholic Church, will be the celebrant >of the funeral Mass and will conduct the services. > >Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Pellerin of >False River; two sons, Joseph Floyd Hoffpauir of Scott >and Paul Calvin Hoffpauir and his wife, Judy, of >Lafayette; one stepdaughter, Leona Savoie and her >husband, Frank, of Scott; seven grandchildren; eight >great-grandchildren; three sisters, Rita Duhon, Audrey >Steward and Fannie LeGrange; and five brothers, >Harold, Raoul, Chester, Leroy and Noah Hoffpauir Jr. > >He was preceded in death by his first wife, Felicie >Hoffpauir; his second wife, Emily Hoffpauir; his >parents; two sons, John Ricky and Melvin Hoffpauir; >and one brother, Moise Hoffpauir. > >A native of Carencro, Mr. Hoffpauir was a resident of >Scott for 20 years. He was the son of the late Noah >Hoffpauir, a native of Bristol, and the former Ida >Miller, a native of Cankton. > >Mr. Hoffpauir was a veteran of military service having >served in the U.S. Army during World War II. > >Prior to his retirement, Mr. Hoffpauir was employed by >Patterson Truck Lines for several years. He was a >member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic >Community of Scott. > >A rosary was prayed at 7 p.m. Friday in the funeral >home in Scott. > >The family requested that visiting hours be observed >from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and to continue from 8 >a.m. today until time of the services. > >Arrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille >Funeral Home Inc. of Scott, 234-2320. >Source: Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, La. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Does anyone know the parents of Lawrence? Bonnie -------- Lawrence Hoffpauir SCOTT - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 2000, at a Mass of Christian Burial in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scott for Lawrence Hoffpauir, 75, who died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16, 2000, at Lafayette Guest House West. Interment will be in Lafayette Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Ted Broussard, associate pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the services. Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Pellerin of False River; two sons, Joseph Floyd Hoffpauir of Scott and Paul Calvin Hoffpauir and his wife, Judy, of Lafayette; one stepdaughter, Leona Savoie and her husband, Frank, of Scott; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Rita Duhon, Audrey Steward and Fannie LeGrange; and five brothers, Harold, Raoul, Chester, Leroy and Noah Hoffpauir Jr. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Felicie Hoffpauir; his second wife, Emily Hoffpauir; his parents; two sons, John Ricky and Melvin Hoffpauir; and one brother, Moise Hoffpauir. A native of Carencro, Mr. Hoffpauir was a resident of Scott for 20 years. He was the son of the late Noah Hoffpauir, a native of Bristol, and the former Ida Miller, a native of Cankton. Mr. Hoffpauir was a veteran of military service having served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Hoffpauir was employed by Patterson Truck Lines for several years. He was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Community of Scott. A rosary was prayed at 7 p.m. Friday in the funeral home in Scott. The family requested that visiting hours be observed from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and to continue from 8 a.m. today until time of the services. Arrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home Inc. of Scott, 234-2320. Source: Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, La.

Leger Community Cemetery, 5 miles south of Rayne, is at center of this shot. This is the site of the "Hoffpauir Burying Grounds" cited in Rosemary's book. I base that on the stone I found for Octavia McClelland Hoffpauer, wife of Manasseh, in the woods behind the present cemetery...Rosemary records that Manasseh was burying in the "Hoffpauir Burying Grounds." http://terraserver.com/image.asp?S=11&T=100&X=261&Y=103&Z=265&W=2

That is the Ebenezer Cemetery right in the middle of this shot. Can't zoom in close enough to make out names on tombstones, though. This will tell you how I have been spending my evening. http://terraserver.com/image.asp?S=11&T=100&X=250&Y=101&Z=265&W=2

Among the things that my Grandmother had were a number of old obituaries. >From the Crowley paper was the following clipping. The date would have been in 1943, but I do not know the exact date. Mrs. Austin Dailey Dies In Orange But Services To Be Here Funeral services for Mrs. Austin Dailey, about 68 who died at 8:20 p.m. Thursday at Orange, Tex., will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ebenezer church with burial to follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Dailey died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. M. C. Picket. She had been in ill health for the past year. Survivors include two sons, Aaron and Avery, of Orange; four daughters besides Mrs. Picket, who are Mrs. Travis Hoffpauir of Lake Charles, Mrs. Lee Faulk, Lake Charles and Mrs. Peyton Stutes, Crowley; Mrs. Clarence Faulk, Orange; two step daughters, Miss Eva Dailey, Ebenezer, Mrs. Alex Harrington, Sulphur, 31 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the Geesey Ferguson Funeral Home here until the hour of the services tomorrow.

At 07:11 PM 3/17/00 -0600, you wrote: >Oops! Sorry! I didn't realize the terraserve had the same thing. >Terraserver used to be sattelite images. It still has them Randy, you have a choice of three different views, Topographic, Satellite Photo or Relief.

To all Hoffpauir Researchers; There is an abandoned railway that crosses Bayou Hoffpower just west of Evergreen, LA. My first inclination was to assume the name as Lloyds for the bridge. But in The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War published by The US Army Military History Institute, West Point, NY, Gramercy Books [5th printing]1983, Plate LII contains one of the maps of the Red River Campaign under Major General N. P. Banks. The map is titled the "Valley of the Red River, LA from Mississippi River to Shreveport" and was drawn by Col. John S. Clark in the spring of 1864. A road is indicated from northeast of Evergreen passing Borodino Post Office and crossing Bayou Hoffpower twice on the northwestwardly route to Cheneyville. There is no railroad or a Lloyd's bridge indicated on the map.

Oops! Sorry! I didn't realize the terraserve had the same thing. Terraserver used to be sattelite images.

Or you can go here: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=30.9531&lon=-92.1825 for a topographic map of the Bunkie area and it names Bayou Huffpower. This, too, you can zoom in or zoom out and, also find the IB area or anywhere you want. Randy

Followup.... I just checked the online yellow pages, and there is no Redlands cemetery, but ther is a Hillside Cemetery in Redlands, and that's where one of Nelson's children is buried. Maybe that's worth looking into. Charlie wrote: > > Sharon, > > I have in my notes the following information, which probably isn't any > help, but I'll mention it anyway... > > Neslon was Methodist minister > Nelson was not mentioned as a survivor in the obituary of his father, > who died in 1943 > Nelson was buried in Yucaipa, CA (mentioned by Barbara hill and Felton > Morgan) > > >From this information, I conclude that he died fairly young, probably > while still an active minister, and was returned to his "home" of > Yucaipa, CA for the burial. If one were to contact the Methodist > church perhaps they would have records of their ministers, and be able > to tell you where he was serving when he died. (That is, if my > assumptions are correct) > > Other than that, maybe there is someone that can check with the > cemetery and find out when he was buried. That would at least give a > bit more information. > > DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > > > Listers & kin, > > I just want you all to know that Nelson F. Hoffpauir, eldest son of > > Francis and Mallisa Hoffpauir did NOT die in CAlifornia. At least not any > > time between 1905 and 1996. Now, does anyone have any suggestions where else > > this slippery rascal may have gone to die? (Not only did I check the films of > > the records for 1905-1939 and the fiche for 1940-1995, but I asked someone > > with the CD's to check for him by his birthdate and he still didn't show up > > anywhere in CA.) > > > > Sharon > > granddaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin > > -- > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Sharon, I have in my notes the following information, which probably isn't any help, but I'll mention it anyway... Neslon was Methodist minister Nelson was not mentioned as a survivor in the obituary of his father, who died in 1943 Nelson was buried in Yucaipa, CA (mentioned by Barbara hill and Felton Morgan) >From this information, I conclude that he died fairly young, probably while still an active minister, and was returned to his "home" of Yucaipa, CA for the burial. If one were to contact the Methodist church perhaps they would have records of their ministers, and be able to tell you where he was serving when he died. (That is, if my assumptions are correct) Other than that, maybe there is someone that can check with the cemetery and find out when he was buried. That would at least give a bit more information. DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > Listers & kin, > I just want you all to know that Nelson F. Hoffpauir, eldest son of > Francis and Mallisa Hoffpauir did NOT die in CAlifornia. At least not any > time between 1905 and 1996. Now, does anyone have any suggestions where else > this slippery rascal may have gone to die? (Not only did I check the films of > the records for 1905-1939 and the fiche for 1940-1995, but I asked someone > with the CD's to check for him by his birthdate and he still didn't show up > anywhere in CA.) > > Sharon > granddaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Hi, Gang; to view the Hoffpower Bayou you may access the following; http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=14&T=2&X=182&Y=1070&Z=15&W=2 This will show the town of Bunkie and the Bayou. If you click the down arrow at the bottom of the page [about three frames] you can reach Indian Bayou, Ebenezer, Bayou Que de Tortue and an undidentified cemetery. Also as you scroll around, zoom in and out and look at topography and satellite photos you will see the community of Higginbotham. Have fun, Gene

According to Rosemary Hoffpauir's book: "Apparently, Thomas Hoffpauir was honored by having a small strem of water named for him. (See Opelousas U.S. Land Office Archives, Volume 1, Part1, Page 63). Dated 13th July 1820: Signed Robert Taylor, agent of Bertanney, 2400 arpents, which 30 arpents front on Bayou Hoffpauir. This claim and title a request in 14 July 1820. The bayou named Hoffpauir is a rather short and shallow stream which flows from east to west terminating in the town of Bunkie, LA." -----Original Message----- From: LindaS <thoffpauer@alsace.zzn.com> To: HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com <HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 3:56 AM Subject: Landmarks >Hi, I came across the following references and was wondering if >anyone could tell me more about these landmarks mentioned. One is a >bayou and the other I am not certain of, probably another waterway or >maybe the same Bayou? > >from an article on LA Governor James Madison Wells, 1808-1899. >"He controls a large cotton plantation near Alexandria, a sugar >plantation on Bayou Huffpauer in Avoyelles Parish and a large summer >home Jessamine Hill near Lecompte, Louisiana." > >The other is from a Civil War record: > >Report of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker, C. S. Army, >Commanding Division, of Operations March 12-19. >RED RIVER CAMPAIGN >"Under these circumstances I thought it my duty to take up my line of >march at once without awaiting instructions, which I did about 10 >p.m. on the 14th, and on the next morning arrived at Lloyd's Bridge >with my whole force, including Mouton's brigade, commanded by Colonel >Gray, which I found encamped on the Huffpower, 19 miles south of Fort >De Russy, under orders to re-enforce my division. " > >Kind of interesting! Thanks, Linda > > > > > > >Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com >____________________________________________________________ >Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - >http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn > >

Listers & kin, I just want you all to know that Nelson F. Hoffpauir, eldest son of Francis and Mallisa Hoffpauir did NOT die in CAlifornia. At least not any time between 1905 and 1996. Now, does anyone have any suggestions where else this slippery rascal may have gone to die? (Not only did I check the films of the records for 1905-1939 and the fiche for 1940-1995, but I asked someone with the CD's to check for him by his birthdate and he still didn't show up anywhere in CA.) Sharon granddaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin

Hi, I came across the following references and was wondering if anyone could tell me more about these landmarks mentioned. One is a bayou and the other I am not certain of, probably another waterway or maybe the same Bayou? from an article on LA Governor James Madison Wells, 1808-1899. "He controls a large cotton plantation near Alexandria, a sugar plantation on Bayou Huffpauer in Avoyelles Parish and a large summer home Jessamine Hill near Lecompte, Louisiana." The other is from a Civil War record: Report of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker, C. S. Army, Commanding Division, of Operations March 12-19. RED RIVER CAMPAIGN "Under these circumstances I thought it my duty to take up my line of march at once without awaiting instructions, which I did about 10 p.m. on the 14th, and on the next morning arrived at Lloyd's Bridge with my whole force, including Mouton's brigade, commanded by Colonel Gray, which I found encamped on the Huffpower, 19 miles south of Fort De Russy, under orders to re-enforce my division. " Kind of interesting! Thanks, Linda Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn

Source: San Bernardino 209-065 Name: Donald Francis Hoffpauir, 32383 Dunlap Road, Redlands, CA Place of Death: San Bernardino County Hospital Date of Death: 30 January 1963 Time of Death: 2315 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian SS#: 527-22-6927 Occupation: Invalid Marital Status: Never Married Age: 42 Date of Birth: 2 March 1920 Birthplace: Arizona Father: Nelson Hoffpauir Birthplace: Illinois Mother: Mabel Kent Birthplace: Illinois Illness: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus Cause of Death: Bronchopneumonia Dr.: James E. Cunningham, San Bernardino, California Funeral Home: Emerson - St. Pierre Yucaipa Mortuary Date of Burial: 5 February 1963 Cemetery: Hillside Memorial Park Informant: Edith Collins, 36925 Oak Glen Rd., Yucaipa, California Source: San Bernardino 83-223 Name: Francis M. Hoffpauir, 7136 No. Fairfax Drive, San Bernardino, California Place of Death: San Bernardino County Medical Center Date of Death: 13 January 1983 Time of Death: 0345 Sex: Male Race: White SS#: 548-10-4232 Occupation: Field Research x 25 years Bureau of Reclamation, Civil Service Marital Status: Married Spouse: Harriet Berg Age: 69 Date of Birth: 24 June 1913 Birthplace: California Father: Roy Hoffpauir Birthplace: Louisiana Mother: Gertrude Damkier Birthplace: California Illness: Coronay Atherosclerosis Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction Dr.: M. B. Ross, San Bernardino, California Funeral Home: Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, Inc. Date of Cremation: 13 January 1983 Cemetery: Mountain view Cemetery, San Bernardino, California Informant: Harriet C. Hoffpauir - wife

Hi, Just to let you know that I am working on these names. Have gone through chips list gathering these and their entry points to US and where they seem to wind up--many were after Thomas and are found in Ohio, Kentucky, and many in Iowa. Am also working from the other side too. Have made a list of Hoffpauer/Hofpauers in France in general and also in Alcase Lorrain. Lists in Germany and Austria are endless, but I am focusing around German area near Alsace and Lorraine. Cantons in Switzerland also have show these names. I hope to send letters to the Hoffbauer names I have found in Alsace and will keep you posted. Found two HOffbauer artists from France. and also a famous painter who paintings are in many galleries in the US....his name CHARLES HOFFBAUER. The older artist is an F. Hoffbauer and did some wonderful paintings, etchings and sketches around Paris in the 1800s. If anyone is interested in any of this email me and I will try to get the info to you. ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: Charlie <charlieh@wt.net> Sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:09:28 -0600 To: HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: PRE-1940 CADI Sharon, This is interesting and very intriguing! As soon as I have the time, I intend to go over both of your "Hof(f)bauer" lists and see if any of those connect in any way with the offspring of our Thomas Hoffpauer that I have in my database. I suspect that they are of a different family.... but am very curious about it. So I urge everyone to post anything they can find about any of these "Hoffbauers" so we can determine if they are from our family or not. We once had a Hoffbauer researcher join the Hoffpauir-L mail list, trying to determine if he (or maybe it was a lady) was connected to the Hoffpauirs. As best I recall, he concluded that he was not, and I believe he left the list. However, if he is still a member, here's a request for help on these Hoffbauers. I know there have been Hof(f)bauers who have emigrated to the U.S. since our Thomas arrived. I don't know of any way to determine if they are related to our man or not, since we need to determine exactly where he came from, and then who his relations were in the old country, and then work toward the time of the more recent emigrations. DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > There was a lot of response from this list when I posted the Hoffpauirs from > the CADI  1940 - 1995 and CAMI 1960-1985. I have found the CADI for the years > 1905-1939. There were no Hoffpauirs listed in it at all !! (Oh where, Oh > where is Nelson?) Remembering what Dr. George said about the original > spelling of Hof(f)bauer, I looked under that and similar spellings. WELL!! I > found several under both the single and double f variation. Here they are: > > State of California > Dept. of Public Health > Bureau of Vital Statistics > California Death Index > 1905-1929 > > HOFBAUER, Antone > spouse init: none > age: 61 > Co. of death: 90 (San Francisco, City) > date of death: Dec. 20, 1928 > State #: 67702 > > HOFBAUER, Frank X. > spouse init: FR > age; 65 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: Oct. 17, 1928 > State #: 50365 > > HOFFBAUER, Lizzie I. > spouse init: none > age: 37 > Co. of death: 60 (Alameda, City) > date of death: Marach 29, 1906 > State #: 5384 > > HOFFBAUER, Paul > spouse init: none > age: 35 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: May 7, 1921 > State #: 18642 > > HOFPER, S. T. > spouse init: none > age: 14 > Co. of death: 36 (San Bernardino) > date of death: March 2, 1906 > State #: 6414 > > 1930-1939 > > HOFBAUER, Caroline > spouse init: CF > age: 71 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: March 7, 1934 > > HOFBAUER, Francis R. > spouse init: F > age: 58 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles) > date of death: June 16, 1934 > State #: 38693 > > HOFFBAUER, unnamed infant > Co. of death: 90 (San Francisco, city) > date of death: December 10, 1936 > State #: 76213 -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ ---- End Original Message ---- Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn

Hi, Just to let you know that I am working on these names. Have gone through chips list gathering these and their entry points to US and where they seem to wind up--many were after Thomas and are found in Ohio, Kentucky, and many in Iowa. Am also working from the other side too. Have made a list of Hoffpauer/Hofpauers in France in general and also in Alcase Lorrain. Lists in Germany and Austria are endless, but I am focusing around German area near Alsace and Lorraine. Cantons in Switzerland also have show these names. I hope to send letters to the Hoffbauer names I have found in Alsace and will keep you posted. Found two HOffbauer artists from France. and also a famous painter who paintings are in many galleries in the US....his name CHARLES HOFFBAUER. The older artist is an F. Hoffbauer and did some wonderful paintings, etchings and sketches around Paris in the 1800s. If anyone is interested in any of this email me and I will try to get the info to you. ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: Charlie <charlieh@wt.net> Sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:09:28 -0600 To: HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: PRE-1940 CADI Sharon, This is interesting and very intriguing! As soon as I have the time, I intend to go over both of your "Hof(f)bauer" lists and see if any of those connect in any way with the offspring of our Thomas Hoffpauer that I have in my database. I suspect that they are of a different family.... but am very curious about it. So I urge everyone to post anything they can find about any of these "Hoffbauers" so we can determine if they are from our family or not. We once had a Hoffbauer researcher join the Hoffpauir-L mail list, trying to determine if he (or maybe it was a lady) was connected to the Hoffpauirs. As best I recall, he concluded that he was not, and I believe he left the list. However, if he is still a member, here's a request for help on these Hoffbauers. I know there have been Hof(f)bauers who have emigrated to the U.S. since our Thomas arrived. I don't know of any way to determine if they are related to our man or not, since we need to determine exactly where he came from, and then who his relations were in the old country, and then work toward the time of the more recent emigrations. DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > There was a lot of response from this list when I posted the Hoffpauirs from > the CADI  1940 - 1995 and CAMI 1960-1985. I have found the CADI for the years > 1905-1939. There were no Hoffpauirs listed in it at all !! (Oh where, Oh > where is Nelson?) Remembering what Dr. George said about the original > spelling of Hof(f)bauer, I looked under that and similar spellings. WELL!! I > found several under both the single and double f variation. Here they are: > > State of California > Dept. of Public Health > Bureau of Vital Statistics > California Death Index > 1905-1929 > > HOFBAUER, Antone > spouse init: none > age: 61 > Co. of death: 90 (San Francisco, City) > date of death: Dec. 20, 1928 > State #: 67702 > > HOFBAUER, Frank X. > spouse init: FR > age; 65 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: Oct. 17, 1928 > State #: 50365 > > HOFFBAUER, Lizzie I. > spouse init: none > age: 37 > Co. of death: 60 (Alameda, City) > date of death: Marach 29, 1906 > State #: 5384 > > HOFFBAUER, Paul > spouse init: none > age: 35 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: May 7, 1921 > State #: 18642 > > HOFPER, S. T. > spouse init: none > age: 14 > Co. of death: 36 (San Bernardino) > date of death: March 2, 1906 > State #: 6414 > > 1930-1939 > > HOFBAUER, Caroline > spouse init: CF > age: 71 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles, City) > date of death: March 7, 1934 > > HOFBAUER, Francis R. > spouse init: F > age: 58 > Co. of death: 70 (Los Angeles) > date of death: June 16, 1934 > State #: 38693 > > HOFFBAUER, unnamed infant > Co. of death: 90 (San Francisco, city) > date of death: December 10, 1936 > State #: 76213 -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ ---- End Original Message ---- Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn

Ruth McVey forwarded this obituary from the Lafayette newspaper to several of us, taken from the newspaper's web site. I've extracted the text..... CROWLEY - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2000, at St. Michael Catholic Church for Violet Hoffpauir Regan, 77, who died at 11:01 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2000, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette. The Rev. Louis Richard, pastor of St. Michael Catholic Church, will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters and their husbands, Barbara R. Ardoin and James M. Ardoin Jr. of Salt Lake City, Rebecca R. Selig and Roland N. Selig Jr. of Baton Rouge and Brenda R. Munoz and Clyde Munoz of Sugarland, Texas; two sons and their wives, Thomas Regan and Suzanne Regan and W. Linus Regan and Anne Regan, all of Crowley; 13 grandchildren, Michelle R. Popp, Timothy Regan, Ashley Regan, Lindsay Regan, James M. Ardoin III, Stacey Ardoin, Robert Selig, Jennifer Regan, Jeffrey Regan, Adam Regan, Emily Regan, Trevor Munoz and Taylor Munoz. Mrs. Regan was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Mike and Alice Morgan Hoffpauir; her husband, Bernard E. Regan; and one sister, Iris H. Mier. In 1994, Mrs. Regan along with her late husband, Bernard E. Regan, were named Grandparents of the Year for St. Michael Catholic Church. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Acadia Parish Farm Bureau Women's Committee, Beta Sigma Phi and the Meridian Rosary Group. Pallbearers will be James M. Ardoin III, Timothy Regan, Adam Regan, Robert Selig and Christopher Popp. Visitation hours will be observed from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Wednesday until time of the services. Geesey Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley is in charge of the arrangements. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/