Brouillette, Louis 1876-1968

BROUILETTE, SIMEON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman (email)
Date: 7/19/2010 at 19:36:19

LOUIS BROUILLETTE

DIES AT FARGO, N.D.;

SET LE MARS RTTES

Louis 0. Brouillette, 92, form-

er longtime Le Mars resident,

died Tuesday at a Fargo, N.D.,

hospital where he has been a

patient for 10 days. He made

his home with his daughter,

Mrs. Wallace Thorns, at Fargo

in recent years.

Mr. Brouillette was born May

11, 1876, near Sioux City, His

marriage to Barbara Simeon

took place in Le Mars in 1902.

She preceded him in death in

1936.

At the age of 14 he took an

apprenticeship in horseshoeing

and blacksmithing and until

I960 he pursued his trade at

which time he retired. He was

a former longtime blacksmith

at the Hettwer blacksmith shop.

Funeral services will be Saturday

at 9:30 a.m. at St. James

Catholic church, Le Mars. Burial

will be in Calvary cemetery

under direction of the Lutheran

Johnson Funeral Home. Rev.

L. J. LaVelle will officiate.

Survivors are two son, F. L.

(Frenchy) Brouillette, Le Mars,

and Raymond, Madlelia, Mnn.;

a daughter, Mrs. Wallace

Thoms, Fargo; eight grandchildren

and 24 great-grandchildren

He was preceded in death by

his wife, son and daughter.

Le Mars Daily Sentinel

Wednesday, January 31, 1968

Le Mars, Iowa