Brouillette, Louis 1876-1968

BROUILLETTE, SIMEON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/19/2010 at 19:29:33

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