Pierrette "Pete" Rose Titus 1917 - 2016

PICHETTE, DEMERS, TITUS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/13/2016 at 14:09:52

Sioux City Journal
10 February 2016

SIOUX CITY | Pierrette "Pete" Rose Titus, 98, of Sioux City passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Holy Spirit Care Center surrounded by her family.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Spirit Retirement Home, with the Rev. Dennis Meinen and Rev. Armand J. Bertrand officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be given at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Pete was born on April 15, 1917, in Rosemont, Canada, the daughter of Joseph and Alice (Pichette) Demers. The family moved to Jefferson, S.D., when Pete was 5 years old. She attended St. Peter's Catholic School.

Pete married Raymond A. Titus on Dec. 18, 1939, in Dakota City. He preceded her in death on Jan. 12, 1988, in Sioux City. Pete worked for F.W. Means Laundry and Gary Jones Auctioneer for a number of years.

She enjoyed collecting stamps and cookie jars and was an active member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, where she was a member of the Rosary Society.

Pete is survived by her children, Joe (Marie) Titus of Williamson, N.Y., Margaret (Frank) Marino of Sioux City, Darlane Peterson of Sioux City, and Alice (Perry) Swan of Stomping Ground, Ky.; 16 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Yvonne Bertrand of Sioux City; a brother A.F. "Jerry" Demers of Garden Grove, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Herman Titus; daughter, Sylvia Shook; infant daughter, Mary Titus; sisters, Yvette Backer, and Lucille Griencewic; brothers, Albert, Raymond, and Jon Paul Demers; and a son-in-law, Marvin Peterson.

The family would like to thank the entire staff at Holy Spirit Retirement Home for their patience and kindness toward Pete and our family.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be sent to Holy Spirit Chapel in Pete's memory.