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William J LaTour

Birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
3 May 1966 (aged 77)
Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 7, Lot 11, Space 4&5
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William J. LaTour was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on January 29, 1889.

He was married to Agnes C. FranCoeur on August 8, 1910. They were blessed with two daughters. They moved to Omaha in 1946.

After retiring as an employee of the Union Pacific Railroad, where he was an express agent for 33 years, they moved to Herman, Nebraska in 1956.

William Joseph LaTour of Herman died at the Blair, Nebraska Memorial Community Hospital on May 3rd at the age of 77 years.

Left with memories are his wife; two daughters: Mrs. Sylvan Schneider (Viola) of Omaha, NE and Mrs. Francis Chenaille (Irene) of Herman; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. There are also three brothers, Henry, Anri (?) and Wilfred LaTour of Massachusetts.

Rosary was held at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Campbell Mortuary. Funeral services were at 10 A.M. Saturday morning at the Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Church. Father Patrick Nolan officiated. Burial was be in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Blair.

Pallbearers were William Schneider of Omaha and Frank Chenaille of Herman and four grandsons, William Fredrick of Blair, Larry Willis of Herman, Sylvan Schneider and Gary Halsteader of Carter Lake, Iowa.

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from obituary printed in the May 9, 1966 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.
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William J. LaTour was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on January 29, 1889.

He was married to Agnes C. FranCoeur on August 8, 1910. They were blessed with two daughters. They moved to Omaha in 1946.

After retiring as an employee of the Union Pacific Railroad, where he was an express agent for 33 years, they moved to Herman, Nebraska in 1956.

William Joseph LaTour of Herman died at the Blair, Nebraska Memorial Community Hospital on May 3rd at the age of 77 years.

Left with memories are his wife; two daughters: Mrs. Sylvan Schneider (Viola) of Omaha, NE and Mrs. Francis Chenaille (Irene) of Herman; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. There are also three brothers, Henry, Anri (?) and Wilfred LaTour of Massachusetts.

Rosary was held at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Campbell Mortuary. Funeral services were at 10 A.M. Saturday morning at the Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Church. Father Patrick Nolan officiated. Burial was be in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Blair.

Pallbearers were William Schneider of Omaha and Frank Chenaille of Herman and four grandsons, William Fredrick of Blair, Larry Willis of Herman, Sylvan Schneider and Gary Halsteader of Carter Lake, Iowa.

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from obituary printed in the May 9, 1966 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.
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  • Created by: MrsB
  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131250068/william_j-latour: accessed ), memorial page for William J LaTour (29 Jan 1889–3 May 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131250068, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by MrsB (contributor 47910340).