Jeanne Chauvin Karpe (1901-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jeanne Chauvin Karpe

Birth

11 Feb 1901

Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA

Death

29 Jul 1970 (aged 69)

Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA

Burial

Greenwood Cemetery

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The Shreveport Times
August 1, 1970

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Jane B. Karpe, 68, 701 Stephenson, who died at 7 p.m. Wednesday in her house after a brief illness. will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Greenwood Cemetery. She will be buried there under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Mrs. Karpe, born in Gueydan, had been a resident of Shreveport for 50 years.

Survivors include one step-son, Harvard E. Karpe of Houston, Tex.; one daughter, Mrs. R.E. Scherz (Chesley) of Chicago, IL.; three brothers, Joseph Chauvin, Henry Chauvin and Clifford Chauvin; four sisters, Mrs. Ola Gahn, Mrs. Vivian Knedler, Mrs. Beulah Bourriague and Mrs. Virginia Tircuit; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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The daughter of Michel Merrill Chauvin (1866 – 1916) and Rosa Lea Falgout (1871 – 1947), Jeanne was one of their twelve children. Jeanne's siblings were:
*Mary Beulah Chauvin Bourriague (1888 – 1975)
*Valerie Orphise Chauvin (1890 - 1893)
*Serge "Sidney" Marcel Chauvin (1892 - 1961)
*Joseph Nolan Chauvin (1895 – 1981)
*John Washington Chauvin (1899 – 1918)
*Ledie Marie Chauvin Taylor (1900 – 1966)
*Vivian Chauvin Knedler (1904 – 1975)
*Ola Mae Chauvin Gahn (1906 – 1992)
*Henry Paul Chauvin (1909 – 2009)
*Virgina Chauvin Tircuit(1911 – 1993)
*Clifford Rex Chauvin (1916 – 2003)

Jeanne married Gustave Joseph Beslin on June 24, 1920. They had a daughter, Chesley B. Beslin Scherz (1921 - 2000) and a son, Gustave Joseph Beslin, Jr. (1923 - 1970). Tragically, Gustave Sr. was killed in a car/train wreck in Jefferson Davis parish in 1927. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Section 81.

Jeanne married Shreveport dentist, Dr. Arnold Blum Karpe (1888 - 1949) on August 26, 1932. Jeanne would pass away in Shreveport in 1970. She is buried in the Masonic Rest section with Arnold and her son Gustave, Jr.