Francis Jerome “Ferris” LeBlanc

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Francis Jerome “Ferris” LeBlanc

Birth
Alverno, Cheboygan County, Michigan, USA
Death
24 Jun 1973 (aged 50)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Unmarked Panel Q, Lot 32,
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Updated: June 2015:

Ferris LeBlanc and the three unidentified victims were laid to rest in separate coffins in a city-owned field behind Resthaven Memorial Park on Old Gentilly Road.

His family was granted access to the potter's field on May 13. Resthaven's records show that LeBlanc is buried in Panel Q, Lot 32 of the field, but the graves were never marked. The coroner's office, the family was told, kept those records, and all of them were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina's flood waters."

Source: The New Orleans Advocate, June 7, 2015

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Information about Francis "Ferris" LeBlanc's father supplied by JabberJest (#47575012):

Eugene L "Gene" Leblanc married his second wife, Marie Louise Durocher (1890-1977) after his first wife Alice Josephine Labadie LeBlanc (1867 - 1909) passed away. The 13

Children from the second marriage are:
James Nathaniel Hyacinthe Leblanc (1910-1981)
Wahneeta Marie Leblanc Hale (1911-1996)
Bernardine Marylou Leblanc Meye (1913-2003)
Elvira Cecelia Leblanc Kirkpatrick Brown (1915-2007)
Francis Woodrow Leblanc (1916-2005)
Arnold James Leblanc (1918-2003)
Alice Emily Leblanc Eaddie (1919-2005)
Francis Jerome Leblanc (1923-1973)
Bernard Joseph Leblancv (1933-2012)
and two unnamed sisters and 2 unnamed brothers.∼unknown history...was among the 32 who lost their lives in the fire bombing of The Upstairs Lounge in New Orleans. His body was among four who were unclaimed due to the homophobia of that era, so they were all buried in this potter's field.
Updated: June 2015:

Ferris LeBlanc and the three unidentified victims were laid to rest in separate coffins in a city-owned field behind Resthaven Memorial Park on Old Gentilly Road.

His family was granted access to the potter's field on May 13. Resthaven's records show that LeBlanc is buried in Panel Q, Lot 32 of the field, but the graves were never marked. The coroner's office, the family was told, kept those records, and all of them were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina's flood waters."

Source: The New Orleans Advocate, June 7, 2015

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Information about Francis "Ferris" LeBlanc's father supplied by JabberJest (#47575012):

Eugene L "Gene" Leblanc married his second wife, Marie Louise Durocher (1890-1977) after his first wife Alice Josephine Labadie LeBlanc (1867 - 1909) passed away. The 13

Children from the second marriage are:
James Nathaniel Hyacinthe Leblanc (1910-1981)
Wahneeta Marie Leblanc Hale (1911-1996)
Bernardine Marylou Leblanc Meye (1913-2003)
Elvira Cecelia Leblanc Kirkpatrick Brown (1915-2007)
Francis Woodrow Leblanc (1916-2005)
Arnold James Leblanc (1918-2003)
Alice Emily Leblanc Eaddie (1919-2005)
Francis Jerome Leblanc (1923-1973)
Bernard Joseph Leblancv (1933-2012)
and two unnamed sisters and 2 unnamed brothers.∼unknown history...was among the 32 who lost their lives in the fire bombing of The Upstairs Lounge in New Orleans. His body was among four who were unclaimed due to the homophobia of that era, so they were all buried in this potter's field.

Gravesite Details

buried with 3 unknown white males who also died in the Upstairs Lounge Fire
Cenotaph Here 139310115

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