Leon George Dufilho

Other Events:

• Residence: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA; Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

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Obituary:
Dufilho Rites Held Monday

Funeral service for Leon Dufilho, 57, of Houston, son of Mrs. Mathilde Dufilho and brother of Mrs. Ray Keeth, 3601 Indian Springs Drive, were held at Welch Funeral Chapel in Longview at 10:15 a m. Monday. Rev. Edward Shopka, pastor of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Longview, conducted the rites. Committal services were held at 10:30 a.m. at the Memory Park in Longview.

Mr. Dufilho, a frequent visitor to Marshall, died Friday in a Houston hospital of a heart attack. He had been in ill health several months.

Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Leon Dufilho of Houston; his mother, Mrs. Mathilde Dufilho of Marshall; one daughter, Mrs. Jaques Wilkinson. Longview; two grandsons, one brother, Al Dufilho of Henderson; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Keeth of Marshall and Mrs. Viola Webb of Shreveport; and a niece, Miss Jere Keeth of Marshall.

[Newspapers.com, "Dufilho Rites Held Monday," obituary, The Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas), 18 June 1956, p. 4-B, col. 2 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/319803373: accessed 17 February 2020).]

Buried:
Memory Park Cemetery

Leon married Nora Etta Mercer on 24 Nov 1923 in Smith, Texas, USA. Nora was born on 6 Nov 1902 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 30 Oct 1964 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Longview, Harrison, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1935, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA; Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1945, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA; Age: 20
• Residence: 1946, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Age: 20

Notes:

Obituary:
Mrs. Normand D. Wilkinson
Memorial services for Mrs. Normand D. Wilkinson, 84, of Longview, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at the chapel of Welch Funeral Home, 4619 Judson Road, with Father Eric Zubler and Verger John C. Murphy Jr. officiating.
Mrs. Wilkinson died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at a local nursing home.
Mrs. Wilkinson was born March 6, 1924, in Louisiana, to Leon and Nora Mercer Dufilho. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She had served as past president of Junior Service League of Longview. She attended L.S.U. and was active in R.O.T.C. Women’s Brigade. Mrs. Wilkinson enjoyed gardening and fine food.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Dr. Jacques D. Wilkinson; and son, Normand George Wilkinson. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jacques Jr. and Elizabeth Wilkinson of Longview.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Alliance, 211 Winchester Dr., Tyler. TX 75701.
[Source: "Mrs. Normand D. Wilkinson," obituary, Longview News-Journal (Longview, Texas), 18 March 2008, p. 9-A, col. 6.]

Normand married Dr. Jacques Davis Wilkinson on 11 Feb 1946 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA. Jacques was born on 5 Mar 1921 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 23 Jul 1987 in Longview, Gregg, Texas, USA; was buried in Longview, Gregg, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]