Living

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• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1930, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: Between 1940 and 1945, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; Age: 26; Relation to Head of House: Self

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Obituary:
Col. Hollier graduated from Southwestern University in Lafayette in 1936 and began a career as a civil engineer. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army in New Guinea and Australia. He married Lois VanDeventer on Septempter 30, 1944 in Decatur, IL. In 1947, he entered the U.S. Air Force serving 28 years as a munitions officer. He retired in 1965 as a Lt. Colonel, last stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, American Defense Medal, Asian Pacific Campaign Metal and the WWII Service Medal. In retirement, he moved back to Opelousas where he taught for ten years at St. Landry Trade School. In 2000, he and his wife moved to Tyler, TX to be near their daughter and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred Hollier and Effie Dimmick Hollier.

He was survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois Hollier; his daughter, Susan Rasco, of Tyler, TX; two sisters, Irene Moise and Nancy Ryder, both of Opelousas; 2 grandchildren and 2 great-granddaughters.

Buried:
Myrtle Grove Cemetery

Died:
Age at Death: 88

Frederick married Lois VanDeventer on 30 Sep 1944 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA. Lois was born on 6 Sep 1918; died on 3 Jun 2012 in Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA; was buried in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: 6 Jun 2012

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Obituary:
Lois VanDeventer Hollier

OPELOUSAS - Services for Lois VanDeventer Hollier, 93, of Tyler, Texas, will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 1103 S. Union St., in Opelousas, LA, with Father Pete Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas.

Lois VanDeventer Hollier left her heavenly rest on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at her home at Azalea Trails Assisted Living in Tyler, TX. She is joining her beloved husband, Frederick Frank Hollier, Jr., who preceded her in 2003.

She is survived by her daughter, Susan Rasco and husband, Joe; sister, Virginia Cobb; granddaughter, Renee O'Connor and husband, Matt; grandson, Quentin Rasco and wife, Julie; and precious great-granddaughters, Katie, Hailey, and Alyson. She also leaves behind many loved nieces, nephews, and especially her dear caretakers, Oletha Young and Quante Smith.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 10 am to 11 am in the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany of Opelousas.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Azalea Trails Assisted Living and Memory Care and Heart to Heart Hospice for their loving care over the past three years.

Memorial may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 1103 S. Union Street, Opelousas, LA, 70570.

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas.

Buried:
Myrtle Grove Cemetery

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• Residence: 1918, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1930, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1935, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 59; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

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Buried:
Section 3, Plot 268

Frederick married Effie Dimmick on 22 Jul 1909 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Effie was born on 6 Sep 1880 in Louisiana, USA; died on 18 May 1958 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1930, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1935, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 59; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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Daughter of Ceos and Addie (Draper) Dimmick.

Buried:
Myrtle Grove Cemetery

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Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

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• Obituary: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 2

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Obituary:
Theophile Hollier

The death of Mr. Theophile Hollier, which occurred at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Russell, in Lafayette, on Saturday, June 2, 1906, at 9:30 p. m., was received at his home, Opelousas, with most profound regrets, and the large concourse of friends which formed the funeral cortege when the body reached here Sunday mutely but strongly attested the esteem in which he was held by the people of this community.

Mr. Hollier had been ill for some months, suffering with chronic constitutional troubles, but he had rallied and when taken seriously ill was on his way to Texas, and had stopped to see his daughter in Lafayette. There he was stricken and did not recover.

His wife preceded him to the grave only a few months ago, and both of them were, it was thought at the time, fatally stricken at the same time. Now that they have reached that coast, over life’s rough ocean driven, may they rejoice, no wanderer lost, a family in Heaven.

Mr. Hollier was 57 years of age. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Woodmen of the World, and members of both orders met the body at the train and accompanied it to the grave.

Buried:
Theophile's 1908 year of death on his headstone is incorrect since his date of death is noted as 2 Jun 1906 in his obituary in the St. Landry Clarion and his date of burial is noted as 3 June 1906 in Fr. Hebert's reference.

Section 3, Plot 268

Theophile married Victoire Gonor on 6 Feb 1873 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Victoire (daughter of Simon Gonor, Jr. and Arsene Arnaud) was born on 27 Feb 1855 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 27 Feb 1906 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Victoire or Victoria

Birth:
The birth year on Victoria's headstone is incorrect according to the Fr. Hebert reference.

Buried:
Section 3, Plot 268

Died:
Death of Mrs. Theo. Hollier.
Mrs. Theophile Hollier, nee Victoire Gonor, died at the family residence, in Opelousas, on Tuesday evening, February 27, 1906, aged 51 years.Death had been hovering o'er this peaceful home for some days, seeming to halter in his determination as to whom to clasp to his clamy bosom and fly away to the Land of Sleep; or whether he should rob the home of one, two or three of its inmates. For several weeks he has done this, for a time with father, mother and son in bed at one time, with the same malady - pneumonia. Then the son got up, and the race for the grave was between the father and mother. Tuesday death came to the mother, while yet the father was faltering on the brink. The tolling of the bell told him that mother was no more.

"Bell! thou soundest merrily,
When the bridal party
To the church doth hie!
Bell! thou soundest mournfully;
Tellest thou the bitter
Parting hath gone by!"

The Clarion extends its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.Mr. Hollier, we are glad to say, is better, and prospect for his recovery are cheerfully entertained.

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Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church