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Note: Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
Terrebonne Press, Monday, July 3, 1978
Laura Savoie, a resident of Rt 5 Box 282 Houma, died at 11:25 am July 2 at Thibodaux General Hospital at the age of 82.
Visitation at Chauvin Funeral Home is now in progress and will continue until 10 pm. resuming from 8 am until funeral time Tuesday. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 am, Tuesday July 4 at St Louis Church followed by interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Octavia Caro and Theophile Savoie; seven brothers, Ursin, Cyprien, Edward, Peter, Homer, Edwin and Isaac Savoie and two sisters, Azelie Savoie and Meloie Chauvin.
Arrangements are being handled by Chauvin Funeral Home.
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LAURA SAVOIE 15 Jan 1896 - Jul 1978; last add. 70360 (Houma, Terrebonne, LA); last ben. 70360 (Houma, Terrebonne, LA) SS#434-50-8379 issued Louisiana
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Submitted by Cynthia Fatchett Daigle, Oct. 8, 2003
My one memory of Aunt Laura
The Black Iron Pot
Aunt Laura Savoie was not my Aunt, but she was my husband's great Aunt. By the time I knew her she was elderly and retired from her job as house keeper for a priest. She lived just a block away from our Bayou Blue home. Aunt Laura had never married.
My mother in law , Ruby Savoie Daigle (neice to Laura), would bring Aunt Laura into town for necessary shopping and doctors appointments. I was invited along for one of these trips.
In our conversation, I related that I wished I had a five quart black iron pot with a regular handle on the side to make jambalaya, rather than the wire bale type handle that I already had . But there were none to be found in the stores. I couldn't hold onto the pot to vigorously stir the onions and scrape the bottom as was necessary. Aunt Laura never said a word durring this conversation of pro's and con's of various black iron pots.
Two weeks later, Ruby brought to me an old, very crusted over five quart black iron pot with a handle! The handle was big and round and hallow on the inside so it would never get extremely hot. It did not have a lid but the lid of my wire bale pot fit it perfectly. Ruby said the pot was from Aunt Laura and Aunt Laura wanted me to have it. Laura though she remembered there was such a pot but she wasn't sure. After doing some searching she found it in the corn crib (a storage shed for dried corn used to feed chickens and cattle) where it had been for years. She related to Ruby that she remembered her mother cooking out of that pot since she was a little girl.
I tackled that pot with a vengence and got it back to it's original condition and re-seasoned it. The pot must have been around since before 1900 (Laura b. 1896 was the baby of the family) and I am so thrilled to have it. I have had it now for about 25 years or so and have used it many, many times to prepare meals for my growing family just as my husbands great grandmother, Aimee Octavie Caro Savoie, must have done.
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Concerning the contents of a box of memorbilia in possession of her neice Ruby Savoie Daigle (executrix of Laura's estate).
About Aunt Laura - In her box of memoribilia, besides pictures there were many newspaper clippings. It seems she had a great interest in the Dionne quints as there were several clippings of them including the death notice of one of them. She also had an interest in John Kennedy as there were many clippings of him, some included other people.
I noticed in the pictures she took during her working years that she took lots of shots of dogs, most with their owners but some of just the dogs and she also had pictures of some horses. She must have been an animal lover. She was definately a people lover. Lots of the pics were of families who appear to be parishioners of St. Maurice Catholic Church in New Orleans. Also she had many pictures of churches, newspaper clippings of crying statues and such.
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The History of St. Louis Church 1915 to 1979
Compiled and Written by Mrs Betty Porche, July 1, 1979
page 49
Miss Laura Savoie
Miss Laura Savoie was born January 15, 1896 to Theophile and Octavia Savoie.
As a young lady, Laura was a practical nurse at the Nicholl's residence in Thibodaux, remaining there until 1939.
She then worked for Fr. Delaphine at Bayou Lafourche until his death in 1948, and with Fr. Bezon and Fr. Adams in New Orleans.
In 1928, Miss Savoie pruchased and donated the main altar in our present church in memory of her brother, Isaac, who was killed in World War 1.
The large crucifix near the candles on the left of the church was given by Miss Laura in 1948, a gift from her friend, Fr. Delaphine.
She retired in 1965 and returned to her home on Bayou Blue, where she faithfully attended to altar duties until she became ill.
Miss Laura Savoie, died on July 2, 1978. In her will was a donation of $15,000.00 to St. Louis Church.
Plans are for a marble statue of St. Louis to be placed in front of the church in memory of Miss Laura Savoie.
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