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Died•I* B. C, LeCompte tlietl at fliea Alcxiaii Brothers Hospital in lt;it •' Louis Hn til relay rtf B:30 p. hi. after 1 a liugeiiug illnt'Hs. Mr. LeCunipte 1 \vm 81 years* 11 months and I 1 day old, being horn in Hie. Gem * j I vieve on August Ml* 1837, the sou of the late Eloy and Melanie le Gompte, nee Bogy, pioneer French settlers of this section of the | n eouiitrv. h 1862 he was married ( ^ to Mien Kate Hoffman of Ste.iGenevieve, who precetMled him in death on November 23, 1917*0 To this union 9 children were born*7 of whom survive, Emma, Mrs. Henry »L Man is. Miss Gota ILe* Gompte, Susie, Mrs. Dr. ft. A. Hammerer, KJoy *T. mid Chart# •!. LeCompte, o! St. Louis, Mary, Mrs. .1, 1*. Large of Palestine, Texas, and Libby, Mrs, J.\ If. W, Lunitig of Sts. Genevieve. v A brother and staler also survive hint, Mrs. Pelmitia Miller rind Felix LeGompte, of 8t. Louis.For two terms he served the city of Hte. ‘Genevieve a* Mayor and was for a number of yfears General Superinteiidant of the | Gone Mill, which was erected here in 1856, Twenty-seven years ago he and ins family moved to St Louis where they have since resided.There was a daily beauty about | his life which won every heart.In tempcrmcnf he was mild and candid, and yet remarkable for an uncompromising llnnness. He was always a devout member of the Catholic Church and believed in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man*The remains were brought to Ste, Genevieve on the 11:10 Frisco train Sunday night and were taken to the home oT his daughter, Mrs, Dr. If. \V\ Lau* nings. Monday morning at 11 o’clock the funeral occuretl from the Catholic Church after a llr-tptiem Mass had been said by Ifrv.C, L. van Tonrciihout. Interment in Valle Spring Cemetery.
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Sainte Genevieve Fair Play
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, US
Sat, Aug 09, 1919
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