JOHN F. MCCULLA, FEBRUARY 1939 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

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The Lafourche Comet, [Thursday] February 9, 1939 page 5, col. 2
Submitted by: Nancy Wright


JOHN F. MCCULLA Died Last Sunday
  Death last Sunday at 1:45 p.m., claimed the life of John F. McCulla, an aged 
citizen of Thibodaux, who was, we believe, a native of this community, where he 
grew from childhood to life's end in a quiet and unassuming manner, he being 
strictly a home body, never being seen upon the streets unless business demanded 
that he should go forth.
  In his younger years, between 40 and 50 years ago, he was a cooper, working in 
the cooper shop that his father had in the front part of the property that is 
now the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Toups.  He followed that calling for a number 
of years until the demand for sugar barrels and molasses hogsheads was supplied 
with machine made barrels, sugar still later, being put in sacks.  After ceasing 
the cooperage work he occupied his time in giving attention to properties that 
he had in this town until he finally became ill, and passed from earthly 
activity, at the age of 76 years.  He resided at the home of his sister and 
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Toups.
  His funeral - leaving the Landry funeral home in Thibodaux was held Tuesday at 
10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic church, where a solemn requiem mass was 
celebrated for the repose of the soul of the deceased.  The church was full of 
relatives, friends and acquaintances of the McCulla family.  The mass was read 
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. R. Ravoire, while the deacon was the Rev. F. S. 
Lamendola, the subdeacon being the Rev. John J. Adams, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. M. 
Barbier being the in the sanctuary was evidence of his esteem for the deceased 
and the bereaved family.  Several member of the clergy accompanied the remains 
from the home to the church and from the church to the cemetery, the pallbearers 
being Messers. L. K. Toups, M. Toups, Thomas McCulla, Donald McCulla, Edward 
McCulla Jr. and Harry McCulla.
  The sacred music during the church ceremony was rendered by Miss Clothilde 
Chol at the organ, the fine $8,000.00 organ that Mrs. L. K. Toups, last year, 
donated to St. Joseph's church, while the choir joined in the hymns.
  Besides Mrs. Toups, the deceased is survived by three brothers, whose
Names are Joseph W., James A. and Edward F. McCulla.

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