McCulla, Emily Riviere
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Submitted by: Nancy Wright

The Lafourche Comet, [Thursday] October 31, 1940, page 5, col. 2

Death of Mrs. McCulla Early Monday Morning
MRS. JOSEPH MCCULLA

  The citizens of Thibodaux were shocked upon arising last Monday to learn that 
Mrs. Joseph McCulla had died at 12:25 a.m. at her home on Jackson Ave., in 
Thibodaux, her age being 70 years.
  About five weeks ago the deceased had been critically ill with a serious 
attack of pneumonia, but she rallied so well that she was able to be up and 
about, she even being able to walk around her yard, but in reality she had not 
fully regained her health, for she sustained a relapse, which brought on a 
paralytic stroke that soon ended he life.
  The body was transferred Monday from the family home to the Landry funeral 
home, on Canal Ave., where mourners gathered throughout the day Monday and 
Monday night to offer up prayers for the deceased, the funeral cortege leaving 
at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning for St. Joseph's Catholic church, where a requiem 
mass was celebrated for the repose of the departed soul, the officers of the 
mass being the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. M. Barbier, celebrant: the Rev. F. S. 
Lamendola, deacon, and the Rev. Romeo Lapierre, sub-deacon.  Then the body was 
conveyed to St. Joseph cemetery where it was laid away for eternal rest.
  The deceased was a daughter of the late Lange Reviere, who, for half a 
century, was a Thibodaux business man, who owned the building now known as the 
Block furniture store, Mrs. McCulla having been born, we have always 
understood, in the upper portion of that building, where the deceased grew from 
childhood to a young lady with a practical education acquired at Mount Carmel, 
she also being a fine pianist, which made her a charming member of Thibodaux 
society.
  She finally married, she and her husband seemingly living happily until cruel 
death finally tore them apart, leaving the husband to weep over the sad 
separation.  Two children are also left, but their homes have been away from 
Thibodaux for a number of years, one being Mrs. Edward Oubre, of Port Arthur, 
Texas, while the son Mr. I. J. McCulla, a former Louisiana school teacher, now 
resides at Welsh, La.
  To the bereaved father and children we extend heartfelt sympathy.

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