Obituaries of JANUARY 1984 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

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January 9, 1984
Lafourche Daily Comet
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell

Wilson Toups services today

Funeral services were scheduled today for Wilson O. Toups Sr.,
co-founder of Acadia Dairy, Inc., and long-time Thibodaux businessman,
who died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday. He was 93. Toups with his late father,
Edward Toups, founded Acadia Dairy in 1929. He also served as president
of the business. A pioneer in the dairy industry in Lafourche Parish,
Toups bought a pasteurizer in 1937 and became the first business to
process and sell pasteurized milk in Lafourche and surrounding parishes.
He also was active in civic and community affairs in the Thibodaux area.
Toups is survived by his wife, Marie Louise Lefort Toups,.and two sons,
Vernon and Wilson Toups Jr. He was preceded in death by his first wife,
Clarissa Lena Sevin Toups; one daughter, Mrs. Hosea (Maria Louise)
Thibodeaux; and his parents, Edward Toups and Octavia Cancienne Toups.
He was the brother of Mrs. Sidney (Mabel) Aucoin, Mrs. Louvincy (Velma)
Gaudet, Mrs. Achille (Ethel) Naquin and Abby Toups. He was preceded in
death by the late Clarence Toups ,and Mrs. Emile (Maude) Morvant. He is
survived by 8 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Religious
services were scheduled at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, with
interment in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were by Landry's
Funeral Home of Thibodaux.