Obituaries of April 1985
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish, La.
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell, 29 Aug 2014

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Apr 18, 1985

Services held for Mrs. Peltier

Religious services were scheduled today at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral for
Clothilde A. Peltier, 93 a native and resident of Thibodaux who died
Tuesday. During her youth, Mrs. Peltier received a high school education
at Mount Carmel High School in Thibodaux, a college education at
Louisiana State Normal School (now Northwestern Louisiana University)
and attended the Touro School of Nursing. At 20 years old, she was a
single woman with a choice of two careers, one in education and another
in nursing. She was married to the late Sidney Peltier and had one
daughter, Eloise. Mrs. Peltier was the organizer and longtime volunteer
for the Lafourche Parish Chapter of the American Red Cross and charter
member of Court Anna Maria No. 993 Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
Through work with parent-teacher organizations, she spearheaded the
establishment of the hot lunch program in the Lafourche Parish Schools.
Mrs. Peltier was also instrumental in establishing the first public
library in the city while she was a member of the Thibodaux Woman's
Club. This achievement earned her the right to be called "Mother of the
Thibodaux Library System."