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

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Jun 7, 1985

Preston Marquette

Funeral services were scheduled from St. Agnes Church, 3310 Jefferson
Highway in New Orleans at 11 a.m. for the Rev. Preston J. Marquette, 71,
a native of Napoleonville, who died Thursday at East Jefferson General
Hospital after a lengthy illness. Monsignor Marquette was the pastor at
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Larose prior to 1979 when he moved to
Jefferson. In 1984 he was named pastor emeritus of St. Agnes in
Jefferson when be retired because of failing health.

He is survived by three brothers, Roland J. and Gerald J. Marquette of
Napoleonville, and Jerome C. Marquette of Baton Rouge.

Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery in Napoleonville. Jacob Schoen & Son
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.