Obituaries of FEBRUARY 1990 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
Source: The Lafourche Daily Comet
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell
Last modified 7 September, 2014
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FEB 20 1990

Whitney Martinez
Local hospital commissioner dies at 85Whitney Charles Martinez, a member of
the Thibodaux Hospital and Health Centers Board of Commissioners for 21
years, died Tuesday.Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Our Lady
of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Chackbay for Martinez, 85, a native and
resident of Chackbay, who died at 8:45 p.m.Visitation will be tonight at the
church from 6-10 and Thursday 8 a.m. until funeral time. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.Martinez was the husband of Olympe Constant Martinez;
father of Dennis W. Martinez, Charles V. Martinez, Gerald J. Martinez,
Sylvia Himel and Eldred Durocher; and brother of Laurencia Martinez. He is
also survived by 23 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.He was preceded
in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Martinez; sisters, Lovinia
Torez and Vicotria Lorio; brothers, P. Davis Martinez, Clovis Edwin Martinez
and Eddie Martinez.Martinez worked as a health sanitarian for about 30
years; first for the Lafourche Parish Health Department and then for the
State Department of Health. He inspected seafood from Grand Isle to Lake
Charles. He retired in 1970.He served on the hospital board since 1970
assisting in the planning of the facility and remaining active on the board
until his death.Other hospital board members include: Parish President
Vernon F. Galliano, Attorney John Pugh; Dr. Paul T. Gaudet and consultant
Warren Authement.Along with the hospital board, Martinez was active in his
community.He was on the building committee for Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Catholic Church before it was constructed in 1951. He remained active in his
church as a Eurcharistic minister and usher. He was also a member of the
Holy Name Society.Martinez received the St. Louis Medal of Honor in New
Orleans and the Bishop's Medal of Honor for the Houma/Thibodaux Diocese for
his service to the Catholic Church.Landry's Funeral Home in Thibodaux is in
charge of the arrangements.

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