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Wife Lynn AYO (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Sidney Joseph AYO (1921-1983) 171
Mother: Sybyl JOHNSON (1926-1980) 171
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Wife Mabel AYO 171
Born: 22 Jan 1914 - Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Abel AYO (1876-1949) 171
Mother: Octavia LANDRY (1882-1969) 171
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Husband Jack LERCHE 171
Born: 27 Nov 1905
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Wife Mae M. AYO 171
Born: 9 May 1909 - Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA
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1 M Ernest LERCHE (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Gordon Paul BONNET 171
Born: 21 Jul 1919 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 4 Jul 2004 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Buried: 6 Jul 2004 - Calvary Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Marriage: 11 Apr 1943 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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• Occupation, Marine Corps Sergeant Major
• Religion, Roman Catholic
Wife Marguerite Therese AYO 171
Born: 10 Aug 1920 - Schriever, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 19 Feb 2005 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Buried: 22 Feb 2005 - Calvary Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Father: Sidney Joseph AYO (1888-1969) 171,408
Mother: Flora Marie MEYER (1893-1946) 171
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• Occupation, kept house; artist
• Religion, Roman Catholic
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1 F Mary Margaret BONNET 171
Born: 8 Nov 1945 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Buried: 13 Nov 1945 - Calvary Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
2 M Gordon Paul BONNET (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Carol Ann BLOOMGARDEN (living)
General Notes: Husband - Gordon Paul BONNET
Gordon Bonnet, Sr. volunteered for the Marine Corps on his 18th birthday and served basic training at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, from July 21 to August 19, 1937. He served aboard the U.S.S. Mississippi during World War II, rising to the rank of Corporal in February of 1942 and to Sergeant in July of the same year. After the end of the war, he became a Master Sergeant in December of 1946.
He was temporarily raised to the rank of First Lieutenant as a field commission during the Korean Conflict. He was given the rank of Sergeant Major in February of 1958, a rank he held until his retirement in 1967.
During his service in the military, Sergeant Major Bonnet was the recipient of eight Good Conduct Medals, a Meritorious Mast Award, and served as a drill judge at the West Virginia UniversityÕs School of Military Science. He won awards in swimming and marksmanship. He had several overseas assignments, including Japan (1948-1950), Korea (1951-1953), and Iceland (1961-1962). His record is filled with praise for his service to his country.
In private life, he was a gardener, fisherman, and carpenter; he was known for his love of the outdoors, dogs, and classical music. During retirement he grew show-quality tea roses, and people frequently drove past his house, on the south side of Lafayette, Louisiana, just to take a look at his gardens. He was a rockhound and an accomplished jewelry maker, and was known by many for his artistry, craftsmanship, and skill.
Gordon Bonnet was a man of honesty, integrity, and a quick (and wry) sense of humor. His death at age 84 in July of 2004, after a brief illness, was mourned by many -- friends, neighbors, and family. He was also my father -- and I shall truly miss him.
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LAFAYETTE: ÊFuneral services will be held Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at a Mass of Christian Burial in the St. Pius X Catholic Church for Gordon P. Bonnet, Sr., 84, who died Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery.
The Rev. Monsignor Richard von Phul Mouton, pastor of St. Pius X Catholic Church, will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the services.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Marguerite Ayo Bonnet, of Lafayette; one son, Gordon P. Bonnet Jr. and his wife, Carol, of Trumansburg, N.Y.; and two grandsons, Lucas and Nathan Bonnet. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred Joseph and Bertha Viola Scott Bonnet; one daughter, Mary Margaret Bonnet; and one brother, Raymond Bonnet.
A native and resident of Lafayette since 1967, Mr. Bonnet was a retired staff sergeant with the U.S. Marine Corps having served during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was also retired from the U.S. Postal Service as a carrier.
Mr. Bonnet attended Cathedral Carmel School and was a graduate of Lafayette High School.
A rosary will be prayed this evening in the Martin & Castille Funeral Home.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until time of services Tuesday.
Memorial contributions in Mr. BonnetÕs name may be made to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503 or to the St. JudeÕs Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Attn: Memorial Dept. or to the AlzheimerÕs Services of Acadiana, 128 Demanade Blvd., Bldg. 4, Suite 109, Lafayette, LA 70503.
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General Notes: Wife - Marguerite Therese AYO
My mother, Marguerite (Ayo) Bonnet, was an accomplished artist in watercolors, oil paints, and pastels, as well as working in porcelain and ceramic. She was trained as an artist early in life and pursued that both as a vocation and as a hobby throughout her life.
She worked as a ÒRosie the Riveter,Ó helping to assemble airplanes, to aid the war effort during World War II when she and my father were stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She followed my dad around to his various assignments, and when he retired in 1968, they returned to Lafayette, Louisiana, where she spent the rest of her life.
She loved art, music (especially opera), dogs, gardening, and reading historical fiction. She was a versatile and talented woman who enriched the lives of all who knew her.
She died in February of 2005 after a mercifully short battle with brain cancer. She will be missed.
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Wife Marie AYO 171
Born: Sep 1874 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 1904 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Hamilton Andre AYO (1846-1917) 171
Mother: Severine FOREST (1849-1898) 171
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Husband Francois GONZALES 171
Born: 1848 - Louisiana, USA
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Marriage: 24 Sep 1870 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
Wife Marie AYO 171
Born: 13 Jan 1849 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Theodor Neuville AYO (1827- ) 171
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Wife Marie Agnes AYO 171
Born: 30 Oct 1902 - Lockport, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Anatole AYO (1866-1951) 171
Mother: Emma Marie Valerie WHITE (1869- ) 171
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Husband Octave BORNE 171
Born: 1852 - Louisiana, USA
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Marriage: 17 Jan 1876 - Labadieville, Assumption, Louisiana, USA
Wife Marie Angela AYO 171
Born: 26 Jan 1856 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Basile Ursin AYO (1820-1872) 171
Mother: Euphrosine ROUSSEAU (1832-After 1880) 171
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1 M Elphege BORNE 171
Born: 1876 - Labadieville, Assumption, Louisiana, USA
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2 M Wallis BORNE 171
Born: 1878 - Labadieville, Assumption, Louisiana, USA
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3 F Aline BORNE 171
Born: 1879 - Labadieville, Assumption, Louisiana, USA
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Wife Marie Emelie AYO 171
Born: 16 Apr 1846 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Theodor Neuville AYO (1827- ) 171
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Wife Marie Lilia AYO 171
Born: 15 Feb 1862 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Jean Basile AYO (1823-After 1900) 171
Mother: Uranie BOYER (1828-After 1900) 171
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Wife Marie Lilie AYO 171
Born: 20 Oct 1870 - Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Basile Alfege AYO (1844- ) 171
Mother: Azelie TRAHAN (1849- ) 171
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Wife Marie Lucille AYO 171
Born: 20 Oct 1885 - Lockport, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Albert Joseph AYO (1864-1897) 171
Mother: Marie Odelia BOUDREAUX (1862- ) 171
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