Joseph Gerald Prejean (1932 - 2004)

Born 23 Aug 1932 in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

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Died 26 Jun 2004 at age 71 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph Gerald Prejean was born in 1932. He was the son of Joseph Prejean and Etta Hazlewood. He passed away in 2004.

OPELOUSAS-Services for Joseph Gerald Prejean, 71, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Galloway officating. Interment will follow in Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visiting hours were observed Sunday from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. and resumed today at 9 a.m. until the time of service at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home.

A resident of Opelousas, Mr. Prejean died Saturday, June 26, 2004, at Opelousas General Health System of Opelousas. Mr. Prejean was a past President of the Rotary Club and voted Rotarian of the year. He was also a Paul Harris fellow member of the Rotary.

He is survived by his wife, Norma Amy Prejean of Opelousas; a son, Joseph Gerald Prejean Jr. of Altanta; seven daughters, Julie Pittman of Slidell, Vicki Crim of Petal, Miss., Elizabeth Olsberg of Fredrickburg, Va., Patti Mitchel of Houma, Kelli Henderson, Shawn Slone and Lynette "Lynn" Gondron all of New Iberia; 21 grandchildren and 16 great-granchildren.

Mr. Prejean was preceded in death by his mother, Etta Hazelwood Prejean and father, Joseph Ewell Prejean.

Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas was in charge of the arrangements.

Published in The Daily Iberian (New Iberia, LA), Monday, June 28, 2004

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5X-KPD : 27 July 2019), Gerald Joseph Prejean in household of Etta Florence Prejean, Police Jury Ward 1, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-10, sheet 18B, line 51, family 293, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1451.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB4Y-S32 : 19 May 2014), J Gerald Prejean, 26 Jun 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2020), memorial page for Joseph Gerald Prejean (23 Aug 1932–26 Jun 2004), Find A Grave Memorial no. 95939770, citing Bellevue Memorial Park, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603) .

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95939770