Obituary: Palestine Herald-Press
Services for Henry W. Dupont, 93, of Palestine, will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with the
Revs. Mel Newman and Paul Neumann officiating. Burial will
be in Chambers Cemetery under the direction of Bailey &
Foster Funeral Home. Mr. Dupont died October 12, 1990 in Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept 16, 1897, in New Orleans, a son of Paul and Mary Seim Dupont. Mr. Dupont was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, having been confirmed April 3, 1910. From 1915 to 1928 he worked for the railroad in New Orleans, and from 1929 to 1934, he worked for Missouri-Pacific Railroad in Palestine. In both New Orleans and Palestine, he worked in the lost freight claims department. He worked for the U.S.Postal Service as a city mail carrier from 1935 to 1962, when he retired. He is survived by his wife, Inez Chambers Dupont of Palestine; and a sister, Cleo Kleine of Mandeville, La.
Pallbearers will be Victor Wunderlich, Walter Gruetzner, Ray Hughes, Ken Koehler, Ed McKenzie, Bud Thomas, Henry Lawson and James Taylor.
Obituary: Palestine Herald-Press
Services for Henry W. Dupont, 93, of Palestine, will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with the
Revs. Mel Newman and Paul Neumann officiating. Burial will
be in Chambers Cemetery under the direction of Bailey &
Foster Funeral Home. Mr. Dupont died October 12, 1990 in Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept 16, 1897, in New Orleans, a son of Paul and Mary Seim Dupont. Mr. Dupont was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, having been confirmed April 3, 1910. From 1915 to 1928 he worked for the railroad in New Orleans, and from 1929 to 1934, he worked for Missouri-Pacific Railroad in Palestine. In both New Orleans and Palestine, he worked in the lost freight claims department. He worked for the U.S.Postal Service as a city mail carrier from 1935 to 1962, when he retired. He is survived by his wife, Inez Chambers Dupont of Palestine; and a sister, Cleo Kleine of Mandeville, La.
Pallbearers will be Victor Wunderlich, Walter Gruetzner, Ray Hughes, Ken Koehler, Ed McKenzie, Bud Thomas, Henry Lawson and James Taylor.
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