Obituary Record

Ivy, August - Died in Bay St. Louis at the family home on Carroll Avenue at the corner of Dunbar after an extended illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ivy had moved to Bay St. Louis to be near their daughter whom they had visited on several occasions.

Fortified by the last sacraments of the Catholic Church, his spirit took flight on the afternoon of the 14th inst. in the presence of his devoted wife and loving daughters who had administered to his wants with unceasing devotion.

Friends of the Ivy and Letten families paid their last respects to the dead all during the night of Friday, and on Saturday morning the remains were taken to New Orleans, the former home where the last sad rites took place on the same day in the afternoon from the funeral parlors of Jacob Schoen & Son, on Elysian Fields Street.

The deceased was born in Natchitoches, La, seventy-four years ago, and came to New Orleans when quite a lad. He began in business by selling the Daily Picayune in the early 40's and soon amassed enough with which to open a bakery. During the Civil War, and while General Butler was in charge of the city he was seized by the Federal soldiers one day and his wagon load of bread confiscated and himself thrown into prison from which he was released later on. After the war he did odd things, but twenty years ago he entered the employ of the firm of Williams-Richarson & Co. and was connected with the shipping department up to a year ago, when old age and failing health forced him to resign. Since then, Mr. Ivy has lived at Bay St. Louis.

He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Josephine Cremo before her marriage; three daughters, Mmes. A. J. Lettgen and D. Dedunes and Miss Laura Ivy; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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