Peter O'Neil Obituary

O'NEIL, JR., Peter THIBODEAUX, LA. - Peter James O'Neil, Jr., 91, of Thibodeaux, La., passed away on April 3, 2006. He was born in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, on August 27, 1914. Husband of the late Jeanette Lucille Delahaye O'Neil. Survived by sons Shawn G.T. O'Neil of Thibodeaux and Dr. Patrick M. O'Neil of Sullivan's Island, SC, and niece Nora K. O'Connell and her husband Ronald O'Connell of Thibodeaux. Preceded in death by his parents, Peter J. and Amanda Davis O'Neil, sisters Virgie O. Kerne and Nora A. O'Neil, and brothers, Michael B. "Buck" O'Neil, sisters Virgie O. Kerne and Nora A. O'Neil, and brothers Michael B. "Buck" O'Neil and Joseph M. O'Neil. He was the beneficiary of faithful attention by very devoted caregivers, particularly Gerladine Toups, Ronald J. Goff, Eartha Rhodes, Eula Mae Anderson, Natalie Morvant, and the late Eulalie Chiasson. He attended Louisiana State University. He was a retired Postmaster and Sectional Center Manager for the U.S. Postal Service and a World War II Army veteran. He was co-founder and President Emeritus of the Lafourche Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC), member and former chair of the Lafourche Parish Juvenile Justice Commission, and former member of the Lafourche Parish School Board. He had previously served as a member and president of St. Joseph Catholic Church Parish Council, member and President of the Thibodeaux Rotary Club, member and President of the South Thibodeaux Fire Company, member of the Thibodeaux Fire Board, and Scoutmaster of Thibodeaux Troop 331. He also had served on the Commission for the Reform of Education in Louisiana and the Lafourche Parish Home Rule Commission. He was awarded the 1975 Francis M. Durel Award and the 1992 Frank Kennedy Award, both for leadership and service in the Thibodeaux community. He was the 1996 Irish Grand Marshal of the Thibodeauxville Irish-Italian Society. Visitation at LANDRY'S FUNERAL HOME, Thibodeaux, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, with visitation at the church from 8 a.m. Inurnment will be private at a later date. Donations to the Lafourche Arc (100 W. Main, Thibodeaux, LA 70301) or Masses are preferred in lieu of flowers. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.