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Cpl. Felix Delafosse, Bat. D. 132nd F.A., 36th Div., A.E.F., France. Corsicana, Texas.
History of Texas World War Heroes
Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Navarro County, Texas
OBITUARY
Felix DeLaFosse
Sep 13, 1893 - Aug 4, 1952
Felix DeLaFosse Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Felix DeLaFosse, 58, who died at the family
residence, 416 North Fourteenth street Monday night, were held at 3 p.m.
Wednesday from the Corley Chapel.
The rites were conducted by Dr. Matthew H. Arnold, pastor of the
Westminister Presbyterian church. Burial was in the
Eureka cemetery.
A native of Emhouse, DeLaFosse had resided in Corsicana most of his
life. He was a pipeline contractor for years and was chief deputy county
clerk in the 1920s.
DeLaFosse was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Humphrey,
Stamford; a granddaughter, Linda Carol Humphrey, Stamford; mother, Mrs.
C. H. DeLaFosse, Corsicana; two sisters, Miss Clemmie DeLaFosse,
Corsicana and Mrs. J. E. O’Dell, Shawnee, Okla.; five brothers, Floyd
DeLaFosse, Houston; Roy DeLaFosse, Grapeland; George DeLaFosse, Albany;
Elmer DeLaFosse, Abilene, and Charles DeLaFosse, Corsicana, and a number
of other relatives.
Pallbearers were Randolph Jackson, Bob Campbell, James Lorimer, A. J.
Whistler, George McClure, Dr. Dubart Miller, R. L. Childress, and J. C.
Thomas.
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