Photo courtesy of Chauvin Funeral Home & Crematory - Houma
Oct 1, 1962 - Mar 30, 2016
JoAnn, I am praying for you and the children today. John would be so proud of how you have continued on in his memory. John's journey was definitely a holy example for us all. Peace
Susan Olivier
March 25, 2021
So sorry to hear of his passing, our Lord has truly called an angel home, God bless the family
Junior Guidry
April 04, 2016 | Houma, LA
Our prayers continue: we pray for the communion of saints, the fullness of John's eternal life and the successful processing of your grief. Our paths crossed at St. Anthony's weekday Masses.
Jerry & Dottee LeCompte
April 03, 2016
Dear Joanne and Family,
Our thoughts and prayers go out to you.
Know that we are here for your support and love. John will be missed by many people which is a testimony to how much of a wonderful man he was.
See you soon,
Love,
Ellen and Kevin Pontiff
Ellen Pontiff
April 03, 2016 | Virginia Beach, VA
Today was a sad day, I said goodbye to not only a co-worker but to a really good friend. He will be truly missed.
May God bless the Pitre family!!!!
Chaz and Loretta Rainey
April 02, 2016
God Bless and keep you, and be gracious to you.
Levita Louviere
April 02, 2016 | New Boston, TX
My thoughts, prayers, and sentiments have been with you constantly since hearing of your loss.
David Louviere
April 02, 2016 | New Boston, TX
To the Pitre family, John will be greatly missed,I worked with him at Saia Motor Freight for years and my prayers go out to all of you.
Charles and Kathy Porche.
April 02, 2016
Dear Anne, so sorry to hear of John's passing away. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Love, Kathy (Mynatt) Georgi (your great aunt's Jean's daughter).
Kathy (Mynatt)Georgi
April 01, 2016 | Knoxville, TN
John Joseph Pitre, Sr., 53, a native and resident of Houma, passed away on March 30, 2016. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Chauvin Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and again on Saturday April 2, 2016 at Maria Immacolata Catholic Church from 10 a.m. until service time. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. at Maria Immacolata Catholic Church with burial to follow in St. Francis Cemetery #2. He is survived by his wife, Jo Anne Walker Pitre; sons, John Jr. and David Pitre; daughter, Maria Pitre; father, Donald Pitre; brothers, Jerome, Eric and wife Cindy, and Greg Pitre; and sister, Kathleen Pitre Cockerham and husband Bobby, all of Houma.He is preceeded in death by his mother, Grace Cecile Abadie Pitre of Edgard, Louisiana.Above all things, he loved his family and put them first in everything. Throughout his two-year battle with brain cancer, that one thing was constant. All of his thoughts and prayers were for his family. He was the type of person who would do anything for someone who needed him, and his friends and family knew him as a faithful, hard-working man who could fix, build, or work on anything. John was a retired truck driver – from 1975–1991 with Pitre Bros. Transit and from 1991–2014 at Saia Motor Freight. He was a parishioner of Maria Immacolata Catholic Church and also regularly attended daily mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. He will be greatly missed by so many.In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Mary Bird Perkins at 8166 Main Street, Suite 101, Houma LA 70360, (985) 876-9045 or M.D. Anderson for cancer research.Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to care for the Pitre Family.
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