V INCENT THEBEAU
VINCENT THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI, WAS BORN ON MARCH 27, 1925 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI. A SON OF THE LATE WILFRED THEBEAU AND GRACE BOYER (PORTELL). VINCE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 11, 1999, AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CADET, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
VINCE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANN THEBEAU (SAWICKI) ON JULY 20, 1946 AND TO THIS UNION ONE DAUGHTER AND FOUR SONS WERE BORN.
VINCE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE ANN THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI, ONE DAUGHTER, CAROLYN POLITTE AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CADET, MISSOURI, FOUR SONS, ROBERT THEBEAU AND WIFE RHONDA OF MIDLAND TEXAS, DANIEL THEBEAU AND WIFE JACKIE OF KANAB, UTAH, THOMAS THEBEAU AND WIFE JOANN OF RIPLEY TENNESSEE, KEVIN THEBEAU AND WIFE TAMMY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. THREE BROTHERS. WILFRED "TEET" THEBEAU OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, GLENNON "TINE" THEBEAU AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI, AND PAUL BOYER AND WIFE INA MAE OF CADET, MISSOURI. FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS STEP-FATHER, CLARENCE J. BOYER.
VINCE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 5936, 4TH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, CARDINAL GLENNON ASSEMBLY 567, BONNE TERRE , MISSOURI, AMVETS POST 48 OF DESOTO, VFW POST 6996 AND A CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST EXALTED RULER OF POTOSI ELKS LODGE 2218. HE WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II.
VINCE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY, EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HIS HEART, HE GREATLY ENJOYED THE GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VINCE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES WITH THE BABIES. VINCE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE TIME TO TAKE ANYONE BOATING AT THE LAKE.
HE WAS A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, A DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND A CARING BROTHER AND A DEAR FRIEND TO ANYONE HE MET.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1999, FROM 1:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER ROBERT JOHNSTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ANDREW POLITTE, JIMMY POLITTE, BRYNE NICHOLSON, MATTHEW THEBEAU, DOUG THEBEAU AND BRAD THEBEAU. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, LISA NICHOLSON AND JENNIFER SCHIEFER.