The Opelousas courier., 1897-11-13
OF ST. LANDRY, La. NOV. Ii, 1897.
Fannie B. Estilette.

Our distinguished and estimable fel
low citizen and friend, Judge Edmund
ID. Estilette, is entitled to the deepest
and tenderest sympathies of all oul
people. Through many long and anx.
ious years of his long and vigorous life
he has been overburthened and born
down by heart troubles, which no care
nor vlgllence could avert or even miti-
gate. The dread spoiler of his happi-
ness came down upon him on Friday
the 9Th inst, and took from him her
who in the morning of his maphood,
had become the companion of histlfe's
Journey-the ocean to the river ON his
! love. f"'
Miss Fannie Thompson Bacon whom
he blessed with his first love and made
| his wife, Was born in the town of
! Woodbury., in the State of Connecticut.
| While quite young the family moved to,
and located in, the city of New Haven,
where, in 1717 Yale College was perma-
nenty established. 1t is generally
known that it is one of the oldest col
leges in the United States. SO that
when she was taken there and com
menced her educational course, the
place had become classic ground. There
IN the atmosphere of Athennums, reci-
tatlon and lecture rooms, her young
'h'hN "ho iIiVs''li tt llt ittulHIlltnL OF
those lntelle:;d.l treasures which in
her maturer years admirably embeI
llshed her charming life The schools
were all good, but she attended the
best of them. The result was mental
treasures, intellectual excellence, NOR
al and social aleviation aud refinement.
Those WHO formed an intimate ac-
qualntancc with her, fully realized the
substantially and extent OF her supe-
rior qualities.
On the 11tlI day of Nov A. D., 1857,
she welded Judge Estilette, who had
becOme one of the graduates of Yale
College. Life waved its joyous wing
and with happy hearts, they turned
their faces to the Sunny South, and
cast their lot with us near and in Ope-
lousas. the "loveliest village of the
plane where they lived happily to-
gether until God took her.
Three children were bossl to them,
two daughters and one son, who bade
fair to become useful and intellectual.
A sad accident befe him in infancy,
and he suffered through period of sew
enteen years, then joined the innumer-
able caravan of the human family, that
moved on to the mysterious world"
One OF the daughters died in infancy ; |
the other. Mrs. e. L. DuprG, the wife |
OF our present. worthy District Court
Judge, survives to cheer and console |
the surviving father, with her abun-
dant love and tilial veDeration. After
the dealt, of her promising boy, Mrs |
Estilette fell into bad health, and for
about twenty-three years had been a
constant invalid.
'dge EstiIette withheld no means
wh'.h he thought might bring relief.
he most distinguished and experienced
of this and other States
were consulted. He travelled to get the
benefit of climate and dietic regimen
sought advantages from changed asso-
Citations and freedom from the m0noto-
nous concerns of domestic life, but all to
no purpose. Relief never came. The
ruthless destroyer had fastened his
FaDgs In her vitals and for nearly
quarter of century she suffered with
patient endurance such agonies as very
lew are called upon to writhe under.
Friends waited on her, and as far as
hey could, ministered to the necessities
Df her condition, but death had marked
ler for his own, and in spite of all that
was, or could be done, she passed down
% his portals. AS she drew near, the
orIght beams of the eternal beacon
ights that stand on the happy shore,
ell upon her vision, and her immortal
soul passed away into the kingdom of
owe. Her remains were taken to the
Presbyterian church, where eloquent,
appropriate and touching divine SER
ices We're held by the Rev. Mr.. Wal
ace. Thence they were taken tosthe
Protestant public cemetery and laid to
est with the loved ones that had gone
here before her. The procession of
rlends was one Of the very largest ever
cen in Opelousas
The sympathies of the entire people
re with the bereft family, and the ,
rayer of every one who knew the de-
eased is
"That God will heal the broken heart, ,
Which, like the plants that throw
Their fragrance from the wounded part,
Breathes sweetness out of woe" =