1923
Bernard
1999
Bernard Coutois
September 5, 1923 — August 17, 1999
BERNARD JOSEPH COURTOIS
BERNARD COURTOIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1923 IN CADET, MISSOURI. A SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND MARY (DEAN) COURTOIS . BERNARD DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 17, 1999, AT PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.
BERNARD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE HELEN LEE BOYER ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1942 AT OLD MINES, MISSOURI.
BERNARD IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON RIC COURTOIS AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ST. JAMES, MISSOURI, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, BILLIE COURTOIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND KATHY THOMPSON AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. ONE BROTHER HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI. FOUR SISTERS, LUCILLE EVANS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, LOUISE BONE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MISSOURI, ALSO ELEVEN LOVING GRANDCHILDREN AND TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND SPOUSE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS, JACK COURTOIS AND GEORGE COURTOIS AND BY ONE SISTER, STELLA BOEHM.
BERNARD WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HAVING SERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY BEFORE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH. DURING BERNARD'S WORKING YEARS HE FOUND MANY JOBS TO HIS LIKING, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE DESOTO RAILROAD SHOPS, A MANAGER AT COURTOIS IGA FOR THIRTY YEARS AND OWNED HIS PACKAGE STORE KNOWN AS B&R PACKAGE ON THE HILL IN POTOSI FOR THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF POTOSI ELKS LODGE 2218. WATCHING OLD WESTERN MOVIES WAS A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF HIS, HE ALSO ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS. DURING HIS YOUNGER DAYS, HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH MOTHER NATURE HUNTING AND FISHING.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1999, FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED THURSDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 19, 1999 AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE CALVARY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JASON THOMPSON, MATT COURTOIS, MARK COURTOIS, CHRIS COURTOIS, TIM RODERIQUE, JOHN RODERIQUE AND KEVIN RODERIQUE.
BERNARD COURTOIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1923 IN CADET, MISSOURI. A SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND MARY (DEAN) COURTOIS . BERNARD DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 17, 1999, AT PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.
BERNARD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE HELEN LEE BOYER ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1942 AT OLD MINES, MISSOURI.
BERNARD IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON RIC COURTOIS AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ST. JAMES, MISSOURI, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, BILLIE COURTOIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND KATHY THOMPSON AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. ONE BROTHER HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI. FOUR SISTERS, LUCILLE EVANS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, LOUISE BONE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MISSOURI, ALSO ELEVEN LOVING GRANDCHILDREN AND TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND SPOUSE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS, JACK COURTOIS AND GEORGE COURTOIS AND BY ONE SISTER, STELLA BOEHM.
BERNARD WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HAVING SERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY BEFORE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH. DURING BERNARD'S WORKING YEARS HE FOUND MANY JOBS TO HIS LIKING, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE DESOTO RAILROAD SHOPS, A MANAGER AT COURTOIS IGA FOR THIRTY YEARS AND OWNED HIS PACKAGE STORE KNOWN AS B&R PACKAGE ON THE HILL IN POTOSI FOR THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF POTOSI ELKS LODGE 2218. WATCHING OLD WESTERN MOVIES WAS A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF HIS, HE ALSO ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS. DURING HIS YOUNGER DAYS, HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH MOTHER NATURE HUNTING AND FISHING.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1999, FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED THURSDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 19, 1999 AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE CALVARY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JASON THOMPSON, MATT COURTOIS, MARK COURTOIS, CHRIS COURTOIS, TIM RODERIQUE, JOHN RODERIQUE AND KEVIN RODERIQUE.
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