Estelle Augustine Morlas

1895 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	Estelle Augustine Morlas  [1]
  Born	12 Oct 1895	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jan 1976	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Notes	TRAPANI-Estelle Augustine Morlas Trapani, of Covington and New Orleans, La., on Tuesday, January 6, 1976 at 4:15 o'clock p.m., wife of the last August G. Trapani; mother of Mrs. Salvador (Patricia) Gaglio of New Orleans, La., August G. Trapani, Jr of Covington, La., John Trapani of Harahan, La., Paul Trapani of Chalmette, La, and the late Juliet Samson; sister of Leon Morlas, Sister Cyril of the Holy Name Convent, Mrs. C. D. Bishop, Mrs. K. D. McGuire, Mrs. A. J. Rohli, and Mrs. Eugene Schoenfelt (sic), age 81 years, a native of New Orleans, La. and a resident of Covington, La. for the past 3 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Schoen Funeral Home, Inc., 1414 South Tyler Street, Covington, La., on Wednesday, January 7, 1976 at 2:00 clock p.m., Father Andrew Becnel, officiating. Interment in Metairie Cemetery. Friends may call from 12:00 noon until 2:00 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, Metairie Cemetery arrival time at 3:30 o'clock p.m. (Courtesy of Keith D. McGuire, Jr.)
  Person ID	I976	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	John Dominic Morlas,   b. 25 Aug 1865, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 14 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Lucine Roquevert,   b. 28 Jan 1869, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 16 Feb 1946, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 77 years)
  Married	28 May 1888	St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Photos		Morlas Family Reunion, New Orleans, 1987 Over 120 family members were present for this reunion, most of them descended from John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert of New Orleans
  Albums		Morlas Siblings & Cousins Reunions (9) Held in New Orleans starting in 1927
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	August Gerard Trapani,   b. 6 Oct 1894, Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 19 Sep 1967, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 72 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1919	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Children	1. August "Gus" Gerard Trapani, Jr.,   b. 11 Sep 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 12 Feb 2013, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana  (Age 92 years)   2. Juliette Geraldine Trapani,   b. 9 Nov 1922, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 20 Jun 1964, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana  (Age 41 years)   3. Paul Trapani,   b. 22 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 6 Sep 1989, Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi  (Age 66 years)   4. John "Johnny" Joseph Trapani,   b. 28 Mar 1925, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas ,   d. 4 Feb 1985, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 59 years)   5. Patricia Lou Trapani,   b. 12 Oct 1927, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 7 May 2008, Louisiana  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Oct 1895 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Married - 13 Sep 1919 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Died - 6 Jan 1976 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Buried - - Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Morlas, Lucine and daughters This formal portrait of Mms. Morlas and her daughters was taken around 1918 in New Orleans. Her husband and her four sons were not pictured. Back Row (l to r): Eugenia, Juliet, Leontine, Clothilde Front Row (l to r): Estelle, Josephine, Eleanor, Mme. Lucine Roquevert Morlas, Vivian, Lucille
  		_Morlas, Stella Wife of August Trapani B. 1895 New Orleans D. 1976 New Orleans
  		Morlas Sister Reunion, likely 1951 TOP ROW - (Left to Right) Josephine Morlas McGuire, Stella Morlas Trapani, Stella O'Brien (cousin), Eleanor Morlas Rohli, BOTTOM ROW - Vivian Morlas Schoenfeld, Leontine Morlas Zahn holding her grandson Edward, and Eugenia Morlas Bishop
  		Morlas Siblings Children of John Morlas and Lucine Roquevert Back Row: Leon Morlas, Juliet Morlas, Paul Morlas, Jennie (Morlas) Bishop, John Morlas, Leontine (Morlas) Zahn, Eleanor (Morlas) Rohli, Louis Morlas. Front Stella (Morlas) Trapani, Vivian (Morlas) Schoenfeld, Josephine (Morlas) McGuire, and Lucille (Morlas) Quinn. Only their sister Clothilde (Morlas) Bordes was missing. Since Clothilde had died in 1938, the photo was presumably taken after this date. It could very well have been taken at their 1951 reunion.

  
  

  Headstones

  Morlas Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans This mausoleum was erected in the Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans at the death of John Dominic Morlas in 1923. It also became the final resting place of his wife, Lucine Roquevert, and their children: John Louis & wife Antoinette (Trapani) Morlas, Clothilde & husband Leon Bordes, Estelle & husband August Trapani, Louis & wife Lenora (Christoffer) Morlas, Leopold "Paul" & wife Olie (Roberts) Morlas, Vivian & husband Eugene Schoenfeld; as well as the resting place of several of John Dominic's grandsons; John Louis (I) Morlas Jr., Bertrand C. Morlas, John Louis (II) Morlas Jr., Sylvan "Brother" Bordes and Eugene "Jim" Schoenfeld, Jr. More so than any city this side of Paris, New Orleans is renowned for its historically significant and ornate necropolises. One of the parish's most unique "Cities of the Dead" is the eerily beautiful and diverse Metairie Cemetery. Built over the old Metairie Race Course, the cemetery was founded by Charles T. Howard. According to legend, when Howard was not allowed to join the country club that owned the track, he vowed it would become a cemetery. Many other famous Louisianans are interred here, in structures ranging from Gothic crypts to Romanesque mausoleums to Egyptian pyramids

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Zahn, Bennie Jay--The Families Pene Roquevert Morlas (Privately Published; New Orleans, LA 1992) , updates and corrections issued periodically.