Virginia Lee Harvey Juneau 1920-2017
Virginia Lee Harvey Juneau, age 96, died on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Shreveport, Louisiana at Garden Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on July 27, 1920 to Thomas Arthur Harvey and Olive Lee Hill. Virginia was preceded in death by her brothers Thomas Harvey of Wichita, KS and Hugh Harvey of Shreveport, LA and is survived by sister Eva Harvey in Phoenix, AZ. Virginia moved to Shreveport with her father, where she graduated from Byrd High School. On October 14, 1938, Virginia married the love of her life, Alcide "Frenchy" Joseph Juneau, who later passed away on December 23, 1978. They had three sons: Stephen Joseph Juneau (wife Mary Ann), John Joseph Juneau, and Gregory Lee Juneau (wife Teresa). Virginia was the grandparent of Monica Renee Juneau, Krystal Danielle Juneau Womack (husband Shane) and Christian Jacob Juneau (wife Lynette), and great-grandparent to Hunter Womack, Waylon Womack, Austin Womack, and Jackson Juneau.
In 1964, Virginia began to build her own business, Caddo-Bossier Services, Inc. It became a family business, and the company operates today under the direction of her son, Greg. Her passion for genealogy and her fierce determination led to her authoring and publishing Genealogy of the Juneau Family, a detailed, two-volume history of the family. With her son, John, she also organized and hosted The Juneau International Family Reunions triennially from 1991 through 2009 throughout the United States, Canada, and France. Virginia had always said, "that she had been a Juneau longer than she was a Harvey", and affectionately claimed herself to be a "pseudo-Juneau".
Virginia and Frenchy built their house in North Shreveport and moved-in in May of 1951. Virginia enjoyed family get-togethers for the holidays and at the lake during the summers. She valued and nurtured her family and children. She was a Den Mother for her sons as Cub Scouts and a member of PTAs. She was a member of many civic and social organizations, along with being a founding member of St. Pius X Catholic Church. She was raised Pentecostal but became a Catholic due to the influence of her husband, Frenchy, and his brother and sisters. Virginia became a Catholic at Holy Trinity and later had her and Frenchy's marriage blessed there with the encouragement of her mother-in-law.
Virginia Juneau took her work seriously, and also enjoyed it through the many credit organizations with which she became affiliated. She attended many conferences and conventions, worked her way up through the credit organizations, and became President of the International Association of Credit Women.
In 1964, Virginia began to build her own business, Caddo-Bossier Services, Inc. It became a family business, and the company operates today under the direction of her son, Greg. Her passion for genealogy and her fierce determination led to her authoring and publishing Genealogy of the Juneau Family, a detailed, two-volume history of the family. With her son, John, she also organized and hosted The Juneau International Family Reunions triennially from 1991 through 2009 throughout the United States, Canada, and France. Virginia had always said, "that she had been a Juneau longer than she was a Harvey", and affectionately claimed herself to be a "pseudo-Juneau".
Virginia and Frenchy built their house in North Shreveport and moved-in in May of 1951. Virginia enjoyed family get-togethers for the holidays and at the lake during the summers. She valued and nurtured her family and children. She was a Den Mother for her sons as Cub Scouts and a member of PTAs. She was a member of many civic and social organizations, along with being a founding member of St. Pius X Catholic Church. She was raised Pentecostal but became a Catholic due to the influence of her husband, Frenchy, and his brother and sisters. Virginia became a Catholic at Holy Trinity and later had her and Frenchy's marriage blessed there with the encouragement of her mother-in-law.
Virginia Juneau took her work seriously, and also enjoyed it through the many credit organizations with which she became affiliated. She attended many conferences and conventions, worked her way up through the credit organizations, and became President of the International Association of Credit Women.
Mark Juneau Sr.
Louisiana farm boy - World War II Veteran - From a Katrina tragedy, lessons of a long life
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By Kerry Sanders
Correspondent NBC News
updated 9/16/2005
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOKGULF BREEZE, Fla. — In a sea of misery, I saw him. Ninety-one year old Mark Juneau was on the floor. One of thousands stacked haphazardly at the New Orleans airport. Why did he stand out? Why this man? I'm still not sure. He was asking for some food and water. But the moaning and the pain was everywhere. I can still hear the anguish of those days I spent at the airport turned triage center and hospital. Every day, I believe my news reporting helps people, but rarely do I drop my detached reporter role to jump in and help. In this instance I had no choice. I stopped to help Juneau. He was thirsty and hungry, but seemingly strong.
Desperate search
After our story featuring Juneau aired on NBC, his family saw him on the broadcast and frantically began searching for him. They reached out to me, but because communications were limited, I was hard to contact.
Juneau's two sons and two daughters called hospitals across the country. They knew their father had been moved on a military transport. But where? They called Birmingham, Dallas and Houston. Finally, they called Atlanta. As they made their fourth call to an Atlanta hospital — bingo. They found him. I didn't know much of what the family was up to, until a week later. They e-mailed me to thank me for my compassion, and to say they had found their father. But the e-mail also contained bad news. Doctors had put him on a ventilator. Dehydrated and worn out by the trauma, he was dying. He lived for six more days. It was a time, his family told me, in which they had a chance to say goodbye and for their father to have a dignified final few days of life.
Already a survivor
They began telling me more. I didn't know the man I had reached down to help was already a survivor. I decided to find out more, and traveled to his daughter's home in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Born in Echo, La., on a cotton farm, Juneau was the definition of a Cajun. When he first went to school — on horseback, no less — he didn't even speak English. His family spoke Cajun French. As a teenager, he joined the Navy. It was not only what his family says "was his duty." It was something those of his generation just accepted as a way of life. As part of what has been dubbed "The Greatest Generation," Juneau spent 28 years on destroyers and submarines. When he was 29, a munitions explosion at sea almost killed him. He was in and out of hospitals for three years. When he died this week, he still had the shrapnel from that mishap in his body.
Better days to come
I have carried a warm feeling inside me since I met Juneau that night at the airport. He reminded me that even as the world was collapsing in New Orleans, even the most feeble were holding it together. I didn't know Juneau, the father of four, grandfather of five, and great-grandfather of two, but I do now. It was my honor to meet his family and to do another report on this remarkable man. To hear stories of his life and how he always kept the glass half full. Marie Sarrat, his daughter, told me he would not be angry at how his life ended. He would not look to blame anyone in the aftermath of the chaos. He would, she said, tell everyone around him that there are better days to come.
We sometimes ignore the wisdom of our elders, but in his death, this 91-year old man who survived the Depression and World War II (as well as a rare muscle disease and kidney failure)leaves me with an important lesson: We will overcome the hardships, pull together and rebuild our communities and our lives.
Juneau’s ashes will be interred with his late wife, Emma, at a cemetery in Metairie, La. As was his wish, his family says, an American flag will be placed next to his urn.
Kerry Sanders is an NBC News correspondent. He has received many e-mails responding to his initial report on the triage area at New Orleans airport and the situation of Mark Juneau. Many remarked that the footage of Juneau was one of most enduring images from the Katrina coverage.
Correspondent NBC News
updated 9/16/2005
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOKGULF BREEZE, Fla. — In a sea of misery, I saw him. Ninety-one year old Mark Juneau was on the floor. One of thousands stacked haphazardly at the New Orleans airport. Why did he stand out? Why this man? I'm still not sure. He was asking for some food and water. But the moaning and the pain was everywhere. I can still hear the anguish of those days I spent at the airport turned triage center and hospital. Every day, I believe my news reporting helps people, but rarely do I drop my detached reporter role to jump in and help. In this instance I had no choice. I stopped to help Juneau. He was thirsty and hungry, but seemingly strong.
Desperate search
After our story featuring Juneau aired on NBC, his family saw him on the broadcast and frantically began searching for him. They reached out to me, but because communications were limited, I was hard to contact.
Juneau's two sons and two daughters called hospitals across the country. They knew their father had been moved on a military transport. But where? They called Birmingham, Dallas and Houston. Finally, they called Atlanta. As they made their fourth call to an Atlanta hospital — bingo. They found him. I didn't know much of what the family was up to, until a week later. They e-mailed me to thank me for my compassion, and to say they had found their father. But the e-mail also contained bad news. Doctors had put him on a ventilator. Dehydrated and worn out by the trauma, he was dying. He lived for six more days. It was a time, his family told me, in which they had a chance to say goodbye and for their father to have a dignified final few days of life.
Already a survivor
They began telling me more. I didn't know the man I had reached down to help was already a survivor. I decided to find out more, and traveled to his daughter's home in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Born in Echo, La., on a cotton farm, Juneau was the definition of a Cajun. When he first went to school — on horseback, no less — he didn't even speak English. His family spoke Cajun French. As a teenager, he joined the Navy. It was not only what his family says "was his duty." It was something those of his generation just accepted as a way of life. As part of what has been dubbed "The Greatest Generation," Juneau spent 28 years on destroyers and submarines. When he was 29, a munitions explosion at sea almost killed him. He was in and out of hospitals for three years. When he died this week, he still had the shrapnel from that mishap in his body.
Better days to come
I have carried a warm feeling inside me since I met Juneau that night at the airport. He reminded me that even as the world was collapsing in New Orleans, even the most feeble were holding it together. I didn't know Juneau, the father of four, grandfather of five, and great-grandfather of two, but I do now. It was my honor to meet his family and to do another report on this remarkable man. To hear stories of his life and how he always kept the glass half full. Marie Sarrat, his daughter, told me he would not be angry at how his life ended. He would not look to blame anyone in the aftermath of the chaos. He would, she said, tell everyone around him that there are better days to come.
We sometimes ignore the wisdom of our elders, but in his death, this 91-year old man who survived the Depression and World War II (as well as a rare muscle disease and kidney failure)leaves me with an important lesson: We will overcome the hardships, pull together and rebuild our communities and our lives.
Juneau’s ashes will be interred with his late wife, Emma, at a cemetery in Metairie, La. As was his wish, his family says, an American flag will be placed next to his urn.
Kerry Sanders is an NBC News correspondent. He has received many e-mails responding to his initial report on the triage area at New Orleans airport and the situation of Mark Juneau. Many remarked that the footage of Juneau was one of most enduring images from the Katrina coverage.
Andre Jouniaux 1924-2013
DEAR COUSINS
I am really very happy and also very excited to be among you and to attend this international reunion of "JUNEAUs."
I am also proud of my two sons, FRANCOIS and ALAIN who really wanted to accompany me. To our American cousins,
I would like to say how sorry I am that I do not speak English and ask your forgiveness. To our Canadian cousins, I will speak
slowly because I know that Parisians are used to going very fast.
Genealogy is not a science, but an ART that becomes very quickly a great passion; one that makes the past come alive, the little
part that belongs to us, of trying in this way to come closer as much as possible to his/her ancestors, to our ancestors, to know
their places, their birth dates, their marriages, their activities and ways of life, their longevity…
The prejudices of each generation…
Now and then it's like a police investigation.
This pleasure and curiosity pushed me to study the genealogy of "JUNEAUs." JOUNIAUX was a family branch.
I am really very happy and also very excited to be among you and to attend this international reunion of "JUNEAUs."
I am also proud of my two sons, FRANCOIS and ALAIN who really wanted to accompany me. To our American cousins,
I would like to say how sorry I am that I do not speak English and ask your forgiveness. To our Canadian cousins, I will speak
slowly because I know that Parisians are used to going very fast.
Genealogy is not a science, but an ART that becomes very quickly a great passion; one that makes the past come alive, the little
part that belongs to us, of trying in this way to come closer as much as possible to his/her ancestors, to our ancestors, to know
their places, their birth dates, their marriages, their activities and ways of life, their longevity…
The prejudices of each generation…
Now and then it's like a police investigation.
This pleasure and curiosity pushed me to study the genealogy of "JUNEAUs." JOUNIAUX was a family branch.
Pierre Juneau 1922-2012
Timeline 1947: He was the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne (JEC) Canadian representative at the International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) Centre for International Documentation and Information (CIDI) in 1947–49.1968: When the BBG became the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in 1968, Juneau became the body's first chairman.1971: The music industry's Juno Awards are named after Juneau, and in 1971 he received a special Juno award for "Canadian music industry Man of the Year".1975: In 1975, Juneau left the CRTC to accept an appointment by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the cabinet as Minister of Communications.1980: He was subsequently appointed to the civil service by Trudeau as undersecretary of state, and then, in 1980, as deputy minister of communications.1982: In 1982, he became president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.2012: Juneau died on February 21, 2012.
Pierre Juneau, PC OC MSRC, (October 17, 1922 – February 21, 2012) was a Canadian film and broadcast executive, a one-time member of the Canadian Cabinet, the first chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and subsequently president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is credited with the creation, promotion, and championing of Canadian content requirements for radio and television. Juneau is the namesake of the Juno Awards, which were named for him. He was born in Verdun, now part of Montreal, to a working-class family. After graduating from the Universite de Montreal, he studied at the University of Paris where he met Pierre Trudeau, with whom he co-founded the dissident political magazine Cite Libre upon returning to Montreal. He was the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne (JEC) Canadian representative at the International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) Centre for International Documentation and Information (CIDI) in 1947–49. 2006 : Juneaus from all corners of North America gathered for the international reunion held in Wells, Maine, U.S.A. Matthieu, president
of our association, is present along with the Honorable Pierre Juneau former president of CBC. He is considered as one of the key men behind the creation of IYCS which today is present in over 80 countries with Millions of members. In 1975, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada. Juneau died on February 21, 2012. He was 89.
Pierre Juneau, PC OC MSRC, (October 17, 1922 – February 21, 2012) was a Canadian film and broadcast executive, a one-time member of the Canadian Cabinet, the first chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and subsequently president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is credited with the creation, promotion, and championing of Canadian content requirements for radio and television. Juneau is the namesake of the Juno Awards, which were named for him. He was born in Verdun, now part of Montreal, to a working-class family. After graduating from the Universite de Montreal, he studied at the University of Paris where he met Pierre Trudeau, with whom he co-founded the dissident political magazine Cite Libre upon returning to Montreal. He was the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne (JEC) Canadian representative at the International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) Centre for International Documentation and Information (CIDI) in 1947–49. 2006 : Juneaus from all corners of North America gathered for the international reunion held in Wells, Maine, U.S.A. Matthieu, president
of our association, is present along with the Honorable Pierre Juneau former president of CBC. He is considered as one of the key men behind the creation of IYCS which today is present in over 80 countries with Millions of members. In 1975, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada. Juneau died on February 21, 2012. He was 89.
Audrick Jean “Gene” Juneau
Audrick Jean “Gene” Juneau, 89, passed away November 11, 2017 in Lake Charles. Mr. Juneau was born and raised in Echo, LA. He graduated Valedictorian from Poland High School, Poland, LA. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from LSU in 1949. He moved to Lake Charles after marrying the prettiest Bordelon sister, Eva, in 1950. They made Lake Charles their home where he worked as a Chemist for Cit-Con until 1991 when he retired. A founding member of St Margaret Catholic Church, he attended daily mass and served as an usher. He was a 4th Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus serving for 50 + years. Mr. Juneau was very active with the Boy Scouts of America. He served many positions in Troop 208 including Scout Master. He was also the charter organization representative for Cub Scout Pack 3. He was a Vigil member of the Order of the Arrow, an organization of distinguished Boy Scouting members. While in Boy Scouts he received the Silver Beaver, Bronze Pelican and the Saint George Emblem, distinguished service awards. He was a member of the Catholic Committee on Scouting and served as the Chairman. Mr. Juneau proudly had 5 Eagle Scouts in his family to carry on his Scouting legacy. “Big Pop” was an avid LSU football fan. He often told the story of his favorite game when he hitchhiked from Baton Rouge to Dallas, TX to attend the Cotton Bowl, also called the “Ice Bowl.” Sadly, LSU and Arkansas tied 0-0; he took the train back to Baton Rouge due to the cold weather. He enjoyed family time especially cooking and family meals. We, the children, did not enjoy cleaning up! He enjoyed telling stories and, if they were not long enough, he made them long. “Hold on – Hold on! You’re interrupting me.” He also enjoyed hunting, spending time outdoors, making a garden, long family camping vacations driving and camping all over the USA and Canada. Mr. Juneau had one of the earliest camping trailer dealerships in Lake Charles handling the Apache brand. He is preceded in death by Eva Bordelon Juneau, his wife of 46 years; parents Oswald and Edna Juneau; brother Clyde Juneau; son, Charles Joseph. Survivors include Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, M.D. (Michael), Therese Yates, Eva Broussard (Ronald), Audrick “Buddy” Juneau, Jr, Patrick Juneau (Tamera); grandchildren, Nathan Jr, Tara, and Matthew Yates; Patrick, Cecilia, Maureen and Joseph Fitz-Gerald; Lori B Craig (Scott), Jeremy and Alison Broussard; Kate Juneau; and Patrick Juneau II; and four great-grandchildren.
Denis Juneau 1925 - 2014
http://denisjuneau.com/2008-2014
Denis Juneau was born in Verdun, Québec in 1925. Third child of 5, Juneau suffered from total deafness as a result of meningitis contracted at the age of 18 months. Despite this handicap, and having a paralysed right leg from poliomyelitis contracted at age 3, He studied art at Montréal’s Monument National for one year in 1942 and École des beaux-arts from 1943–1950, where he was taught by Sylvia Daoust, Armand Filion, Alfred Laliberté and Alfred Pellan. He also completed an apprenticeship in goldsmithing with Georges Delrue in 1951–1952, and an internship as a designer under Gilles Beaugrand in 1952.
From 1954 to 1956, Juneau studied industrial design at the Centro Studi Arte/Industria in the city of Novara, under the supervision of the school’s founder, painter and designer Nino di Salvatore. He returned to Montréal, in 1957 and exhibited as part of a group show at Galerie Denyse Delrue, he also had his first solo exhibition in 1958 at this same gallery. Juneau participated in the 1959 exhibition organized by Fernand Leduc entitled 'L’Art abstrait'. Juneau’s work has been exhibited in Canada, New York, Washington, Paris, London, Brussels and Spoleto. His work has travelled to institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, and The Musée du Québec, among others. Juneau has been the recipient of a number of honours, including the 1986 Gershon Iskowitz Foundation Prize. Juneau received the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas, awarded by the government of Quebec in 2008. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[6]
Juneau died of pneumonia on October 6, 2014 at the Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal.
Denis Juneau was born in Verdun, Québec in 1925. Third child of 5, Juneau suffered from total deafness as a result of meningitis contracted at the age of 18 months. Despite this handicap, and having a paralysed right leg from poliomyelitis contracted at age 3, He studied art at Montréal’s Monument National for one year in 1942 and École des beaux-arts from 1943–1950, where he was taught by Sylvia Daoust, Armand Filion, Alfred Laliberté and Alfred Pellan. He also completed an apprenticeship in goldsmithing with Georges Delrue in 1951–1952, and an internship as a designer under Gilles Beaugrand in 1952.
From 1954 to 1956, Juneau studied industrial design at the Centro Studi Arte/Industria in the city of Novara, under the supervision of the school’s founder, painter and designer Nino di Salvatore. He returned to Montréal, in 1957 and exhibited as part of a group show at Galerie Denyse Delrue, he also had his first solo exhibition in 1958 at this same gallery. Juneau participated in the 1959 exhibition organized by Fernand Leduc entitled 'L’Art abstrait'. Juneau’s work has been exhibited in Canada, New York, Washington, Paris, London, Brussels and Spoleto. His work has travelled to institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, and The Musée du Québec, among others. Juneau has been the recipient of a number of honours, including the 1986 Gershon Iskowitz Foundation Prize. Juneau received the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas, awarded by the government of Quebec in 2008. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[6]
Juneau died of pneumonia on October 6, 2014 at the Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal.