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William Joseph “Willie” Prejean

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William Joseph “Willie” Prejean

Birth
Iowa, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
19 Nov 2004 (aged 85)
Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Willie moved to Texas and graduated in 1938 from Jefferson Davis High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 during WWII; fought in Lorraine, France and Germany in company "C", 274th infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division, and 7th U.S. Army. The 70th Division faced Hitler's famous SS troops, Mountain Ranger Troops, flanked by George Patton's 3rd Army on the left and the French 1st army to their right. After the long and bitter fighting this was the end of Hitler. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge, having fought and served over seas for 35 months. He attended and graduated from Oklahoma State University School of Baking, (where he also taught), also world-renowned American Institute of Baking and the Wilton school of Cake Decorating and Candy making. After graduating he worked for the Army as Senior Bakery Specialist and Consultant with responsibility for world-wide Department of Army Bakery Operations directly under Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics' Headquarters. He traveled world-wide to report on, teach, and inspect all bakeries for the Armed Forces.
He was married and survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Rhoda Gass Prejean. Survived also by their daughter Yvonne Renee Gangler.
He was preceded in death by their son Randall John Prejean who died in 1958. He also has a surviving daughter, Willie Ann and a granddaughter, Patricia. He has 2 grandsons, Ralph E. Gangler married to Sabrina and Paul J. Gangler married to Melissa with their great-grandchildren, Donavan (9), Seth (5), and Raymond(1). He will be remembered, loved, and missed by relatives and friends in Texas, Louisiana, and California, too numerous to mention.
Willie moved to Texas and graduated in 1938 from Jefferson Davis High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 during WWII; fought in Lorraine, France and Germany in company "C", 274th infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division, and 7th U.S. Army. The 70th Division faced Hitler's famous SS troops, Mountain Ranger Troops, flanked by George Patton's 3rd Army on the left and the French 1st army to their right. After the long and bitter fighting this was the end of Hitler. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge, having fought and served over seas for 35 months. He attended and graduated from Oklahoma State University School of Baking, (where he also taught), also world-renowned American Institute of Baking and the Wilton school of Cake Decorating and Candy making. After graduating he worked for the Army as Senior Bakery Specialist and Consultant with responsibility for world-wide Department of Army Bakery Operations directly under Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics' Headquarters. He traveled world-wide to report on, teach, and inspect all bakeries for the Armed Forces.
He was married and survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Rhoda Gass Prejean. Survived also by their daughter Yvonne Renee Gangler.
He was preceded in death by their son Randall John Prejean who died in 1958. He also has a surviving daughter, Willie Ann and a granddaughter, Patricia. He has 2 grandsons, Ralph E. Gangler married to Sabrina and Paul J. Gangler married to Melissa with their great-grandchildren, Donavan (9), Seth (5), and Raymond(1). He will be remembered, loved, and missed by relatives and friends in Texas, Louisiana, and California, too numerous to mention.

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