Ellis Pitre passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020 at the age of 80. A Private Graveside Service will be held at Belleau Cemetery with Deacon Chuck Ortego officiating. A Memorial Service will be planned at a later date. Ellis is survived by two sons, Pat Pitre and wife Donna, Quinon Pitre; seven daughters, Kim Smith and husband Craig, Jo Lynn Vacarro and husband Dominic, Roxanne Venable, Rhonda Pitre, Misty Pitre and husband Kevin, LaRee Sanchez and husband Johnny, Tina Chovanetz and husband Kevin; two brothers, Morris Pitre and wife Janice, Kenneth Pitre; one sister, Barbara Michael, twenty grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Fredia Darbonne Pitre, one son, Shane Pitre; one brother, Carl Pitre; one sister, Norma Pitre.