Jesse Joseph Curole passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the age of 98. He was the beloved husband for 61 years of the late Harriet Price Curole; loving mother of David Curole, M.D. (Mary Ellen) and Michael Curole (Debbie); grandfather of Claudia Curole, Jennifer Greco, M.D (Matthew), Noelle Curole, and Evan Curole; great-grandfather of Luke and Lane Greco; brother of Louis Curole, Daisy Schmitt, and the late Edgar Curole, Mabel Cassanova, Earline Curole, May Rose Curole, and Wilsey Curole; and son of the late Edgar Curole and Ernestine Griffin Curole. He is also survived by many beloved nieces and nephews.
Jesse was born and raised in Lockport, Louisiana. He was a veteran of World War II, where he served as a forward observer for an artillery battalion with the U.S. Army. On D-day, June 6, 1945 he landed at Normandy and traveled with his battalion all the way to Czechoslovakia. Jesse spent most of his career with Fairbanks Morse as a weighing systems supervisor and retired in 1986. He loved woodworking, traveling, and genealogy. Working with other relatives he helped develop and authenticate a book on the Curole family tree dating back to Jean Baptiste Coureau (Curole) in 1749. He was loved for his kind and loving demeanor and room brightening smile.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 2:00PM. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 11:00AM. Interment will follow at Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum.
To view and sign the guest book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com
