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Louis Felix Sassin

20 Nov 1927 – 10 Sep 2012

Birth20 Nov 1927
Death10 Sep 2012
CemeteryVsetin Cemetery
Hallettsville , Lavaca County , Texas , USA
Added byJames on 02 Jul 2015
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148591005

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Louis F. Sassin, 84, passed away in Clute, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Sassin. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the Lakewood Funeral Chapel in Lake Jackson, TX. Funeral services will be held in Hallettsville, TX on Saturday, September 15, 2012. Louis Felix Sassin, 84, of Freeport, Texas, passed away Monday, September 10, 2012, at Creekside Nursing Home. He was born November 20, 1927 near Hallettsville to Frank and Mary Sassin. Louis was a member of Saint Paul's American Lutheran Church in Freeport, Texas. Louis was called on twice to serve his country, first at the end of World War II, and then again during the Korean War. Both times he served in the United States Army Air Corps. After he got out of the service, he went back home to continue farming. However, by then it was hard for small farmers to make a living by just farming, so in 1958 he sold everything he had and enrolled in barber school in Houston. After graduating from barber school he married the love of his life, Evelyn Theresa Galetka on November 1, 1959. They moved to Freeport, Texas and Louis began cutting hair at Smvick's Barbershop in downtown Freeport. Ten years later he bought his own shop in downtown Freeport and continued cutting hair there until his stroke in June 2011. Louis barbered in the Freeport area for over 51 years and rarely missed a day of work. During an interview for The Facts Newspaper back on April 12, 1998 when asked what keeps him in the barber business he replied "I like to met the people

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