Horace Linwood “Pete” Blanchette, Jr., 90, of Beaumont, died Friday, November 25, 2016, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Beaumont. He was born on March 1, 1926, in Beaumont, to Margaret Pickering Blanchette and Horace Linwood Blanchette, Sr.

Pete is survived by his children, Rebecca McKeller and her husband, Charles; Mary Miller and her husband, James; John Blanchette and his wife, Betty; Lin Blanchette and his wife, Donna; Mark Blanchette; Tessa Koch; and Dianne Beaver and her husband, Ken; sister, Peggy Smith, of Houston; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; cousins; “adopted” children and their children; and too many friends to list.

He is preceded in death by his beautiful wife, Alice Ann Howard Blanchette.

A gathering of Mr. Blanchette’s family and friends will begin 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., with his funeral service at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2016, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. His interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.