Updates
funeral & memorial plans
November 3, 2025
12 PM CST

As we mentioned in last week's update, we moved ahead with cremation plans for Pete. That invoice is attached below. (It feels callous to have to talk about payments and invoices, but we want to be transparent with our spending and where donated funds are going.)

We spoke with James Andrews this morning, and he's still very interested in heading up a memorial for Pete in New Orleans. We'd like to work to make that happen, but we'll need to do a little more fundraising to have enough to cover the memorial, as well as Pete's final burial site.

Until we know if we can do it, we're holding off on a set date for a memorial. We'll post updates as we have them and email everyone once confirmed plans are in place. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us as well.

friends [at] rememberingpete [dot] com
October 28, 2025
12:30 PM CST

We're moving ahead with cremation plans for Pete.

James Andrews has generously offered to head up a memorial for Pete in New Orleans. We're just waiting to confirm details and final costs to ensure we can cover everything with the funds we've raised so far, but here are our tentative plans.

  • Date:
-- Thursday, November 6

  • Time:
-- 5 PM CT

  • Route / Location:
-- Start at Little People's Place
-- Stop at Tuba Fat's Square
-- End at Cafe Istanbul

  • Attire:
Traditional Jazz funeral
Black & white attire

We're still working out the details for a final resting place for Pete and will post those updates as soon as we have them (note that if we're able to arrange a final resting place in New Orleans, that may affect the second-line route—again, all plans are tentative, but we will keep this site updated as we go).

After funeral, burial, and initial memorial arrangements are made, we're hoping to keep the fundraising and memorial efforts going for a permanent tribute statue for Pete. Our priority now, though, is to lay Pete to rest.

We'll try to send an email to everyone once confirmed plans are in place, but again, we'll always update this site with the latest, and if you have any questions, you can reach out to us as well.

friends [at] rememberingpete [dot] com
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