Gregoire Events in the 1950's through the 1960s.

Octave passed away on Jan. 27, 1953 in Manhattan, New York.  

Abstract of information about death of Octave Gregoire on the New York City
Death Index.  From Ancestry.com.

I don't know much at all about Octave except for what I have found in my research.  My Mom didn't mention him; neither did my maternal grandparents, at least as far as I can remember. I did get two tidbits from my older brother Mike about his relationship with his son Maurice.  It wasn't a good one!  Maurice brought Mike to Octave's apartment, and Mike remembers it being very quiet.  

Maybe I'll find out more in the future.

Margo Gregoire, Octave's daughter with his wife Charlotte, was granted a marriage license with Paul Burke.  Not too much information here, but nothing else seems to be available about their marriage.

Abstract of marriage license information for Marguerite
"Margo" Gregoire and Paul Burke.  From Ancestry.com.

Rudolph Hirten, who had been the husband of Helen M. "Nellie" Gregoire, Octave's daughter, until her death in 1929, passed away en route to Brussels on Oct.25, 1967.  He was on Sabena Airlines Flight 548 from New York when he had a fatal heart attack.  He had been flying to Brussels for a business meeting.

Top, a copy of "Report of the Death of an American Citizen,"  issued by the U.S.
Consulate in Brussels.  From Ancestry.com.
Bottom, the affidavit by Dr. P. Martens attesting to the death. Also from Ancestry.com.

 

Charlotte passed away in New Jersey in 1968, where she was living with her daughter Margo.  Her obituary states that she "was the widow of Octave Gregoire," which is poignant because they hadn't lived together since the 1930's.

About six weeks after she died, a local paper published a descriptive list of wills probated in the area. That is new to me.  (The bit about another will below Charlotte's, that of someone not related to the family, is a bit of a cliff-hanger so I will tell you that the article goes on to say that the mink jacket was left to to the decedent's sister.  The rest of her clothing was to be divided among the sisters. Ms. Harrison must have had some collection of clothing.