angelle was a roman catholic father of nine children by his wife, the former shirley dauterive (1930–2010). one of their daughters, catherine louise "cathy" angelle (1964–1983) was killed while driving her brother scott's car en route from lafayette to breaux bridge while he had gone on a fishing trip with a friend. at the time of angelle's death, the couple had three other sons, burton jr., and wife, shan, of sunset in st. landry parish, glenn angelle and wife, becky, and brian angelle, all of breaux bridge, and four other daughters, sharon thomassee and husband, phillip, of lafayette, brenda garrett of scottsdale, arizona, julie theriot and husband, neil, of kingwood, houston, and nanette angelle of omaha, nebraska. he was a past board member of the st. bernard roman catholic elementary school and was long affiliated with the breaux bridge volunteer fire company, his local lions international, and the st. martin parish cattleman's association.