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Mr. Arthur Broussard (Deceased)
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Home Phone: -- Obituary: Arthur J. Broussard, Member of Baseball’s Original “Dirty Dozen”. Published in the Daily Advertiser, July 21, 2009 LAFAYETTE – Funeral services will be conducted for Arthur J. Broussard, 82, at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at St Mary’s Catholic Church, located at 419 Doucet Road, Lafayette. The Rev. Joseph Brennan will celebrate the funeral mass along with Rev. Harold Trahan, Msgr. Harry Benefiel and Msgr. Robert Angelle. Lectors will be Ross Broussard and David Van Eaton. Giftbearers will be his granddaughters. Grant Van Eaton and Karen Melancon, accompanied on the organ by Deborah Duhon, the violin by Lauren Baker, and the trumpet by Wil Green, will sing for the Funeral Mass. Entombment will be in the St. John Cemetery Mausoleum. A native of Lafayette, Arthur died at home Sunday afternoon July 19, 2009, after a lengthy illness. Arthur was a retired banker who played a prominent role in the financial and commercial development of Lafayette and the surrounding area for over 42 years until his retirement in 1988. He began his banking career in August of 1946 after returning from naval service after World War II. Over the forty-two plus years of employment, Arthur worked at Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and its successor banks, Premier Bank and Bank One, now known as J. P. Morgan Chase Bank. Over his career he worked in most all areas of the bank, starting in the Bookkeeping Department and working his way to the Presidency of the bank in March of 1967. Under his leadership, the bank grew from a small community bank of $43,000,000.00 in assets to an $831,000,000.00 bank in 1984. Guaranty Bank grew from the number two bank in the market to the seventh largest in the state over this period of time. Arthur and his team of bankers at Guaranty, Premier and Bank One played a major role in the development and success of many local businesses for over forty-two years. Arthur was quite involved in the community for many years, civically and socially. He served in several capacities of the Kiwanis Club and was named Kiwanian of the Year. The Junior Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Boss of the Year Award. He was the finance chairman of Radio Free Europe and served on many United Way of Acadiana committees. In 1973 he was elected board member and President of the Louisiana Bankers Association and served as State Vice President of the American Bankers Association. He also served on the boards of the Business and Industrial Development Corporation, the Lafayette Area Boys Scouts of America and was awarded the Outstanding Citizen Award, the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross. He served as President of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, and on the board of directors of Citizens for a Better Louisiana and Louisiana Business and Industry. Arthur was active in Lafayette Mardi Gras, serving as King Richard Coeur de Lion, leader of the Order of the Troubadours at the Lafayette Town House in 1968. He was also a member of the Krewe of Gabriel. Arthur was an avid Ragin Cajun baseball fan. He was a member of the “Dirty Dozen” supporters who always sat on the top row below the press box. He was in Omaha, Nebraska when the Cajuns made their 2000 run at the National Championship. Arthur is survived by his wife, Nancy Van Eaton Broussard, his two sons James K. Broussard of Lafayette and his two children, James Ross Broussard of Houston, Tx and Carrie Broussard Artigue and her children, Justin, Gabriel, and Alexander, of Lafayette, and Gary L. Broussard and his wife Cecile Langlinais Broussard of Lafayette and their three children, Dr. Brett Louis Broussard and his wife Lauren Landry Broussard of Birmingham, AL, Bennett James Broussard and Claire Elise Broussard, both of Lafayette. Additionally, Arthur is survived by his five step-children, David and Karen Van Eaton and their sons, Grant and Ross of Ft. Worth, TX, Diane and Paul Dorsa and their children, Christen and Christopher of Brentwood, TN, Cheryl and Rob Mooney and their children, James, William, Katherine and Robert of Princeton, N.J., Craig and Kerri Van Eaton and their children, Sarah and Adam of Wellington, Fl., and Mark and Christi Van Eaton and their children, Drew, Joe and Sam of Lafayette, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alpha P. Broussard and Marguerite L. Broussard, brother’s Maxine Broussard, Grover Broussard, and a sister Bertha Broussard Trahan. The family would like to thank all caregivers who have been so loyal and giving of their time and care over the years and in particular the last few months. A special thanks must go to Hazel Gaubert, Elmo Breaux and Curtis Guidry. Additionally, thank you to all doctors, nurses and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center and all the many others who crossed his path during the course of his care. We are truly grateful to all of you. The family requests that visiting hours be observed beginning Tuesday, at 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. A rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation will continue Wednesday from 8 a.m. until time of services. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Romero, Bill Bacque, Bill Davis, Bill Hendrix, Chester Derbes, Elmo Breaux, Paul Dorsa, Rob Mooney and his Guaranty Bank Family. Memorial contributions can be made in the name of Arthur J. Broussard to the Community Foundation of Acadiana directing funds either to Hospice of Acadiana or the UL Horse Farm. Miles Perret Cancer Services, 2130 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA, Ste 200, Lafayette, LA 70508 , to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202 or the UL-Lafayette Baseball Foundation, 201 Reinhardt Dr., Lafayette, LA 70506. or visit their website at www.ullafayettefoundation.org View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Martin and Castille Funeral Home, located at 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA is in charge of arrangements.
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