Carroll Kappel

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Carroll Kappel, 73, a native of Houma, La., died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, after a short and courageous battle with metastatic non-small cell cancer of the lung.


Mr. Kappel handled his incurable disease with great valor and spent his final breaths sharing humor and comfort with his family. He loved life dearly but did not fear death. He imprinted a lasting legacy in our lives through his passion for living and his undying will to face each moment with humor, clarity and courage. He spent his childhood and youth in Louisiana where he attended Nicholls State University. After spending time in the Army and a few years as a rough neck, he took on the budding field of computer science, where he became a pioneer. He helped develop systems and code for the geophysical industry at a number of firms and for the U.S. government at NASA but was always proudest of his time during the first, seminal years at GSI. He was an active member of his community and a loving friend, brother, husband, father and grandfather and will be deeply missed.


He is survived by his wife, Yvonne; sisters, Elizabeth Bourg and Linda Gaston; and children, Jon and Jason Kappel, and Emily Bouthillette.

He was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Madge and Willis Gaston.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be offered to the American Cancer Society (at cancer.org).

(Cypress-Fairbanks Funeral Home of Texas)