Mamie Reason Young
November 7, 2008
Ray A. Rasberry
November 11, 2008
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008
Cecil Paul Eschete, 59, a native and resident of Houma, La., died at 5 p.m. Friday, November 7.
He is survived by two sons, Dr. Brad and wife Sheila of Thibodaux, La., and Chad and wife Stephanie of Bayou Blue, La.; one daughter, Dr. Trisha and husband Gabriel Liner of Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Carroll and wife Ruth of Bayou Blue and Carl and wife Anne of Houma; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Waldron Joseph Eschete and Blanche Marie Dupre of Chauvin, La.
He retired from Union Oil Company of California with 34 years of service as the Environmental Manager of the Gulf Division. He attended University of Louisiana at Lafayette, La., and was recognized by the National Registry of Environmental Professionals as a certified environmental auditor and a certified environmental manager.
He was a charter member of the Bayou Blue Knights of Columbus council #7657, which was chartered in 1980 and shortly thereafter became a member of the Rev. Adrian Caillouet fourth degree assembly in Houma. He was a member of St. Bernadette K.C. Council #7355 and a member of the St. Bernadette Fourth Degree the Rev. August Vanderbilt assembly #2322. He was an active member of Houma’s Bayouland YMCA and served on the board of directors. He was a Red Cross volunteer, serving as logistics coordinator and on the advisory council. He was an accomplished genealogist and a member of the Terrebonne Genealogical Society and the Lafourche Heritage Society.
Mass will be at 9 a.m. Monday, November 10, at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, with burial at St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery in Bayou Blue.
Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
