Paul Duet

Paul Horace Duet, 95, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 at 5:02PM. He was a native and resident of Houma, LA.

Visitation was held on Friday, December 14, 2018 at St Francis de Sales Cathedral in Houma, LA from 8:00AM until service time. A Mass of Christian Burial began following visitation in the Cathedral at 10:00AM. Burial followed in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery #2.

Paul is survived by his children, Kathryn Duet LeBoeuf, Carolyn Lee Duet Tibbits and husband Peter, Paula Marie Duet, Penny Francis Duet Mitchem and husband Bob; son, Jody Matthew Duet and wife Cathy; grandchildren, Jared LeBoeuf, Ryan LeBoeuf and wife Christin, Nicole LeBoeuf Chauvin and husband Dean, Monique LeBoeuf Dombrowsky and husband Ian, Carrie Lee Quiterio and husband Kimy, Michelle Tibbits McCellan, Laura Lee Tibbits, Peter Tibbits IV, Joshua Guillot, Jennifer Guillot, Catherine Duet and Matthew Duet; and sixteen great grandchildren.

Paul is preceded in death by his loving wife of seventy-one years, Laura Lee Mary Breaux Duet; parents, Andrew Jackson Duet and Azile Eymard Duet; grandson, Jacob Guillot; son-in-law, Noval Nick LeBoeuf Jr.; sisters, Eleanor Savoie, Malvina Theriot, Rita Adams, and Phylis King; brothers, Lee Duet, Steve Duet and Collins Duet.

Paul was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council #1317 and a Veteran of the United States military; serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Paul served as past President of Bourg’s Lions Club and past president of the Chamber of Commerce. He served his community on the Parish Counsels at St. Ann’s Church in Bourg and St. Francis de Sales Church in Houma, LA; also serving as Financial Advisor for St. Francis Church. Paul was a graduate of Nicholls State Collage in Business Administration. He also served in the Navy V-12 Unit in S.L.I in Lafayette, LA and the NROTC unit at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Paul was a Chief Civil Deputy of Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Department, serving under five Sheriffs . He was the Vice President of First Federal Savings and Loan.

He will be dearly missed by all his family and many friends.

The family would like to give a special thank you to The Homestead, Haydel Memorial Hospice, Yvonne LeBoeuf and Bobbie Williams.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to be made to Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana; The Seminarian Educational Burse in the name of Paul and Laura Duet, or the renovation found at St. Francis De Sales Cathedral at P.O. Box 505 Schriever, LA 70395, (985-850-3116 [email protected] .

Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to serve the Duet family.