Louis Hill Bonin, Jr.

1927 - 1999  (71 years)

• Name	Louis Hill Bonin
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	22 Dec 1927	Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1999	Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	31 Oct 1999	St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I527	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family	Joyce Marie Doucet,   b. 2 Jan 1929, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 5 Jan 2024, Lone Tree, Douglas County, Colorado, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1948	Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. A.E. Bonin   2. M.L. Bonin + 3. P.E. Bonin
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Dec 1927 - Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 26 Dec 1948 - Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 28 Oct 1999 - Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 31 Oct 1999 - St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. 1945 Fortier High School Yearbook Photo New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  		Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. 1947 Loyola University Yearbook Photo New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  		Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. 1948 Loyola University Yearbook Photo New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. Name: Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. Race: White Age: 18 Birth Date: 22 Dec 1927 Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana Residence Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Registration Date: 21 Dec 1945 Registration Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Employer: Not Employed Student Height: 5' 8" Weight: 125 lbs. Complexion: Light Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Next of Kin: L. H. Bonin, Sr.
  		Marriage Announcement of Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. and Joyce Marie Doucet Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on December 27, 1948
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		General Manager Appointed at PCI Published in The Lake Charles American Press on January 16, 1963

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. Saint John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
  		Crypt of Louis Hill Bonin, Jr. Saint John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: LAFAYETTE -- Funeral services for Louis Hill Bonin Jr., 71, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, from Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Monsignor Glen Provost will officiate. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery under the direction of Delhomme Funeral Home. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today, with a rosary at 6 p.m.; and from 11 a.m. Sunday. Mr. Bonin died at 6:55 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999, in a Lafayette hospital. He was a native of Lake Charles and had lived in Lafayette since 1983. He attended undergraduate school and earned a juris doctor degree at Loyola University in New Orleans. He began working in the petroleum industry in 1952 and in 1964 joined Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh. He served as an executive in Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea, and retired as corporate vice president and executive director in Washington, D.C., in 1982. He served as chairman of the Federal Relations Committee of the American Petroleum Institute and was a featured expert on "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report," "Today" and "Good Morning America." He formed a law firm in 1983, specializing in oil, gas and real estate. He was a member of the national, state and Lafayette bar associations, the Loyola President's Council, and the national, state and local Realtors associations. He was a member of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and served as president and board member of the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana. He also was a trustee of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Bonin of Lafayette; one daughter, Ann Elizabeth Messina of New Orleans; two sons, Marc Louis Bonin of Charleston, S.C., and Paul Edward Bonin of Lafayette; one brother, Glenn Edward Bonin of Sulphur; one sister, Nada Landry of Lake Charles; his mother, Rita Bonin of Lafayette; and four grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503 or the American Lung Association, the family said. (Published in the Lake Charles America Press on October 30, 1999)