LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for: BOURGEOIS, NICHOLAS 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Saturday, June 12, 2010 

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BOURGEOIS, NICHOLAS 

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Captain Nicholas Jay Bourgeois, 28, a native of Thibodaux and resident of 
Schriever, died Monday, June 7, 2010.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to funeral time Monday at Living Word Church. 
Service will be at noon Monday at the church.

He is survived by his wife, Miranda Kirchner Bourgeois; his parents, Lester 
"Biff" Charles Bourgeois Jr. and Carrie "Dee" Gros Bourgeois, and Paula Bush 
Voisin and Judge Glynn F. Voisin; his father and mother-in-law, Michael Kirchner 
and Karen "Kitty" Wagner Kirchner; two sons, Schriever Bourgeois and David 
Bourgeois; his brothers and sisters, Jason Bourgeois and wife, Candace, Brody 
Bourgeois and wife, Abbie, Glynn F. Voisin Jr., Natalie Voisin, Patrick Voisin, 
Nicole Voisin Cayton and husband, Stewart, Monique Voisin Burnell and husband, 
Tim, Johnathan Lirette, Olivia Lirette, Lillian Bourgeois, Rebecca Bourgeois, 
Adam Bourgeois, Katherine Bourgeois, Jeffrey Bourgeois and Ann Bourgeois; his 
sister-in-law, Kiery Kirchner Franklin and husband, Chris Franklin; his 
grandparents, Grace Mallet Bush, Lester Bourgeois Sr. and Rita Bourgeois; one 
great-great-aunt, Clara Sciambra; one great aunt, Louise Bourgeois; and numerous 
aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Natale A. Bush Jr.; and his great-
grandparents, Natale A. Bush Sr. and Kate Sciambra Bush, and Olide Mallet and 
Edmonia Landry Mallet.

Nicholas Bourgeois graduated from Houma Christian School in 1999. He enlisted in 
the Navy and completed Nuclear Power School before selected to attend the United 
States Naval Academy. Upon graduation in 2006, Nicholas received a commission to 
the Marine Corps. He served with 2/8 in Camp Lejeune as an infantry officer and 
deployed both to Ramadi, Iraq and to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Most 
recently, he completed the Martial Arts Instructor Trainer Course in Quantico, 
Va.

Nicholas lived according to his priorities: God, family and country. He 
exemplified Christ in his words and deeds while humbly striving to allow God to 
mold him into a better servant, husband, and father. God's unconditional love 
for him was the foundation and example that Nicholas applied to his relationship 
with his family. He truly loved and honored his parents and was thankful for 
their wisdom and the examples they set living in faith. He called his wife "My 
Lady" and kept up the gentlemanly habit of opening doors. He aspired to one day 
be a butcher at his family's meat market where he could raise his children to 
appreciate the blessings of family and the importance of the legacy they've left 
behind. To him "snow" was synonymous with "stupid," internet battles were won 
with carefully crafted haikus, and heroes played guitars with buttons instead of 
strings. Nicholas Bourgeois was a worship leader, a would-be-private, a master 
of the hand stand, and "That Guy" who would always stand up and recklessly say 
what everyone else was thinking.

Nicholas leaves behind two beautiful boys and a wife who will forever consider 
him the greatest blessing she was ever given.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Nicholas Bourgeois Fund, which 
has been opened at Whitney National Bank of Houma, 7910 Main St., Houma LA 
70360, 985-868-1660.

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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