TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for BOURGEOIS, MILTON, JR.  

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Jan. 7 to Jan. 11, 2014

Died: Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013

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BOURGEOIS, MILTON, JR.

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Milton Daniel Bourgeois, Jr., 67, a native and resident of Raceland, died 
tragically Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. 

Visitation will from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at St. Mary's 
Nativity Catholic Church in Raceland. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. 
Saturday at the church, 

with burial in St. Mary's Nativity Catholic Church cemetery in Raceland. 

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Roberta Ann Tate Bourgeois; their only 
daughter, Dr. Toni Bourgeois Leoni and husband, Dr. Ricardo Roman Leoni II; 
three grandchildren, Jack, Ethan, and Greta, of Lafayette; parents, Milton 
Daniel Bourgeois Sr. and Rita Theriot Bourgeois; and sisters, Carolyn B. 
(Felton) Robichaux, Deanne Theriot, and Cynthia (Dennis) Miranda. 

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Alceste and Adolphine Bourgeois 
Theriot, and Joseph and Cordelia Cheramie Bourgeois. 

Milton graduated from Raceland High School and received his B. S. from LSU and 
an MBA from Nicholls. He then served four years in the U.S. Army as a 
Nuclear/Special Weapons Officer. 
Prior to joining St. Anne, Milton was a corporate officer of a multi-state 
engineering company. He was also a co-owner and served as board chairman and 
general partner of two oilfield service companies. Milton had been the CEO of 
Ochsner St. Anne since April 1988. He had served on the Louisiana Hospital 
Association Board of Trustees since 2004 and served as chair in 2012. He was 
past president of the LHA Southwest District and LHA Bayou District, and he was 
the past chair of LHA Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy council. He also 
served as the chair of the LHA Research and Education Foundation. 
He was currently a board member of the LHA Trust Funds and Hospital of 
Louisiana, the Louisiana Rural Health Association, and the Ochsner Bayou, LLC. 
Milton was a longtime member of the American Hospital Association and was 
recently awarded the 2013 AHA Grassroots Champion Award for exceptional 
leadership in healthcare for the state of Louisiana. 
Milton was the managing partner of Bayou Labs, LLC and had been a board member 
of the Louisiana Rural Health Association, HOSPACC, South Louisiana PPO, United 
Way, Crime stoppers, the Chamber of Lafourche and the Bayou Region, St. Mary's 
Nativity School, Louisiana State Radiological Technology Board of Examiners, 
and Lafourche Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. 
He was a long time member of the Lions Club and American Legion. He was also a 
sponsor of Ducks Unlimited for more than 30 years, as well as a sponsor member 
of Delta Waterfowl. He loved to tell jokes, travel, garden, read, golf, and 
especially loved to duck hunt with his two companions, Chloteal and Sweet 
Adeline. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wounded War Heroes. 
Information about Wounded War Heroes, including how to donate, can be found by 
visiting www.wwhfr.com. 

Falgout Funeral Home in Raceland is in charge of arrangements. 

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