Dr. Frank Gilbert Carpenter, 
Submitted by N.O.V.A.
Times Picayune 11-17-2006


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Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 18, 2006 at
an 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at the Carmelite
Monastery Chapel, 1250 Carmel Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana
for Dr. Frank Gilbert Carpenter, who passed away Thursday,
November 16, 2006.

Interment will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington
D.C. at a later date.

Reverend Chester Arceneaux, Pastor of Our Lady of Wisdom
Catholic Church will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass.

Dr. Carpenter is survived by his wife of 61 years, Angela
Briefs Carpenter, three daughters, Christel and husband,
Frank Dawkins of Lafayette; Therese and husband, Pat Kennedy
of Mt. Airy, Maryland, Pauline and husband, Peter Dear, of
Ithaca, New York; two sons, Bernard Carpenter and fiance',
Cathy Helmly, of Rural Hall, North Carolina and Joel
Carpenter and companion Frank Douai of Baton Rouge. Dr.
Carpenter had six grandsons, Matthew Carpenter, Evan
Carpenter, Ryan Kennedy, Michael Kennedy, Colin Kennedy, and
Will Dawkins, and two granddaughters, Sara Carpenter Scott
and Claire Dawkins. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Charles Gilbert Carpenter and Clara May Barlow Carpenter,
his stepmother, Florence Gilbert Carpenter; his sister,
Harriet Susan Carpenter and his daughter, Louise Marie
Carpenter.

Dr. Carpenter was born in 1920 in Washington, D.C. He was a
long time resident of New Orleans, Louisiana and moved to
Lafayette after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home of 43
years. He resided at Cornerstone Village South at the time
of his death.

Dr. Carpenter served in the U.S.Army during World War II.
After the war he earned a PH.D. in Chemical Engineering at
the University of Delaware and began his career at the U.S.
Bureau of Standards developing criteria for the whiteness of
sugar. When that project was completed, he moved his family
to New Orleans and initiated and directed the Cane Sugar
Refining Research Project in cooperation with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and an international consortium of
sugar refiners. He was a leading figure in the development
of new technologies in the refining of cane sugar.

Dr. Carpenter loved New Orleans and the wonderful friends
and neighbors he had there. He was particularly devoted to
St. Pius X Church where he was a scout leader, usher,
Eucharistic minister, lector and money counter. He loved
taking his wife out to the Lakefront to watch the sun set.
He loved stopping by and getting a dozen oysters at Brunings
on the lake. He was never so happy as when he was camping.
He loved wild stories, completely beyond belief, but told
with such a straight face we never knew what was true and
what was pure imagination. He was a man of absolute
integrity, faithfulness and with a marvelous sense of humor.
He was a wonderful husband, father, teacher and friend. He
was a mentor to all.

Visitation will take place Saturday from 10:00 AM until time
of the Funeral Mass at the Carmelite Monastery Chapel.

Special thanks to Hospice of Acadiana and the staff at
Cornerstone. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of
Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite 200, Lafayette, Louisiana
70503 or to the Carmelite Monastery at 1250 Carmel Avenue,
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501.

View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com.

Martin & Casitlle Funeral Home, Inc. of Lafayette has been
chosen to help with the arrangements. 337-234-2311.