ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: DESJARDINS, PETER EDWARD 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Thurday, February 16, 2012

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DESJARDINS, PETER EDWARD 
(Died February 16, 2012)

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Peter E. DesJardins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest child of 
Louis P. DesJardins and Marie Betz. 
He was married to Dorothy Lee Hays who died in November 2011. They had resided 
in Springfield, Missouri for over thirty years. 
He had previously been married for 27 years to Agnes E. Dolan with whom he had 
six children: Christine DesJardins of Covington, LA, Michael DesJardins and his 
partner DaVen Lewis of New Orleans, LA, Peggy DesJardins Schoen and her husband 
David of Covington, LA, Thomas DesJardins and his wife Monica of Lucas, TX, 
Marie DesJardins Grussing of Lafayette, LA and Katherine DesJardins Bull and 
her husband Julian of Encino, CA. He is also survived by nine grandchildren.

Pete was raised in Kirkwood, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University High 
School in St. Louis where he received a treasured Jesuit education. He attended 
College at Missouri School of Mines in Rolla, where he was a member of Theta 
Kappa Phi Fraternity and graduated as a Petroleum Engineer in January 1944. He 
then entered the Navy, received a Commission at Columbia University on New 
York, and, after serving with the Navy forces protecting the Gulf of Mexico, 
was released from duty as Commanding Officer of USS PCS 1384 at the end of 
WWII.

He worked for 17 years in Texas and Louisiana as a Petroleum Engineer for Shell 
Oil Company and then for 19 years for Hawthorne Oil and Gas in Lafayette, 
Louisiana, retiring at 59 when the company was sold. In retirement he and 
Dorothy enjoyed extensive travels, while he pursed his hobbies of genealogy, 
and rock and antique glass collecting. He self-published several genealogical 
books on the DesJardins Family and was a skilled amateur lapidarist During 
retirement he and Dorothy moved from Lafayette, LA to Springfield, MO to enjoy 
the seasons and be nearer both of their aging relatives. In Springfield he 
served as an officer of an AARP chapter and was involved with the FMS 
Foundation.

He is lovingly remembered by his children and grandchildren as a devoted father 
and grandfather. He was an articulate advocate for his firmly held beliefs. He 
will be buried next to his wife in Springfield, Missouri. Services will be 
private.

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