John Peter Labouisse III

A native of New Orleans, he was a proud graduate of Sam Barthe School, St. Martin’s Episcopal School and Georgia Tech, where he earned his degree in Industrial Management and was a member of Beta Theta Phi and Alpha Kappa Psi. Mr. Labouisse completed Naval Officer Candidate School and attended the Naval War College, Newport, RI. He proudly served in Vietnam on the Destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner, then in the Navy Reserve Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic, during which he was Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison to the Louisiana National Guard. Among his awards for his 31-years of service, Capt. Labouisse earned the Navy Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Louisiana Legion of Merit. He retired as Captain in 1996.

Mr. Labouisse spent 45 years in the financial investment industry in New Orleans beginning at Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs and culminating at Morgan Stanley as a Certified Financial Planner.

At the time of his death, Mr. Labouisse was the Commander of the Military Order of Foreign Wars and was serving as a Gentleman of Council for the Society of Colonial Wars in Louisiana. He was a former president of the Royal Society of St. George, and the Visiting Nurses

Association and served on the Board of Trustees and the Board of Visitors at St. Martin’s Episcopal School for many years. He was a Life Sponsor of Ducks Unlimited and a member of the DU Feather Society.

A lifetime member of the Southern Yacht Club, he was also a member of the Boston Club, Louisiana Club, Pickwick Club, Stratford Club, Recess Club, The Aztec 1847, The Shell Beach Literary Society and served as both president and captain of the Lakeshore Club. He was a member of several Carnival organizations.

An avid outdoorsman, he spent many happy hours racing sailboats, fishing Lake Borgne and Breton Sound, and hunting at The Avoca Duck Club near Morgan City.

Mr. Labouisse is predeceased by his wife of 40 years, Meredith Janvier Labouisse and son, John Peter Labouisse, IV as well as his parents Sawyer Hayward Labouisse and Edith Fenno Labouisse of New Orleans.

He is survived by his wife, Diane Sustendal Labouisse, a sister Marguerite Fenno Labouisse (Timothy Duggan) of Canton, GA, two children, Charles Janvier Labouisse (Jennifer Crockett) and Mary-Frances Joy Labouisse Adriance (Jason William Adriance) and Labouisse grandchildren Mary Hardner Labouisse, John Peter Labouisse, V and Anna Childs Stolzenthaler, John Sawyer and Charles Wilhem Adriance.

Services and interment will be private. A Memorial Service will be held Sept. 14th at Trinity Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130 in the late afternoon.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Ducks Unlimited Louisiana, St. Martin’s Episcopal School, Trinity Church, Wounded Warrior Project or the USO.

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