Fred LeBouef Obituary

FRED J. LEBOUEF, JR.
June 14, 1925 ~ March 22, 2011

Fred J. LeBouef, Jr. ("Bud" to his family) of Bedford, IN, passed away March 22, 2011. He was born in Leland, MS, to Fred and Annette LeBouef, as the second of what would ultimately be seven children. Fred spent most of his childhood in Plaquemine, LA before moving to Vancouver, WA.
Fred very proudly served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He helped build the ship he served on, the USS St. Lo (CVE-63, formerly Midway), at the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, and was on the St. Lo when it became the first American ship sunk by Kamikaze attack at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944. Fred received many awards and medals during his time in the Navy, none more important to him than the two Purple Hearts he received for being wounded in action. To him, they served as a constant reminder of how lucky he was to have survived the horrors of war, and of how many of his friends had not been as fortunate.
After the war, Fred worked in Business Management for many years all around the U.S. In 1976, he returned to Vancouver, where he worked at Fort Vancouver Plywood Company until his retirement in 1995.
After retirement, Fred moved one last time to Bedford, IN, where he served as the AARP State Coordinator for Community Operations, and where he received the prestigious Andrus award for his years of volunteer service.
Fred is survived by his wife, Pat; one daughter, Laura; one adopted daughter, Michelle; three sons, Greg, Scott and Joe; his sister, Maryann; his brother, Lee; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Lorraine, Faye and Carol; his brother, Kenny; and his grandson, Jeff.
Private memorial services are being held by the family.
Please sign Fred's guest book at: www.columbian.com/obits.

Published by The Columbian on May 1, 2011.
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I worked at Fort Vancouver Plywood for many years, and I'm sorry to hear that Fred had passed away... I don't know that much about Fred's work on FVP's Board of Directors, but I do know he was a hard worker inside the mill, and I had a lot of respect for him for that. His heart was with the mill and the men & women who worked there. And he was always one of the first to volunteer when there was a company function - like a picnic, or when the mill was in trouble - like that one bitterly cold winter when the mill was down for two weeks and water pipes were freezing and breaking all over place. He was there...

You were one of the good ones, Fred.

Chuck Phelps

May 17, 2011

Hello My Name is Frederick La Bouef also called Fred LaBouef.
I live in Ecuador South America.
Kind regards to the memory of Mr. Fred LeBouef.

Frederick La Bouef

May 12, 2011

It greatly saddened me when Joe told me of his Fred's passing. I have lots of memories...the first one that comes to mind is when Fred, for some strange reason, was wearing a Van Halen painters cap working around the house...funny.

Byron Nelson

May 2, 2011

We love and miss you Dad, and thanks for sending all the birds our way...waiting on a Piliated now! I love you, and think of you and smile every day.

Laura Pagano

May 2, 2011

I was sadden to read that Fred had passed on. He was one of my very best friends and co-worker at Fort Vancouver Plywood. But the one thing Fred did for me was interduce me to the "King Apple", I will always remmember him for that. The King is getting harder to find, but we get them and trink of Fred each time.

Farewell Fred, rest in peace.

Myron (Mike) Combelic

May 1, 2011

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