RICHARD CLARENCE “DICK” WEBER – BRENDA
AFTER GRADUATION FROM SHS IN 1957 I ATTENDED
SLI IN LAFAYETTE, MAJORING IN AGRI-SCIENCE
EDUCATION. I MET MY COLLEGE SWEETHEART, BRENDA
KERNE, IN 1959 WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR AND SHE WAS A
FRESHMAN MAJORING IN HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION.
SLI HAD A NAME CHANGE TO USL IN THE SUMMER OF
1960 AND I WAS IN THE FIRST UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA GRADUATION CLASS OF
1961. BRENDA WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH AND
GRADUATED ONE YEAR LATER IN THE SPRING OF 1962.
WE WERE MARRIED THREE WEEKS AFTER HER
GRADUATION AT OUR LADY OF WISDOM CHAPEL ON THE
USL CAMPUS. THE CHAPLAIN WHO CELEBRATED OUR
WEDDING WAS Fr. JUDE SPEYER. SOME OF YOU MAY
KNOW HIM AS BISHOP JUDE SPEYER, THE FIRST BISHOP
OF THE LAKE CHARLES DIOCESE.
WE STARTED OUR TEACHING CAREERS THREE DAYS AFTER THE
WEDDING AND TAUGHT TOGETHER FOR 33 YEARS, MOST OF IT
AT SOUTH LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFOURCHE PARISH.
WE WERE ABLE TO FIT IN CLASSES AND A SABBATICAL LEAVE
TO ATTEND LSU FOR GRADUATE DEGREES. ALSO, WE BOTH
TAUGHT ADJUNCT CLASSES FOR NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
DURING THAT TIME. UPON RETIREMENTFROM SOUTH
LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1995, I WENT FULL TIME ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR TEACHING ANIMAL SCIENCE AT NICHOLLS FOR
FOUR YEARS. AFTER NICHOLLS I SERVED AS A STUDENT
RECRUITER FOR A PRIVATE VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
AND RETIRED IN 2003.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS, HAVING SERVED AS OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL
LEVELS. WE ACCUMULATED 72 YEARS TOGETHER IN
EDUCATION.
WE HAVE ONE SON, LANCE, A VOYAGE COORDINATOR FOR
SHELL OIL AT PORT FOURCHON, HIS WIFE, INGER, AND A
BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAUGHTER, ANGELLE RENE’, WHO IS A
JUNIOR HONOR STUDENT AT SOUTH LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE LOVE TO TRAVEL AND HAVE ENJOYED THREE CARIBBEAN
CRUISES, ONE ALASKAN CRUISE, A NUMBER OF TRIPS TO
COLORADO, WYOMING, IDAHO, AND MINNESOTA. OUR HIGHLIGHT
TRIP WAS AUSTRALIA AND FIJI IN JUNE 2004.
WE THANK GOD FOR A WONDERFUL LIFE AND CONTINUE TO
ENJOY IT TO THE FULLEST. WE HOPE TO TRAVEL AND VISIT
FRIENDS FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
