Dr. Lazaro Iii

Opelousas A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA, for Dr. Ladislas Lazaro III, known to many as Butch. Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park. Rev. Father James Brady and Ted Broussard will concelebrate the Mass.
Dr. Lazaro was a native and longtime resident of Opelousas. He passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette at the age of 75. He was an orthopedic Surgeon for many years.
Butch and Mrs. Kay were high school sweethearts and attended S. L. I. together. During the summer of 1962, they were married. He came from a strong Medical background in which his father and both grandfathers were physicians. He was a graduate of S. L. I. and L. S. U. Medical Center in New Orleans. Butch was a flight surgeon in the Air Force Reserves and was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base as a Captain. He attended his internship at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport. His Orthopedic residency was at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He further subspecialized in surgery of the hand attending a fellowship at the University of Virginia. He established a practice in general orthopedics in Opelousas in 1969, cofounding the Opelousas Orthopedic Clinic with Dr. Robert Luke Bordelon and Dr. Frederick Lionel Mayer. Over the years, his practice gravitated more specifically to orthopedic surgery of the hand and he eventually went on to become one of the original founders of Southeastern Hand Society. He was a founding member of the Acadiana Orthopedic Society and was a member The American Society for Surgery of the Hand ASSH. He was one of the early owners of the Old St. Landry Clinic and became one of the original founders of Doctors Hospital. He was one of the original founders of the First National Bank and part owners of the Senior Village Nursing Home.
He was an avid salt water fisherman and for many years a fixture of the landscape at Cypremort Point. He was also known as for his affinity for collectible sports cars.
As a pastime, he enjoyed traveling in this motorhome with his wife, Kay and his many friends. Throughout his many travels, he compiled a huge collection of old medical instruments and artifacts which were donated to the Opelousas Historical Museum.
He had been retired for 18 years and was a known Regular at the Crawfish House and Grill where he often spent hours moving from table to table socializing with his many friends. He was a wonderful, loving, and caring husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Kay Sellers Lazaro of Opelousas two sons, Dr. Ladislas Lazaro IV and wife, Daina Cazaubon Lazaro of Lafayette and Laurence S. Lazaro and wife, Dana Neucere Lazaro of Lafayette two sisters, Mrs. Denise Boudier and husband, Paul of Opelousas and Constance Conover of North Carolina four grandchildren, Christianne Lazaro, Leighton Lazaro, Ladislas Lazaro V, and Laurence Sellers Sellie Lazaro.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ladislas Lazaro II, and Lillian Boagni Lazaro and one brother, Stephen Lazaro.
Visiting hours will be observed in the Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, from 4:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. On Wednesday, visitation will continue from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. A Rosary service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening in the funeral home.
Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas.

Visitation

Sibille Funeral Home
2309 George Drive
Opelousas, LA  70570
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
4:30 8 p.m.Wed. 8 9:30 a.m.

Service

Mass of Christian Burial

St. Landry Catholic Church
1020 North Main Street
Opelousas, LA  70570
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
10:00 a.m.

Rosary Service

Sibille Funeral Home Chapel
2309 George Drive
Opelousas, LA  70570
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
7:00 p.m.

Cemetery

Bellevue Memorial ParkH
4833 Highway 182
Opelousas, LA  70570