Deaths Elsewhere

Attorney
LAFAYETTE – Services are Friday for attorney and former Zoning Board member Melvin Maxwell. He died Dec. 29 at age 75.
He was a real estate attorney and owner of Insured Title Co. and active in the Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association.
Survivors include a daughter.
Arrangements are by Delhomme.

Wetlands expert
BATON ROUGE – Services for retired LSU professor Dr. Robert Chabreck will be Jan. 11. He died Dec. 30 at age 80.
He was an expert in wetlands and marsh management, with special expertise in the area of plant and animal management in the coastal zone. He retired as professor of forestry and wildlife in the School of Renewable Natural Resouces at LSU. He was an expert on alligators and served on international teams studying them. He was a recipient of the Louisiana Governor’s Award - Conservationist of the Year.
Survivors include his wife Merle, two sons and a daughter.
Arrangements are by Rabenhorst.

Surgeon, professor
NEW ORLEANS – Services for former surgeon and university professor Dr. Charles Breaux will be Monday in Birmingham, Ala. He died Dec. 25 at age 82.
He was former chief of surgical service at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital and clinical associate professor of surgery at Tulane. He later opened Mercy (Cooper Green) Hospital in Birmingham and was chief of surgery, chief of staff and president of Jefferson Clinic and served on the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
Survivors include three sons and a daughter.

Jesuit priest
OPELOUSAS – Services for Jesuit priest the Rev. Donald Hawkins will be Saturday. He died Dec. 30 at age 67.
He was a former faculty member and chair of the theology department at Jesuit High, New Orleans. He was former rector of the Jesuit community at Spring Hill College and was later assigned to St. Charles College, where he was retreat director at the Jesuit Spirituality Center.