Bobby Palermo
March 22, 1952 - May 4, 2019
Robert “Bobby” Frank Palermo, 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Houston Methodist Hospital surrounded by his family after a hard-fought, fiveyear battle with mesothelioma.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 1 p.m. in Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Arthur, with Father Jay Alexius officiating.
Visitation for Mr. Palermo will begin today, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Miguez Funeral Home in Jennings from 4-9 p.m. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Visitation will resume on Wednesday in the Oustalet Center in Lake Arthur from 8 a.m. until time of services.
Burial will follow in St. Anthony Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.
Bobby was a parishioner at our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Arthur, a multi-term member of Lake Arthur Town Council and was currently serving as the assistant mayor of Lake Arthur. Bobby was a board member of Jeff Davis Parish Tourist Commission and chairman of the Gator Chateau Building Committee in Jennings. Together, with his wife Roberta, they own and operate L’Banca Albergo, The Bank Hotel, in Lake Arthur. As a franchise owner of Action Restoration, Bobby served as a consultant on numerous projects with the Town of Lake Arthur and City of Lake Charles.
Pops, as his grandchildren called him, was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. His favorite times were spent in duck blinds in Gueydan and Cameron, in deer stands on his lease in Rocksprings, Texas, and bear hunting in Canada. He loved boating and cherished the time on the water with his wife, family and friends.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 44 years, Roberta Chapman Palermo of Lake Arthur; two beautiful daughters, Robin Palermo Pettit and husband Rand of Moss Bluff and Sunne’ Palermo Dugas and husband Dale of Spring, Texas; four grandchildren, Hudson and Prestyn Pettit and Keagan and Lawson Dugas; mother-in-law, Adeline Chapman of Lake Arthur; sister, Faye Palermo McGee and husband Nathan of Lake Charles; brother, Paul Palermo and wife Kim of Lake Charles; as well as numerous other loving in-laws, nieces and nephews.
Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Lena Palermo, a sister, Jane Palermo Frazier; a brother, Ronnie Palermo; and his father-in-law, Robert Reimers Chapman.
In lieu of flowers, donations made be made to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church or any other charity.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the family at www.miguezfuneralhome.com.