A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lafayette, Louisiana, for Louis Victor McIntire, Sr., Ph.D., 93, who died Thursday morning, December 13, 2018 at his residence in Orange, Texas.

Interment will be in the McIntire Family tomb in St. John Cemetery, Lafayette, Louisiana.

The Very Reverend Chester C. Arceneaux, VF Rector of Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, will be the Celebrant of the Mass. Lectors will be Shannon McIntire and Adam McIntire. Gift Bearers will be Thomas McIntire and Louis Ly McIntire.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Marion Bayard McIntire; one daughter, Shannon McIntire; four sons, Dr. Louis McIntire and his wife, Vanessa, Patrick McIntire and his wife, Renee, Anthony McIntire and his partner, Robert Hodges, and Darren McIntire and his wife, Daphne; his brother, Leon Lapleau McIntire and his wife, Myrna; six grandchildren, Adam McIntire and his wife, Kathleen, Brock McIntire, Brielle McIntire Patronella and her husband, John Paul, Louis Ly McIntire, Thomas Tran McIntire and Chloe-Taylor Warren;  and one great-granddaughter, Juliet McIntire.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George Dewey and Marie Louise Lapleau McIntire; his brothers, George Dewey McIntire, Jr., and Daniel P. McIntire, and his sister, Peggy McIntire Nelson.

He lived his life in faith and with integrity, never afraid to speak his mind, and a rock those around him depended on. A wonderful and devoted provider for his family, and as a holder of the Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, a firm believer in education, he put all five of his children through college and graduate school. Dr. McIntire grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, but lived in Orange, Texas for the past 58 years. He proudly served in the US Navy during World War II  (1944-1946) as a Lieutenant (jg) and was Executive Officer of LSM (R) 412. He always considered those experiences as formative of his character and values. He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church since it was organized in 1978, and also a member of American Chemical Society, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Alumnus and Ohio State University Alumnus. Many people remember him working on a veritable fleet of vehicles, a task he enjoyed and was good at. His memory for sports history and old movies was encyclopedic, and his favorite movies were old westerns from his youth in the 1930s.

Pallbearers will be Dr. Louis McIntire, Patrick McIntire, Anthony McIntire, Darren McIntire, John Paul Patronella, Brock McIntire and Adam McIntire.

The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille’s DOWNTOWN location on Monday, December 17, 2018 from 12:00 PM until time of service.

View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com

Martin & Castille-DOWNTOWN-330 St. Landry St., Lafayette, LA 70506, 337-234-2311.