Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 2:00 pm in The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lafayette for Derek Bowen Nehrbass, with Visitation being observed from 1:00 pm until time of services.
Derek Bowen Nehrbass died on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the age of 40, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an adoring father, an artist with the heart of a poet, and a beloved friend to all who were lucky enough to be drawn into his orbit.
Derek was born on June 18, 1982 in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended Cathedral-Carmel Elementary School and graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School. He studied at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.
He delighted in the Acadian French traditions of his hometown including the annual Mardi Gras festivities, local Cajun music, and spicy gumbos. In 2001 he moved to New Orleans, where he could often be found with friends in the library or in a bar deep into the wee hours of the night discussing Jean Paul Sartre, Anselm Kiefer or Thomas Pynchon while scratching out drawings on napkins scattered throughout the Crescent City.
Thrilled to become a father, he cherished every moment with his son. Derek's kindness, gentle nature, warm smile and easy laugh endeared him to everyone he met. His memory will live on through his work and radiate throughout the constellation of those that knew him, a light visible far beyond his lifetime. Derek was, and will always be, greatly loved.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Jennifer Stuller Nehrbass; his sister, Amanda Elizabeth Nehrbass; paternal grandmother, Peggy Dufour Nehrbass Gossen; paternal grandfather, Judge Douglass J. Nehrbass, Sr. and his wife, Joy Pope; maternal grandparents, Dr. Gilbert Fitch Stuller, II and Alma Bowen Stuller; uncles, Walter Bowen Stuller, and Gilbert Fitch Stuller, III.
He is survived by his father, Douglass J. Nehrbass, Jr., wife Debbie Cutler, and Heather Ashley Pickett, mother of his son, Douglass J. Nehrbass, III.
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Derek Bowen Nehrbass died on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the age of 40, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an adoring father, an artist with the heart of a poet, and a beloved friend to all who were lucky enough to be drawn into his orbit.
Derek was born on June 18, 1982 in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended Cathedral-Carmel Elementary School and graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School. He studied at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.
He delighted in the Acadian French traditions of his hometown including the annual Mardi Gras festivities, local Cajun music, and spicy gumbos. In 2001 he moved to New Orleans, where he could often be found with friends in the library or in a bar deep into the wee hours of the night discussing Jean Paul Sartre, Anselm Kiefer or Thomas Pynchon while scratching out drawings on napkins scattered throughout the Crescent City.
Thrilled to become a father, he cherished every moment with his son. Derek's kindness, gentle nature, warm smile and easy laugh endeared him to everyone he met. His memory will live on through his work and radiate throughout the constellation of those that knew him, a light visible far beyond his lifetime. Derek was, and will always be, greatly loved.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Jennifer Stuller Nehrbass; his sister, Amanda Elizabeth Nehrbass; paternal grandmother, Peggy Dufour Nehrbass Gossen; paternal grandfather, Judge Douglass J. Nehrbass, Sr. and his wife, Joy Pope; maternal grandparents, Dr. Gilbert Fitch Stuller, II and Alma Bowen Stuller; uncles, Walter Bowen Stuller, and Gilbert Fitch Stuller, III.
He is survived by his father, Douglass J. Nehrbass, Jr., wife Debbie Cutler, and Heather Ashley Pickett, mother of his son, Douglass J. Nehrbass, III.
Martin & Castille
Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 2:00 pm in The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lafayette for Derek Bowen Nehrbass, with Visitation being observed from 1:00 pm until time of services.
Derek Bowen Nehrbass died on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the age of 40, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an adoring father, an artist with the heart of a poet, and a beloved friend to all who were lucky enough to be drawn into his orbit.
Derek was born on June 18, 1982 in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended Cathedral-Carmel Elementary School and graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School. He studied at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.
He delighted in the Acadian French traditions of his hometown including the annual Mardi Gras festivities, local Cajun music, and spicy gumbos. In 2001 he moved to New Orleans, where he could often be found with friends in the library or in a bar deep into the wee hours of the night discussing Jean Paul Sartre, Anselm Kiefer or Thomas Pynchon while scratching out drawings on napkins scattered throughout the Crescent City.
Thrilled to become a father, he cherished every moment with his son. Derek's kindness, gentle nature, warm smile and easy laugh endeared him to everyone he met. His memory will live on through his work and radiate throughout the constellation of those that knew him, a light visible far beyond his lifetime. Derek was, and will always be, greatly loved.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Jennifer Stuller Nehrbass; his sister, Amanda Elizabeth Nehrbass; paternal grandmother, Peggy Dufour Nehrbass Gossen; paternal grandfather, Judge Douglass J. Nehrbass, Sr. and his wife, Joy Pope; maternal grandparents, Dr. Gilbert Fitch Stuller, II and Alma Bowen Stuller; uncles, Walter Bowen Stuller, and Gilbert Fitch Stuller, III.
He is survived by his father, Douglass J. Nehrbass, Jr., wife Debbie Cutler, and Heather Ashley Pickett, mother of his son, Douglass J. Nehrbass, III.
Martin & Castille
Derek Bowen Nehrbass died on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the age of 40, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an adoring father, an artist with the heart of a poet, and a beloved friend to all who were lucky enough to be drawn into his orbit.
Derek was born on June 18, 1982 in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended Cathedral-Carmel Elementary School and graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School. He studied at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.
He delighted in the Acadian French traditions of his hometown including the annual Mardi Gras festivities, local Cajun music, and spicy gumbos. In 2001 he moved to New Orleans, where he could often be found with friends in the library or in a bar deep into the wee hours of the night discussing Jean Paul Sartre, Anselm Kiefer or Thomas Pynchon while scratching out drawings on napkins scattered throughout the Crescent City.
Thrilled to become a father, he cherished every moment with his son. Derek's kindness, gentle nature, warm smile and easy laugh endeared him to everyone he met. His memory will live on through his work and radiate throughout the constellation of those that knew him, a light visible far beyond his lifetime. Derek was, and will always be, greatly loved.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Jennifer Stuller Nehrbass; his sister, Amanda Elizabeth Nehrbass; paternal grandmother, Peggy Dufour Nehrbass Gossen; paternal grandfather, Judge Douglass J. Nehrbass, Sr. and his wife, Joy Pope; maternal grandparents, Dr. Gilbert Fitch Stuller, II and Alma Bowen Stuller; uncles, Walter Bowen Stuller, and Gilbert Fitch Stuller, III.
He is survived by his father, Douglass J. Nehrbass, Jr., wife Debbie Cutler, and Heather Ashley Pickett, mother of his son, Douglass J. Nehrbass, III.
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