Claude “Buddy” Blanchard Jr., 66, of Port Arthur passed away Thurssday, April 12, 2007 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Broussard's in Nederland at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 14, 2007. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Port Arthur. A gathering of family and friends was held Friday night form 5 to 8 PM with a Rosary recited at 6:30 at the mortuary.
Buddy was a native of Port Arthur and lived in New Orleans for forty years before returning to Port Arthur in 2006. He was a graduate of Bishop Byrne High School.
He is survived by his brother, Paul Blanchard and his wife Lorraine of Port Arthur, and three nephews.
Services under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland