Douglas Starr Doremus

Douglas Starr Doremus, loving son, brother, husband, father, uncle, and grandfather passed from this life into the next on October 15, 2025 at the age of 83. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 9, 1942 to the late Frank and Virginia Doremus. His love of learning led him to Purdue University where he graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and from Lamar with a masters in Engineering Science. He began his professional career in Port Arthur, Texas at Texaco Research Labs; continued with Ciba-Geigy in McIntosh, Alabama and eventually made his way to their offices in St. Gabriel, LA. He finished his career at Imes Engineering working for Shell and Exxon. Upon retirement, he pursued his life long dream of teaching high school math and physics.

He was intelligent, logical, loyal, charitable, and handy in any area he set his mind to. He was naturally athletic and participated in track, tennis, and basketball. He was also an avid fan of Purdue, LSU, the Saints and Formula 1 racing. He loved to travel to places he could hike, fish, scuba dive, explore, and marvel at the beauty of God’s creation. He especially loved to hike the waterfalls. He loved music and had a large vinyl collection of classical music. He was a life long gardener and later in life picked up beekeeping.

He is survived by his loving wife and soulmate of 58 years, Gail, his older sister, Virginia “Ginny” Rottman (Jim), 2 sons, Blaine and Clay Doremus, 2 granddaughters, Helen and Maeven, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Elizabeth Frye.

A memorial service will be held on Friday October 24th at Broadmoor United Methodist church. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a service to follow at 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Tom Cook and Rev. Leslie Hyacinth will officiate.