James was the beloved husband for 54 years of the late Joel-Lee Hazen Bethancourt; loving father of Jaime Aho, Joy Hymel (Mark Hymel), and the late John Bethancourt; grandfather of Lisa Beatty (Scott Beatty), Lisette Davis (Brian Davis), and Aubry Hymel; great grandfather of Abigail Beatty and Asher Beatty; brother of the late Wilfred Bethancourt, Jr., Robert Bethancourt, Edward Bethancourt, Charles Bethancourt, J.B. Bethancourt, Rose Kirby, Anna Faucheux, and Beverly Kurucar; and the son of the late Wilfred and Annie Dayton Bethancourt. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
James was a graduate of Jesuit High School, class of 1946. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1953. After over 35 years as a sales representative with Gerber Products Company, James retired in 1990. He was a devout Roman Catholic and former parishioner of St. Benilde Parish in Metairie. He is best known for his sweet and generous disposition, his love of spending time with and deeply caring for his family, admiring classic antique cars, watching the Saints play, and eating oyster po-boys and gumbo!
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans (in Metairie Cemetery), on Friday, May 7, 2021 at 12:00PM. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 10:00AM. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
To view and sign the guest book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com
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