Claire attended high school at St. Joseph Academy, and got a bachelor’s degree in education at Loyola University, and taught first grade for a few years, all in New Orleans. She married Joseph James Regan in 1950, and the two of them raised their family of eight children in Sulphur, Louisiana and Lake Charles. When their youngest child started school, Claire went back to teaching, at Riverside/Combre Elementary School. She later got a master’s degree in education from McNeese State University. She retired from teaching in 1993. Claire and Joe were married for 58 years.
Claire was preceded in death by her parents, Louis LeCarpentier and Louise Fremeaux LeCarpentier; her brother Louis J. LeCarpentier; her husband, Joe; three children: Denis Michael Regan, Jane Frances Regan King, and Joseph James Regan, Jr. ; and one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Claire and Joe’s surviving children are Rose Pitre and her husband Michael; John Regan and his wife Peggy; Theresa Regan and her husband Bob Bogucki; Mary Ann Broughton; Francis Regan and his wife Anne Walsleben; and daughter-in-law Peg O'Leary. Claire had twenty-five grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and twenty-three great-great-grandchildren.
Claire, or Memere as she was known to her grandchildren, was a loving mother to all. In recent years, as her memories were increasingly lost to dementia, she retained her humor and sweet nature, and her enduring Catholic faith. She was cared for with great love by her daughter, Mary Ann Broughton, allowing her to remain in her home.
The family will welcome relatives and friends at Hixson Funeral Home of Lake Charles on Monday, March 16, 2026 beginning at 9:00 a.m. with a funeral service to begin at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be immediately following at Mimosa Pines South.
Please leave fond memories for the Regan family at www.hixsonfunerlahomes.com.
