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Any student of the State of Louisiana and its roll in the American Civil War owes a lot to Art Bergeron. Although we never met, he helped edit and advise me on my senior paper in college on the Battle of Monetts Ferry and Cloutierville. The State of Louisiana, and any student thereof, along with the entire Civil War community has lost a massive figure in Art Bergeron. I copy and paste the following from the Louisiana Civil War message board:
"Received the following from Randy Jarreau of the Baton Rouge Civil War Roundtable:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Dr. Arthur W. Bergeron, Historian, passed away on Monday February 8, 2010 in Pennsylvania. I received correspondence from several people (including Richard Holloway & Charles Neal of the Civil War Round Table of Central LA and Debbie Nance & Danny Brown of the B.R. Civil War Round Table), and have combined the information gleaned from these to provide the following:
As most of you know, Art, a central Louisiana native, wrote many books and articles about the Civil War in our state. If anyone had a question about the War, he was the one that was asked and he always found the answer being sought.
According to Art's sister, Sarah McDuffie, regarding Art's death:
He was taken to the hospital in Carlysle, PA. on Friday & had trouble breathing. He was placed on a ventilator, since his cancer had spread to his lungs, to await the arrival of his family. After everyone had arrived in Shippensburg, his wife (Carol) and his daughter (Kathleen) made the difficult decision Monday to take him off of life-support. He died about 5 minutes later.
This was a rare and aggressive cancer that attacked his kidneys. Art was diagnosed in early October and despite treatment his tumor had grown significantly by the time he had surgery in late December. Art had the best of care from some of the nation's leading cancer surgeon's at Johns Hopkins, but there was nothing they could do. Carol and Kathleen did everything they could to keep Art comfortable.
As you all well know, Art did not like fuss or attention. In keeping with his wishes there will be only a private family service on Wednesday (Feb. 10, 2010) before Art is cremated. Art's ashes will go home to Louisiana to be placed with those of his mother Elsie. The service will be at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home in Shippensburg.
As will be no surprise to those of you who knew him well, Art definitely did not want flowers. The funeral home will be setting up a page for messages to the family. It's not up yet, but the obituary index page is at http://www.fogelsanger-brickerfunera...bituaries.html
Instead of flowers the family suggests donations to the March of Dimes or American Cancer Society .
Art will be missed by many."
"Received the following from Randy Jarreau of the Baton Rouge Civil War Roundtable:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Dr. Arthur W. Bergeron, Historian, passed away on Monday February 8, 2010 in Pennsylvania. I received correspondence from several people (including Richard Holloway & Charles Neal of the Civil War Round Table of Central LA and Debbie Nance & Danny Brown of the B.R. Civil War Round Table), and have combined the information gleaned from these to provide the following:
As most of you know, Art, a central Louisiana native, wrote many books and articles about the Civil War in our state. If anyone had a question about the War, he was the one that was asked and he always found the answer being sought.
According to Art's sister, Sarah McDuffie, regarding Art's death:
He was taken to the hospital in Carlysle, PA. on Friday & had trouble breathing. He was placed on a ventilator, since his cancer had spread to his lungs, to await the arrival of his family. After everyone had arrived in Shippensburg, his wife (Carol) and his daughter (Kathleen) made the difficult decision Monday to take him off of life-support. He died about 5 minutes later.
This was a rare and aggressive cancer that attacked his kidneys. Art was diagnosed in early October and despite treatment his tumor had grown significantly by the time he had surgery in late December. Art had the best of care from some of the nation's leading cancer surgeon's at Johns Hopkins, but there was nothing they could do. Carol and Kathleen did everything they could to keep Art comfortable.
As you all well know, Art did not like fuss or attention. In keeping with his wishes there will be only a private family service on Wednesday (Feb. 10, 2010) before Art is cremated. Art's ashes will go home to Louisiana to be placed with those of his mother Elsie. The service will be at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home in Shippensburg.
As will be no surprise to those of you who knew him well, Art definitely did not want flowers. The funeral home will be setting up a page for messages to the family. It's not up yet, but the obituary index page is at http://www.fogelsanger-brickerfunera...bituaries.html
Instead of flowers the family suggests donations to the March of Dimes or American Cancer Society .
Art will be missed by many."
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