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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Oswald Antoine Decuir, Jr.
| image=Oswald Decuir of LA.jpg
| office=Louisiana State Senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes
| term_start=1976
| term_end=1992
| preceded=[[Paul Hardy]]
| succeeded=Craig Romero
| birth_date=August 23, 1940
| birth_place=New Iberia, Louisiana]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| profession=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=New Iberia Senior High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center (both in Baton Rouge)
| spouse=Loretta Young Decuir
| children=Jon Scott Decuir, Sr.
'''Parents''':<br>
Oswald, Sr., and Beverly Landry Decir
[[religion]]=[[Catholic]]}}
'''Oswald Antoine Decuir, Jr.'' (August 23, 1940 – September 3, 2024), was an attorney, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator, and judge from his native New Iberia in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]].
He was the eldest son of Oswald Decuir, Sr., and the former Beverly Landry. He graduated in 1958 from New Iberia Senior High and in 1962 from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capitol city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=obit/>
He married his college sweetheart and wife of sixty-four years, Loretta Young Decuir. He earned his Juris Doctorate from [[Tulane University]] Law School in 1966. While serving as a Clerk for the Louisiana Supreme Court, he was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 1966 and remained an active member until his passing. <ref name=obit/> He was state senator from 1976 to 1992, when he resigned to become an appellate judge on the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a post that he filled until 2012.<ref name=obit>Judge Oswald A. Decuir Obituary 2024 - Pellerin Funeral Homes, accessed September 14, 2024.</ref><ref<SENATE DIRECTORY 1880-2004 (la.gov), accessed September 14, 2024.</ref>
Judge Decuir was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Bill Mitchell and Bob Mitchell, and stepfather, William Mitchell. He was survived by his wife; his sister Myra Decuir Gosnell; his son Jon Scott Decuir, Sr. (Loren Mancuso Decuir), and two grandchildren. A mass was celebrated on September 10 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Iberia. He was entombed in the Holy Family Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
| name=Oswald Antoine Decuir, Jr.
| image=Oswald Decuir of LA.jpg
| office=Louisiana State Senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes
| term_start=1976
| term_end=1992
| preceded=[[Paul Hardy]]
| succeeded=Craig Romero
| birth_date=August 23, 1940
| birth_place=New Iberia, Louisiana]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| profession=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=New Iberia Senior High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center (both in Baton Rouge)
| spouse=Loretta Young Decuir
| children=Jon Scott Decuir, Sr.
'''Parents''':<br>
Oswald, Sr., and Beverly Landry Decir
[[religion]]=[[Catholic]]}}
'''Oswald Antoine Decuir, Jr.'' (August 23, 1940 – September 3, 2024), was an attorney, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator, and judge from his native New Iberia in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]].
He was the eldest son of Oswald Decuir, Sr., and the former Beverly Landry. He graduated in 1958 from New Iberia Senior High and in 1962 from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capitol city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=obit/>
He married his college sweetheart and wife of sixty-four years, Loretta Young Decuir. He earned his Juris Doctorate from [[Tulane University]] Law School in 1966. While serving as a Clerk for the Louisiana Supreme Court, he was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 1966 and remained an active member until his passing. <ref name=obit/> He was state senator from 1976 to 1992, when he resigned to become an appellate judge on the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a post that he filled until 2012.<ref name=obit>Judge Oswald A. Decuir Obituary 2024 - Pellerin Funeral Homes, accessed September 14, 2024.</ref><ref<SENATE DIRECTORY 1880-2004 (la.gov), accessed September 14, 2024.</ref>
Judge Decuir was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Bill Mitchell and Bob Mitchell, and stepfather, William Mitchell. He was survived by his wife; his sister Myra Decuir Gosnell; his son Jon Scott Decuir, Sr. (Loren Mancuso Decuir), and two grandchildren. A mass was celebrated on September 10 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Iberia. He was entombed in the Holy Family Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Decuir, Oswald}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]