New Iberia – Martin Bofill Duhè passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 15, 2025.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. William Blanda will be the Celebrant.
Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm, at Pellerin Funeral Home, and will continue Wednesday, from 8:00 am until 10:30 am.
A rosary, led by the Men’s Rosary Group, will be at 6:00 pm, Tuesday, at Pellerin Funeral Home.
Martin Bofill Duhè was born December 11, 1962, in New Iberia to Dawn Hebert and John Malcolm Duhè, Jr. He was a 1980 graduate of Catholic High School in New Iberia. He graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL) in 1984 with a General Business degree. For the next five years Bo worked as a Special Asset Officer for two savings and loans in Lafayette. During this time, he met the love of his life, Lisa Trahan and her son, Sean. He attended Tulane Law School where he received his law degree in 1992.
Bo worked as a law clerk for Judge Buddy Fleming in the 16th Judicial District. In 1993 he began working in the District Attorney’s office where his primary duties involved prosecuting major felony crimes. In January 2015, Bo took office as District Attorney where he worked tirelessly bringing justice to victims and their families until the time of his death. He was honored to serve his community.
Bo’s involvement with organizations included the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association where he served as board member, President and on the Legislative and Technology committees, a member of the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force, Louisiana District Attorney Juvenile Justice Task Force, President of the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory and Board Member of First National Bank of Jeanerette. He received the Evangeline Area Boy Scout Council Iberia Parish Distinguished Citizen of the Year award in 2015, Chez Hope Peacemaker Award in 2017, and the Virginia Tyler Guillotte Award from the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce in 2019.
Bo was a man of outstanding character living his life to the fullest and always doing the right thing. His life was filled with love, family and friends. Most fall Saturday nights you could find him in Tiger Stadium cheering for LSU with his great group of Tailgate friends. He loved music, chocolate, a good cigar, traveling and spending time with his family, friends and dog, Ruby.
Bo was the shining light in the lives of all who knew him. As a devoted husband, father, son, brother and Poppa, he loved unconditionally and was so very proud of his family. Bo is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Lisa Trahan Duhè, and his three children, Sean Benoit (Raven), Dawn Michele Duhè, and Malcolm Bofill Duhè, mother Dawn Hebert, father John M. Duhè Jr., sisters Kim Holleman (Roy), and Jeanne Sinitiere (Steve), brother Edward Duhè (Nancy), grandsons Rhett and Leo Benoit, in-laws Melvin and Martha Trahan, many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by a brother, John Malcolm Duhè, III, and his brother-in-law Mark Trahan.
Serving as pallbearers are Edward Duhè, Steve Sinitiere, Roy Holleman, Benjamin Richard, Andrew Holleman and Eddie Duhè.
The family expresses a special thank you to Dr. James Falterman, Jr., M.D. Anderson, Heart of Hospice and Meka Domino. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to VOICE, a non-profit organization for victims of crimes and their families, P. O. Box 10201, New Iberia, LA 70562.
Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace, New Iberia, LA 70560 (337.365.3331)