UL Fan, Acadiana Civic leader, Robert Trahan remembered

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Robert Trahan, a man long known and admired for his business and civic leadership, lost his battle with cancer and died Saturday. Trahan was president of Lafayette Motors, a family-run auto dealership founded in 1911. The rest of the story Shannon Coleman scoleman@theadvertiser.com

[Hammer58]

Condolences to the Trahan family. Mr. Trahan will be missed.

[Pirogue]

_ Condolences to the Trahan family. Mr. Trahan will be missed. _

THIS IS VERY SAD NEWS.

HE DID HANG AROUND A WHILE, BUT HE WIL BE MISSED.

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Robert Trahan's life was celebrated Wednesday as one filled with gifts, and one marked by civic involvement and by devotion to his family and to UL. "He always looked for the best in others, and he gave the best he had," said UL President Ray Authement, who worked closely with Trahan on numerous projects to improve UL and its athletic programs, as well as in community affairs. "Robert was incapable of pronouncing the word 'no,' " Trahan's son, Todd, said of his father's charitable nature. The rest of the story Bruce Brown bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[ULtimateCajun]

One of the biggest Cajun fans i've ever met and a great supporter of UL sports.