LSU Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Rita Stuart
Rita Bess Kleinpeter Stuart (1922 – 2021) Rita Bess Kleinpeter Stuart died peacefully on December 5, 2021, in Pensacola, Florida, at the age of 99. She was born September 1, 1922, in Grosse Tete, Louisiana, the third of five children of William Sidney Kleinpeter and Mary Ida Blanchard Kleinpeter. Her father was in the timber, sugar cane, and cattle ranching business in Iberville parish, where he was one of the largest landowners in the area. Rita had wonderful memories of an idyllic and...
