John Ulysses Hidalgo

HIDALGO John Ulysses Hidalgo, born January 19, 1925 in New Orleans, LA, son of Ulysse Paul Hidalgo of Donaldsonville, LA and Alice Margaret Thibodeaux Hidalgo of Bayou DuLarge, LA, passed from this life at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at East Jefferson Hospital. Mr. Hidalgo, who had been a resident of Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center since January, died peacefully in his sleep. He is survived by his wife, Frances Lee DeButts Hidalgo of Metairie, LA with whom he shared 62 years of marriage; his three children: John U. Hidalgo, Jr. of Los Gatos, California, Stephen Paul Hidalgo of Metairie, and Alice Elizabeth Hidalgo Marks of Springfield, Oregon; and two grandchildren: Jennifer Nicole Marks of Springfield, Oregon and Bridget Farrington New of Los Angeles, California. Mr. Hidalgo was a graduate of Warren Easton High School in New Orleans. He attended Loyola University and graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 and a Master of Science in 1951. He was a veteran of World War II; he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in the European Theater under General Patton. Mr. Hidalgo worked more than fifty years as a scientist until his retirement in 2005. He was elected a member of the Society of Sigma Xi in 1963, served as president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in 1964-65, and was a fellow of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, the American College of Nuclear Physicians, and the American College of Radiology. He was named an honorary diplomate of the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine in 1984, and also served as a people-to-people ambassador of science from the United States to the People's Republic of China. He has resided in Metairie for the last 54 years. He was a devoted husband and father and will be deeply missed. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Edward the Confessor Church, 4921 West Metairie Avenue in Metairie on Tuesday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held on Monday evening, May 17 at LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery) from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., and before services at the church on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. To view and sign the Family Guestbook, visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.