Joseph "Joey" Chustz

Joseph Sim Chustz, 40, passed away peacefully at home on May 3, 2017. Joey was a giant of a man in stature and in heart. He touched the lives of all those he came in contact with and those who were lucky enough to know him well will miss him immensely. He selflessly gave of himself to anyone that needed a helping hand and never expected anything in return. He loved playing football and excelled in every stage at his football career, from Denham Springs High School to college at Louisiana Tech where he received All American Honors, and then on to the NFL where he was drafted to play for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He eventually discovered his calling in life as a Coach of the game that he loved. His true love was his family, and the players whose lives he touched in the years that he coached at the school he loved, Denham Springs High School. His legacy will live on through his own family and children and through the countless young men he taught about football and about life. He was a proud member of the Denham Springs High School Hall of Fame. He spent his free time fishing and duck hunting with his father, children and friends. Joey packed a lifetime of experiences into his brief time on Earth. He leaves behind his loving and devoted wife Elisabeth Boone Chustz and his 3 beautiful children, Payton Elisabeth, Camden Sim, and Oliver Joseph. He is survived by his biggest fans, his parents, Leroy Joseph "Roy" Chustz and Susan Jane Bohn Chustz, as well as, his sister and brother-in-law, Jamie Lee Chustz-Felder and Christopher Page Felder, mother-in-law and father-in-law, David Bruce and Kim Martin Boone, his brother-in-law and his wife, David Joshua and Kristin Leachman Boone, sister-in-law Greta Kathleen "Katie" Boone, his nieces and nephews, Christian, Carson, Bradley, Berklee, Hazel and Jasper, several aunts, uncles and cousins, his past and current players and the entire Yellow Jacket Family. He is preceded in death by his paternal great-grandparents Charles Sim Sullivan Sr. and Jeanne Marie Landry Sullivan and his paternal grandparents, his name sake, Leroy Joseph Chustz Sr. and Laura Lee Sullivan Didier Chustz. Visitation will be held at the Hornsby Gym at Denham Springs High School on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 10:30 a.m. until Funeral Service at 2:30 p.m. Entombment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park. In honor of Joey's memory, the family requests everyone to wear their purple and gold for the Yellow Jackets.