Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Casso III

1939 - 2020

Lawrence (Larry) Joseph Casso, III, 80, passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, 2020, at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. At his request, no service will be held. Mr. Casso was born Aug. 30, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Lawrence and Marjorie Casso. He attended Redemptorist High School, and went on to attend John McGrady Art School. This is where he honed his artistic skills, which would go on to serve him and touch so many others throughout the rest of his life. Mr. Casso went to work for NASA on the Apollo program shortly after completing his studies at John McGrady. He was integral part of, and interacted with various astronauts, as well as engineers, to implement design changes to the Saturn program and Apollo projects as well as documentation of the designs. The accomplishment he was most proud of though, was the opening of his "Baton Rouge Fine Arts Academy" initially in Baton Rouge, then establishing a school in Mandeville as well. Here he reached thousands of lives, both young and old, sharing his talent and unique teaching ability for 50 years. He was often heard to say 'Its not work if you love what you are doing". He is survived by his loving wife, Sybil A. Casso, daughter Chryl Casso Corizzo, son Brad Casso, son in law Joseph Patrick Corizzo, daughter in law Denise Jarreau Casso, his 3 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins, and special sister Geri Heurtin. He was preceded in death by his father Lawrence J. Casso, Jr., mother Marjorie Braud Casso, and brothers Robert (Bobby) Casso, and Ronald (Ronnie) Casso.