Joseph ‘Josh’ Lasserre

Joseph (Josh) Hungerford Lasserre left this world richer than he found it on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at age 52.
He was born May 18, 1969, in New Iberia. Growing up, he developed a talent he would cultivate for the rest of his life; Josh made friends easily. His stylish aesthetic was formed early by out-of-town museum trips, mail-order Porsche catalogs, and late-night episodes of Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous. Josh had an appreciation of the finer things in life.
Josh attended USL in Lafayette, making friends and brothers in SAE before heading to Houston. There, working at Whole Foods Market, he met and married Kimberley Moe, his loving wife of 27 years.
In 1993 his love of art and architecture drew him and his new family to Chicago where he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography, followed by a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation. Josh then began a facade restoration business with fellow graduates which gave him the opportunity to help restore the famous Water Tower in downtown Chicago.
Josh eventually accepted a position with the State of Louisiana’s Historic Preservation Department before settling in Austin in 2002, where he spearheaded historic preservation projects throughout the state of Texas. His love of good design, architecture, and meeting new people finally won out and in 2012, he decided to thrive in the Austin real estate market.
Josh had more passions than even he could keep track of; architecture, photography, luxury cars, tube amps, speakers, fly fishing, but the most important was the passion you, as a new friend, shared with him. He got genuinely excited discussing whichever subject the person next to him broached. He wanted to learn all about it and the person who brought it up. His curiosity was as infectious as his joy. He was everyone’s favorite and made everyone feel as if they were his.
Josh Lasserre was preceded in death by his brother, Ross M. Lasserre; and is survived by his wife, Kim; his sons, Mason and Cameron; his mother, JoAnn Hungerford and stepfather Dean Dahse; his father, Rock H. Lasserre Jr. and stepmother Marcelle Bienvenu.
Service to be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, St. Peter Church, 108 E. St. Peter St., New Iberia, followed by a procession to the reception at Bourbon Hall, 113 W. Main St., New Iberia.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to MD Anderson Cancer Hospital or Habitat for Humanity
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