Pete Fountain at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage. Photo by Kim Welsh.

Pete Fountain Funeral Service, Visitation Set for St. Louis Cathedral

Funeral services for New Orleans music icon Pete Fountain will be held at St. Louis Cathedral on Wednesday, August 17.

Visitation will take place from 9am to 11:30am, and mass is scheduled for noon to 1pm. The service will be followed by a jazz funeral.

As previously reported, Fountain passed away on the morning of Saturday, August 6 at the age of 86. The clarinetist extraordinaire had been dealing with health issues for a few years, and had retired from performing in April of 2014.

Fountain is survived by his wife Beverly, three children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.