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Obituaries
William Grass
Sep 12, 2008
A retired personnel administrator with Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, he died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jackson. He was 81, a resident of Baton Rouge, native of Plaquemine, and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Monday, Sept. 15, from 8 a.m....
Zilda Minx
Sep 9, 2008
Mrs. Zilda Mama Zil Landry Minx was a former resident of New Orleans and Metairie and moved to Baton Rouge with her family after Hurricane Katrina. She died on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, of pancreatic cancer at her home, surrounded by her family. Visitation at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, La. 73, Prairieville, on Monday, Sept. 15 from...
Carolyn Vest
Sep 7, 2008
A retired employee with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, she died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge. She was 63, a resident of Denham Springs and a native of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visitation resumes at...
Lee Martin
Sep 7, 2008
A resident of Baton Rouge, he died on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. He was 87, a retiree from Uniroyal and a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting continues at the funeral home on Thursday from 11 a.m. until service at 1 p.m. Interment in...
Adolph Zoudlik
Sep 6, 2008
He was born in Queens, N.Y., on Oct. 22, 1930, to Adolph Alois and Emily Bohaty Zoudlik, and died on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1948 and Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y., in 1952. He served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. He was predeceased by his parents, and...
Nora Gross
Sep 6, 2008
A resident of Pride, she died at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. She was 82 and a native of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting resumes in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday from 10 a.m....
Gilbert Moore
Sep 5, 2008
A resident of Sunrise Assisted Living in Baton Rouge, he died at 12:25 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 86 and a native of Diamond Head, Miss. He was a graduate of LSU and a retired colonel with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served in the 505th...
Stefani Myers-Post
Sep 5, 2008
A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at her home. She was 19 and a native of Oklahoma City, Okla. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting resumes at the funeral home on Thursday from 9 a.m. until service at...
Florence Coupel
Sep 3, 2008
Florence P. Coupel died on September 3, 2008 at the age of 88. She is survived by her 2 daughters, Beverly Faye Brown and Lynette Marie Coupel; 3 sons, David C. Coupel and wife Judy A.; John Russell and wife Pauline; Michael Travis Coupel; 4 sisters, Leona May Wunstel and husband James O., Rosa Verrett, Ruth Planchet and husband...
Norma Kirkpatrick
Sep 1, 2008
A retired dental assistant and a resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. She was 75 and a native of Pontotoc, Miss. She was devoted to her children and all her family. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Sunday, Sept. 7, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, Sept....
William Ellis
Sep 1, 2008
A resident and native of Baton Rouge, he died on September 1 at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet. He was 60 and retired from Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Visiting will be at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway on Sunday, September 7 at 4pm-7pm and on Monday, September 8 from 9am until services at 11am. Conducted by...
Alma Thorgeson
Sep 1, 2008
Alma Anita Mitchell Thorgeson transitioned into her home on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Las Cruces, N.M. Born on March 12, 1917, in Shreveport, she resided in Baton Rouge until her move in 2006 to be with her daughter and grandchildren. She married Roy A. Thorgeson Jr. on June 20, 1941. She fondly remembered her work at Davis Wholesale,...
Gary Kreger
Aug 30, 2008
A native of New Orleans, he was on born Aug. 23, 1938, and passed away on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A resident of Baton Rouge for some 30 years, he was the retired owner of the Piano Shop in Baton Rouge. He was a sculptor and artist. Preceded in death by his wife, Janet Kreger; and parents, Ruby McGovern...
Gayle Bailey
Aug 29, 2008
A retired employee of the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation, she died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at her home in St. Amant. She was 59. Visiting and service times are pending with Resthaven Funeral Home. She is survived by her father, Clarence M. Bailey; a daughter, Lisa Caruso; son, Kevin Pegues and fiance Michelle Thomassie; sister, Roxie Curry;...
Patsy Lyon
Aug 28, 2008
Patsy Red Lyon joined our Lord on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. She was 80 years young, born on May 2, 1928, to Cecil Red and Juanita Roberts Red in Houston. Patsy was a member of Jefferson United Methodist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Cheryl and her husband, Craig Estes, of Brookshire, Texas, and Janet and her husband,...
Delilah Zube
Aug 27, 2008
A resident of Baton Rouge and a native of Texarkana, Ark., she died at 3:27 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at her home. She was 85. Visiting at Istrouma Baptist Church on Thursday, Aug. 28, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 9:30 a.m., conducted by Pat Hand. Burial in Resthaven...
Gregory Hammerschmidt
Aug 26, 2008
Gregory Todd Hammerschmidt, son of James and Clara Hammerschmidt, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 40, born in Hays, Kan., on Jan. 4, 1968. He also lived in Valley Centre, Kan. He lived in Saudi Arabia for four years and then in Baton Rouge. He attended Baton...
Jearl Harris
Aug 26, 2008
Retired from Stauffer Chemical and a resident of Erwinville, he passed away at 11:42 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. He was 88, born on Dec. 16, 1919, in Monday, Texas. He loved God and his family and was baptized at Brushy Baptist Church, Haskell, Texas. He enjoyed fishing and traveling out West. Proud to serve his country, he was...
Paranell Howard
Aug 25, 2008
A retired assistant vice president of Chase Bank and a resident of Gonzales, she died at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. She was 68 and a native of Plaisance. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Thursday, Aug. 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Visiting at St....
Virginia Buckner
Aug 22, 2008
A veteran of World War II and retired LPN, she passed away Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. She was born Sept. 2, 1922. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 9 a.m. until memorial service at noon. Burial to follow in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard W. and...
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