Obituaries
Edna Tandberg
Mar 14, 2012
Edna Lunde Tandberg passed away on the morning of her 94th birthday, March 14, 2012. She had attended school in Leeds, ND, and graduated from high school in Baker, ND. As a housewife and mother, she was particularly skilled in sewing and crocheting, and she loved to decorate for every holiday possible. Many will remember her attendance at various...
Anne Wade
Mar 13, 2012
Anne Kathleen Wade of Baton Rouge, died March 13, 2012, age 69, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Luther I. Wade, Jr. and Kathleen Reece Wade. She is survived by three brothers and two sisters, Luther I. Wade, III and wife Marylyn of Charlotte, NC, Billie Wade Wiley and...
Peggy Bond
Mar 10, 2012
Our mother, Peggy Thorgeson Bond, was escorted by angels into heaven on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Her final hours were spent peacefully while surrounded by her loving family. She was 91, and a resident of Baton Rouge. She is survived by her four children, Johnette Bond Normile and her husband Tom John Munson Bond and his wife Michele Marshall...
Betty Deaton
Mar 10, 2012
Jesus says, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, though they die, will have everlasting life. Loving mother, grandmaw and sister went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at The Carpenter House. She was 76, a resident of Baton Rouge and native of Plaquemine. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral...
Sandra Morris
Mar 10, 2012
Sandra Disch Morris died on Saturday March 10th, 2012, seventeen days short of her 74th birthday. She had fallen ill while visiting her sister Judy in Laguna Beach, California. Although she is from Baton Rouge, she is also from everywhere else She was born in Clovis, New Mexico. She also lived in Lazbuddie Texas, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Prague, Oklahoma,...
Lula Lejeune
Mar 7, 2012
Visitation Resthaven Funeral Home 11817 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5pm 8pm Service Visitation St. Thomas More Catholic Church 11441 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70815 Thursday, March 15, 2012 12pm 1pm Mass of the Resurrection St. Thomas More Catholic Church 11441 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA...
Wray Birchfield
Mar 7, 2012
A retired professor of plant pathology at LSU, he died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at his home in Baton Rouge. He was 91 and a native of Wareshoals, S.C. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was a participant in Campaign Bougainville. Visitation at Resthaven Funeral Home Saturday, March 10 from...
Willie Thibodeaux
Mar 6, 2012
A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at his residence. He was 93 and a captain in the U.S. Army. Survived by wife, Ruth Behrnes Thibodeaux five sons, Jimmy Thibodeaux and wife Anna Chauvin, Tommy Thibodeaux and wife Lura Sheehan, Ronny Thibodeaux and wife Barbara Masey, Mike Thibodeaux and wife Melissa Edwards and Ned Thibodeaux...
Ada Catania
Mar 5, 2012
Ada Merle Aaron Catania, a native of Liberty, Mississippi, and resident of Greenwell Springs, La., passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on Monday, March 05, 2012 at the age of 91. She is survived by her two children and their spouses, Seritta C. and Billy Lyon, and Michael Catania and fiance Lynn DeBenedetto three grandchildren, Ragan...
Paula Winders
Mar 5, 2012
A native of Baton Rouge, LA and resident of Natchez, MS, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., age 65, at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA. A graduate of Cathedral High School in Natchez, MS and Nichols State University in Thibodeaux, LA. Visiting on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at St. Patrick Catholic Church,...
Kenneth Mcnemar
Mar 5, 2012
Kenneth Kenny L. McNemar passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the age of 65. He leaves behind his loving wife of 25 years, Lynda Landry McNemar daughter, Dawn Michelle Kennedy son, David McNemar and wife Tonya stepdaughter, Robyn Richard stepson, Blayne Bergeron and wife Molly 8 grandchildren, Ali, Addie, Emily, Chase, Ashton, Kane, Haylie, and Chase R....
Alan Miller
Mar 4, 2012
Alan Francis Miller, native of Washington, DC, and resident of Baton Rouge, La., passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the age of 29. He is survived by his loving parents, Robert E. and Valerie H. Miller aunts and uncles, Anne and Tom Head, Mary and Dean Hubbard, Michael and Jeannie Miller, Joseph and Nancy Miller, and Brenda...
Mary Dyer
Mar 4, 2012
Mary Lea Graham Dyer, native and resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the age of 86. She is survived by her three daughters, Genevieve Ginny D. Hughes, Jacquelyn Jacqui D. Kirkpatrick and husband Bruce and Gloria Jane Dyer daughterinlaw, Ray Lynn Dwyer Dyer three granddaughters, Laura Lea Hughes Marvin Chip, Stacy Marie Dyer...
Louise Collins
Mar 3, 2012
A resident and native of Baton Rouge, she died at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012, at her home. She was 78. Viewing at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Tuesday, March 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by a service at 10:30 a.m., conducted by Father Jerry Martin. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived...
Kerry Paxton
Mar 3, 2012
Kerry L. Paxton, a native and resident of Baton Rouge, La., he passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at the age of 60. He is survived by his son, Wesley Weber parents, Steve and Helen Paxton brother, David Wayne Paxton and wife Linda former wife, Mary Ann Oliphant two nephews, David Paxton and Robert Templeton a niece, Ashley...
Robert Hammond, Sr.
Mar 2, 2012
Robert Scott Bob Hammond Sr. passed away in Baton Rouge, on Friday, March 2, 2012, at the age of 76. He was born in Paris, Texas, attended high school at Arlington Heights High School in Ft. Worth, Texas and is a graduate of Texas Christian University, where he was a charter member of Phi Delta Theta. He owned and...
Joyce Thompson
Feb 29, 2012
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 A loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, and a resident of Central, she departed for her heavenly home at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at Grace Nursing...
Robert Oetjens
Feb 27, 2012
Oetjens, Robert W., 85, passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at his home in Baton Rouge. He was a World War II veteran, having served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corp. after which he received his degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in Chicago. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Viola Vicki...
Rosalie Soileau
Feb 26, 2012
A retired PBX operator for D.H. Holmes and Dillards, she died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at her home in Baton Rouge. She was 84 and a native of Corbin. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by Father Mike Schatzle. Survived by her son,...
Wiley Mizell, Sr.
Feb 26, 2012
A native of Enon and a resident of Greenwell Springs, he passed away at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at his home at the age of 84. He retired from the Illinois Central Railroad, and was a Navy veteran and past president of the United Transportation Union. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, on...
