Obits 12/18/02, East Baton Rouge, LA submitted by Charlotte Sehon ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.org/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituaries in The Advocate on: 12/18/2002 Baton Rouge Louisiana BERGERON, IVEN J. He died at 2:16 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002. He was 84, born Feb. 21, 1918. Visiting at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Napoleonville, from 10 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Interment in St. Anne's Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Virginia LeBlanc Bergeron. -------------------------------------- CLEGHORN, BEVERLY ANN NEWMAN Died Monday Dec. 16, 2002, at the age of 54 at her home in Marksville. She was born July 14, 1948, in Baton Rouge. She is survived husband of, William E.Cleghorn Sr. ----------------------------------------- CUNNINGHAM, SR. HENRY ROBERT He died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at his home. He was 92. Visitation was at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Alton Foster and the Rev. Joe Dunn. Interment in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. ------------------------------------------ FALGOUT, NOAH PAUL He died at his home in Denham Springs. He was 84 . Graveside service was at Resthaven Gardens of Memory at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Survived by his wife Shirley Ory Falgout. --------------------------------------- LECOQ, JESSIE She died Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, at Methodist Medical Hospital, Houston. She was 77 and a native of Lacour. Visiting at Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 3155 Victoria Drive, from 5 p.m. Thursday until religious service at 7 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Shelton Dixon. Dismissal at 10 a.m. Friday. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery. ---------------------------------------- MARTIN, MABEL LEBLANC A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002. Visiting at St. Louis King of France Catholic Church from 9 a.m . Thursday until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------- MCDONOUGH, IRIS MAE LEBLANC She fought a good fight for the past three years. A resident in Baton Rouge, she died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was 76 .. Visiting at Welsh Funeral Home, 426 W. New River St., Gonzales, from noon Thursday until service at 2 p.m. Interment in Prairieville Cemetery. ------------------------------------- OUFNAC, HERMAN A. A resident of Baton Rouge who died unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 16, 2002. He was 75. Visitors at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. Friday. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Friday, concelebrated by the Very Rev. Michael Moroney and the Rev. Miles Walsh. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife Angelina Lombardo Oufnac. ------------------------------------- PARNELL, JR. FREDERICK DAVIS Fred Parnell, a resident of Baton Rouge died at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002,.. He was born on April 16, 1924. Survived by his wife Ann Harrison Parnell. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Visiting at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church from 9:30 a.m. until service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. ------------------------------------- SHILLING, BETSY DANIEL MARYMAN A resident of St. Francisville, she died at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge. She was 86 . Visiting at Jackson Hall, St. Francisville, from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. Religious service at Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Canon Stephen C. Holmgren, assisted by the Rev. Mark Christian. Interment in Star Hill Cemetery. -------------------------------------- SYKORA, JAMES H. A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 71, born Jan. 24, 1931. Visiting at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Visiting at Chapel on the Campus from 9:30 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Donald Tabb. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Billie Sue Richardson Sykora. ------------------------------------- WILLIAMS, GRACE A resident of Baton Rouge, she passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. She was 75, born Sept. 19, 1927, in Bastrop. Graveside service at Christ Church Cemetery, Bastrop, at 2 p.m. Wednesday.