Blanco obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Blanco, Martin Cayetano, Sr. 10 Aug 2007 Aug 2007 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 8/10/2007 BLANCO, MARTIN CAYETANO, SR. Mr. Martin Cayetano Blanco Sr., 82, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. Friends of the family are invited to attend the homegoing celebration at Galilee Baptist Church, 1528 Louisa St., New Orleans, on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m., officiated by the Rev. David C. Blount Sr., pastor of Mount Kingdom Baptist Church, Tickfaw. Visitation at the church from 9 a.m. until the service. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Preceded in death by his wife, Cornelia Honore Blanco; and parents, Catharino Sanchez and Victoria Laquama Simeon Blanco. He leaves to cherish his most precious memory his two children, Elodia M. Blanco and her companion, Theophus Billings, and Martin C. Blanco Jr.; a daughter-in-law, Deborah C. Blanco; seven grandchildren, Winslow Thornton Jr., Michael Martin, Cayetano Thornton, Melika Thornton, Elodia Blanco, Keshia Hickerson and Martin Blanco III; 12 great-grandchildren; and a close cousin, Frank Blanco. Arrangements entrusted to Professional Funeral Services Inc., 1620 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, (504) 948-7447. ***************************************************************************