Obits Advocate 12/12/02, East Baton Rouge, LA submitted by Charlotte Sehon ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituaries in The Advocate on: 12/12/02 Baton Rouge Louisiana BAHM, MYRA JUNE ROBERTSON Aresident of Hammond, she died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 70 . Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Frank Danley. Interment in Neal Cemetery, Husser. ------------------------------------------------------- BIANCHETTI, MARY D. She died suddenly at 3:21 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, in Atlanta at the age of 46 a resident of Baton Rouge. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Visitation at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, 9150 Highland Road, from 11:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Saturday, celebrated by the Rev. David Allen. She is survived by husband Michael J. Bianchetti --------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP, PAUL ALLEN A resident of Walker, he died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 72. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East chapel, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 9 a.m. Saturday until memorial service at 11 a.m., conducted by , the Rev. Terry Bishop.Entombment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory Mausoleum. Survived by his wife , Rose R. Bishop. ------------------------------------------------------ CARLOSS, NELDA VENABLE A resident of Denham Springs, she died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at her home. She was 78.. Visitation for family and friends will be at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Denham Springs, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, from 9 a.m. until memorial service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. David Basinger. --------------------------------------------------------- CHAPMAN, ELSIE L. Visiting was at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at 1 p.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Sidney L. Newell. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ------------------------------------------------------ CLANCY, RAY He died at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 65 .Graveside service in St. George Catholic Cemetery at 3 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Terry Workman. Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., in charge of arrangements. ------------------------------------------------------ FLYNN, GLYNDAL A resident of Denham Springs, he died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at Summit Hospital in Baton Rouge. He was 67. Visitation at First Pentecostal Church, Jones Creek Road, Baton Rouge, from 9 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Thursday, conducted by Brother Dan Davis. Burial in Evergreen Memorial Park, Denham Springs. He is survived by his wife, Doris Flynn. --------------------------------------------------- GAINES, BERNICE THERESA She died at 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, in Plaquemine. She was 66. Visiting at Demby & Son Funeral Home, Donaldsonville, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. Visiting at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, from 9:30 a.m. until recitation of the rosary at 10:15 a.m. Friday. Mass of Christian Burial at the church at 11 a.m. Friday, celebrated by the Rev. George Burden. Entombment in Ascension of Our Lord Mausoleum. Survived by husband, Charles Gaines Sr.. ---------------------------------------------------- GILLILAND, ROBERT SAMUEL A resident of Baton Rouge since 1977, he died at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at Summit Hospital. He was 79 . Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, with Masonic and Order of the Eastern Star services at 7 p.m. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from noon until religious service at 3 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Carroll of Broadmoor United Methodist Church. Entombment in Resthaven Mausoleum with military honors. ------------------------------------------------------- GROS, EULA MARIE GASS She died at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at her residence in Baton Rouge. She was 87. Visiting at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday. Religious service at St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church at 1 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Sam Maranto.Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by her husband, Edward Albert Gros. ------------------------------------------------------- HAYDEN, CHARLES PHILLIP He died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at 1:45 a.m. at Ochsner Hospital, New Orleans. Memorial service at Winnfield Funeral Home at 10 a.m.Friday, conducted by Pastor Jake Benton. Survived by his wife, Beverly Hayden. ------------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON, RICHARD A resident Baton Rouge, he died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 50. Religious service at Winnfield Funeral Home, 7221 Plank Road, at 12:30 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Gil Wright.Interment in Winnfield Memorial Park. ----------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON, ROBERT He died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at 3 a.m. at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 66. Visiting at A. Wesley Funeral Home, 10810 Ventress Drive, Maringouin, from 9 a.m. Saturday until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Orris Dupuy. Interment in Homestead Society Cemetery, Maringouin. --------------------------------------------------- JOSEPH, QUINTON MARCELLO A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 21 . Visiting at Winnfield Funeral Home, 7221 Plank Road, from 8:30 a.m. Friday until religious service at 10 a.m. Interment in Winnfield Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- KIMBLE, JR. EDMOND LAWRENCE A resident of Baton Rouge he died on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002. He was 84. Visiting at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1545 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, from 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, until memorial service at 2 p.m. --------------------------------------------------- LITTLE, MARIE DECAREAUX She died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002. She was a 90-year-old lifelong resident of French Settlement. Visiting at St. Joseph Catholic Church hall, French Settlement, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visiting at the church from 8 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Friday, celebrated by the Rev. James Kinkead and Deacon Jimmy Little.Interment in church cemetery. ---------------------------------------------------- RHINES, NEWMAN He died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 55 . Religious service at Winnfield Funeral Home, 7221 Plank Road, at 12:30 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Jonathan Chambers. Interment in Winnfield Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Brenda --------------------------------------------------- RHORER, JR. PHILIP G. A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at The Guest House on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East chapel, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 10 a.m. until service at 3 p.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Donald Blanchard. Entombment in Greenoaks Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was 87, born Jan. 6, 1915. . ------------------------------------------------- SEGUIN, HAZEL ELLIS BABCOCK A resident of Baton Rouge, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at 12:45 a.m. She was 76. She is survived by her husband , Percy Paul Seguin; Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, until memorial service in the chapel at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Carol Winn Crawford. ------------------------------------------------- SHERIDAN, BRUCE W. A resident Ponchatoula, he died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at his residence. He was 76. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and after 8 a.m. Friday. Religious service in the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Leo Guillot. Interment in Sand Hill Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Janis Sanchez Sheridan ----------------------------------------------- STIRGUS, DAISY LEE A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. She was 76 Visiting at Magnolia Baptist Church from 8:30 a.m. Saturday until religious service at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. J. Bertell Davis, pastor. Interment in Southern Memorial Gardens. --------------------------------------------- WALKER, SHELIA ANN A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was 54 Visiting at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lake Charles, from 11:30 a.m. Saturday until religious service at 1 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Henry Mancuso. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Survived by her husband, George Walker I. -------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON, MABLE BROWN A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 6:25 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at Sterling Place. She was 67 and a native of Simmesport.Memorial service at New Gideon Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Bessix. -------------------------------------------- WHEELER, JAMES A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at his residence. He was 80.Visiting at Rhodes United Fidelity Funeral Home, 2929 Scenic Highway, from 10 a.m. Friday until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Levert Kemp. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery. ------------------------------------------- WILSON, ELAINE CUNNINGHAM Died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at 1:20 a.m. at her home in Wilson. She was 73 . Visiting at Charlet Funeral Home Inc., Clinton, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9:30 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Darwin Hall, assisted by the Rev. Alvin Hall. Burial in Eastern Star Cemetery, Wilson. Survived by her husband Duncan C. Wilson