Obituaries from the Advocate 12/30/2002, East Baton Rouge, LA submitted by Charlotte Sehon ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** BELLINA, BESSIE GIAMBRONE . A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, in Baton Rouge. She was 92.. Visiting was at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with recitation of the rosary at 6 p.m. Visiting at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church from 11 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at noon Monday, conducted by the Rev. Michael Collins. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ----------------------------------------------------- BROWN, HAZEL BOWMAN She died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center -Bluebonnet. She was 87 Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, with Order of the Eastern Star service at 7 p.m., and after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Service in the funeral home chapel 10 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Danny Henderson. Burial in Amite City Cemetery, Amite, at noon. She is survived by her husband Jack L. Brown. --------------------------------------------------- BROWN, WILLIAM TENNANT A resident of Baton Rouge, he died of natural causes on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 84. Visiting at First United Methodist Church, 930 North Blvd., from 9 a.m. Tuesday until religious service at 10:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Chris Andrews. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- CHURCH, JAMES FREDERICK He died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 60 . Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and after 10 a.m. Tuesday. Religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Larry Spencer. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife, Debbie Church ------------------------------------------------------- CLOUATRE, BRENTON JOSEPH He died at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, in St. Rose. He was 13 and a native of LaPlace. Visiting at Alexander Funeral Home, Lutcher, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Religious service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Gramercy, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Frank Uter. Interment in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Paulina. Survived by his parents, Elton J. "Rambo" and Laura Berthelot Clouatre. ----------------------------------------------------- COMEAUX, CURLEY JOSEPH A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 9:54 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet. He was 84. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visiting at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until religious service in the chapel at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Entombment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory Mausoleum. ----------------------------------------------------- DENHAM SR., HENRY N. A resident of Zachary, he died at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at his home. He was 85, . Viewing at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visiting at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until service at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Masonic graveside service in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- FORD, WALDO A resident of Baton Rouge, he passed away Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, . He was 92 Visiting was at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from 9:30 a.m. until religious service at 10:30 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. James Nichols. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- HOHENSEE, JOHN GILBERT A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at his home. He was 66 Visiting at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visiting at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. Religious service at St. Thomas More Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Mike Moroney. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Patsy Peeples Hohensee. ----------------------------------------------------- JARREAU, GERTIE BUECHE She passed away on Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at 1:15 p.m. .. She was born in Oscar on Oct. 29, 1919. Visitation was at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visitation at St. George Catholic Church from 9 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Tom Ranzino. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ----------------------------------------------------- JONES, BRENDA ANN A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Earl K. Long Medical Center. She was 55 and a native of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Desselle Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to noon Monday. Religious service at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Kendall Fealings. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- LOWERY, JOHN L. Born Dec. 15, 1927, He died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at his home in Baton Rouge. Survived by his wife, Virginia Sabatier Lowery Visiting at St. James Episcopal Church from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the service at 12:30 p.m. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------- MARTIN, KENNETH C. A resident of Denham Springs he died at his home on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002. He was 73. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Service in the funeral home chapel at noon Tuesday, conducted by Brother Buddy Morris and Brother Charles McCants. Interment in Evergreen Memorial Park, Denham Springs. ----------------------------------------------------- MICHAEL, ALICE ESTELLE STEVENS She died at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Gonzales Healthcare Center. She was 85 Visiting at Welsh Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 10 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m. Monday. Interment in Stevens Cemetery, Gonzales. -------------------------------------------------- MOSS, TOMMY EUGENE He died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. He was 53 Visiting at Charlet Funeral Home Inc., Clinton, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visiting at the funeral home from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Marshall Wallace. Interment in Masonic Cemetery. ---------------------------------------------------- NORWOOD JR., BURCHIE ARTHUR He passed away at 5:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge. He was 70 Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Livingston, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visitation at First United Pentecostal Church, Albany, from 8 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Leslie Courtney. Burial in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Bayou Barbary. He is survived by his wife Lula Louise Crawford Norwood. --------------------------------------------------- PEARCE, ROBERT LEWIS Died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002. He was 82. Greenoaks Memorial Park for graveside service at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2002. --------------------------------------------------- RITTER, PEGGY ANN RUDD A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was 60 . Visiting in Pope Hall at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 8833 Goodwood Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and after 10 a.m Tuesday. Religious service in the church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Brien Koehler, the Rev. Ernest Saik, the Rev. Brian Burgess and the Rt. Rev. Clarence C. Pope. Survived by her husband, David L. Ritter. ---------------------------------------------------- SMITH, LILLIAN GERTRUDE SMITH Lillian Gertrude Smith Smith, born on May 14, 1913, died at midnight Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Baton Rouge Health Care Center, Baton Rouge. Miss. Visitation at Brookhaven Funeral Home, Brookhaven, Miss., from 9 a.m. until service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Monday. ----------------------------------------------------- SMYTHE, WAIN CASTLE She died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002, at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. She was 43.. Visitation at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visitation at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Survived by her husband Robert Wallace. ----------------------------------------------------- STARNS, IRENE EMILY PURVIS A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Summit Hospital. She was 86 and a native of Louisiana. Visiting was at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visiting at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until religious service at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Interment in Stafford Cemetery, Holden. ------------------------------------------------------- SUTTON SR., FRANCIS GARY He died at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, in New Sarpy. He was 61.. Visiting at H.C. Alexander Funeral Home, Norco, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Religious service at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Harry Bugler. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by his wife, Carol Guedry Sutton ------------------------------------------------------- TROSCLAIR, WILLIE JUDE Willie Jude Trosclair, 62,, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at St. Mary's Nursing Home in Baton Rouge Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from noon Tuesday until the service at 1 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Sidney Newell of Lanier Baptist Church. There will be no graveside service. His body will be transported to St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, ------------------------------------------------------- VIATOR, LINDA DUPUY She passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at her residence. She was 46 a resident of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and noon to 2:50 p.m. Tuesday. Religious service at St. Thomas More Catholic Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. ---------------------------------------------------- WALL, LORIN C. He died at 12:41 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at his residence in Denham Springs. He was 79 . Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visitation at the funeral home from noon until service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Monica Monk. Burial in Ponchatoula Cemetery. Survived by his wife Phyllis Burns Wall, Denham Springs. -------------------------------------------------- WHITE JR., RICHARD ALLEN A resident of Gonzales, he died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, in Gonzales. He was 72. Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday until religious service at 9:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Fernando Gutierrez. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Maria L. White.