Obituaries from the Advocate 1/21/2003, 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: 1/21/2003 BLANCHARD, VERA LANDRY She died at 11:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2003. She was 88, born May 7, 1914, Visitation at Assumption Catholic Church from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Interment in church cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUPONT, THELMA MIXON She died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Hammond Nursing Home. She was 82 Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Interment in Ponchatoula Cemetery. Survived by her husband, Delmas Dupont -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FABRE, WILFRED F. He died on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003,He was 81. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6505. Visiting at St. Mary's Catholic Church, New Roads, from 11 a.m. until religious service at 1 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Michael Schatzle. Interment in church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Rosalie Bello Fabre -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILER, MORRIS A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 6:27 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 96 Visiting at Rhodes United Fidelity Funeral Home from 8 a.m. Wednesday until religious service at 10:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Samuel Blakes. Interment in St. John Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkinson County, Miss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAELIN, MARCELLA LOUISE Marcella Louise Kaelin, 81, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at Caritas Medical Center. . Her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 6105 S. Third St., Louisville. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation at Joseph E. Ratterman & Son Funeral Home, 7330 Southside Drive, Louisville, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the India Passionist Missions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEE SR., JOHN BACHMAN Service for J. Bachman Lee, 70, of Monroe will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home with Dr. Bill Dye officiating, assisted by the Rev. Warren Eckhardt. Burial in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Bachman Lee was born on March 18, 1932. He is survived by Evelyn, his wife -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILLIGAN, VIOLA MARIE She died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Gonzales. She was 61 Rouge. Visitation was at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visitation at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial in Killian Chapel Cemetery, Montpelier. Survived by her husband, Natt Milligan Sr.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERRY, DONALD LEE Donald Lee Perry died at his home on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. He was 56, private family services were held. Inurnment will be in Lake View Memorial Park Cemetery, Oshkosh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PICKERING, LILLIAN WALTHER A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. She was 87. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East chapel, 11000 Florida Blvd., from noon until religious service at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Ron Tyndall. Interment in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH, WILLIAM BRADLEY He died at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, . He was 18 and a resident and native of St. Francisville. Visiting at Berryhill Funeral Home, Woodville, Miss., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Religious service at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Woodville, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Walter Brown. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPAIN, FREDDIE He died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, in Cottonport. He was 47. Visiting at MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home Inc., 7803 Florida Blvd., Denham Springs, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Keith Coward. Interment in Plainview Cemetery, Denham Springs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPELIGENE, JOSEPH SAMUEL He died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003,.He was 66 . Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Religious service at St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Phil Spano. Entombment in Hope Haven Mausoleum, Gonzales. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERBERNE, NORMA MARGARET She died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at her residence. She was 81. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Cecil Painter. Interment in Verberne Cemetery, Spring Creek. Survived by her husband, Philip E. Verberne Sr -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT, EARL J. He died at 2:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. He was 67 Visitation at Colyell Baptist Church, Colyell, from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation at the church from 8 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Sandy Sherman and the Rev. Delmas Taylor. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by his wife, Rodell Vampran Wheat