Obituary of Maurice Edward Rooney               Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Peggy Rooney, July 1998.

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ROONEY
Maurice Edward Rooney, an insurance agent, died Tuesday of a heart attack 
at East Jefferson General Hospital.  He was 70.

Mr. Rooney was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie.  He was a 
graduate of Alcee Fortier High School and Loyola University and was a 
Navy ensign during World War II.  He was an insurance agent for 42 
years, most recently with Insurance Underwriters Ltd. He was immediate
past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Greater New Orleans 
and a lector and eucharistic minister at St. Louis King of France Catholic 
Church.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia "Sue" Fucich Rooney; two sons, Michael 
and Donald Rooney; a daughter, Peggy Rooney; a brother, John Rooney; two 
sisters, Mary Ellen Rooney and Betty Fitzwilliam; and two grandchildren.

A mass will be said Thursday at 11 a.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 
5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., Metairie.  Visitation will be today from 7 to 10 
p.m. and Thursday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Mausoleum.


Source:  Times-Picayune, Wednesday, March 3, 1996