DOROYHY SKEINS Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

13 Jan 2005


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January 11. 2005 

Dorothy Skeins

Dorothy Bland Skeins, 74, a native of Golden Meadow and resident of New Orleans, 
died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at the chapel of Lake 
Lawn Metairie Funeral Home in Metairie. Mass will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the 
funeral home, with private burial.

She is survived by two sons, Malcolm Skeins Jr. and David Skeins; two brothers, 
Homer Bland and Eugene Bland; two sisters, Louella Bland and Pauline B. Dillie; 
two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm Skeins Sr.; her parents, 
Wallace and Georgia Woolie Bland; one son, Dennis Skeins; one brother, Rogers 
Bland; and one grandchild, Shawn Skeins.

She was retired from Mercy Mid City (Lindy Boggs) Medical Center and was a 
member of Broadmoor and Lakeview Golden Age Club and St. Bernadette Singles 
Ministry of Houma.

She was a parishioner of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Canon Hospice, 301 N. Jeff 
Davis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119.