Colonel A. Lee Wiener family grave Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted: Debbie-Lee Hadsall DeLerno
Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm

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Source:  photograph taken and text copied from inscriptions, plus
information from the trustee of the daughter's estate 8-27-2001
Colonel A. Lee Wiener				September 17, 1894 - January 12, 1946
Rosa Lee Wiener					August 17, 1909 - December 1, 1982 **

The Colonel's full name is Abraham Lee Wiener, He was the first king of the
"Krewe of Hermes" in 1937, a mens New Orleans based Mardi Gras Club. And his
wife was actually Rosalie Roos Wiener. Her daughter was kind and shaved off
ten years from The mother's age as she was born in the year 1899. The daughter,
Corine Lee Wiener was born in 1926 And died in their family home at #2 Trianon
Plaza, New Orleans During September or October 2000.  She was found approx.
three weeks After she had died while sitting on the edge of her bed.  The estate
had her remains Cremated and intered on the plot with her parents but her name
does not Appear on the grave marker.  Corine died with no children, having never
married. Her mother was well known for her work in Newcomb pottery and silver metal
works Which had been shown in Europe.  The recently deceased daughter Was a graduate
from Tulane Law School and attended Yale for foreign language studies.