Jackie Mccloskey, 55, Former Secretary, Dies
Times Picayune 10-18-1996

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Netta Jacqueline "Jackie" McCloskey, a secretary at Louisiana Power & Light
Co. who used her last months warning women not to put off cancer treatment, as
she had, died Wednesday of complications from breast cancer at her home in
Terrytown. She was 55.

Mrs. McCloskey was born in Evansville, Ind., and had lived in the New Orleans
area since 1968. She graduated from the University of New Orleans.

She was a real estate agent before going to work for LP&L.

Mrs. McCloskey realized years ago that she probably had breast cancer, but she
put off seeking medical care because she didn't trust doctors, she said
shortly before her death.

Her cancer was diagnosed this spring, and she received chemotherapy and
radiation treatments, but the disease was too far advanced for a cure.

From that point on, said her husband, Kendall McCloskey, she was determined
that other women not make her mistake.

She was a member of the Christ the King Catholic Church Choir and the Business
and Professional Women.

Besides her husband, survivors include a daughter, Laura Buchanan of Salem,
Ind.; a son, Jonathan Joiner of New Orleans; a stepdaughter, Erin Combs of
Charlestown, Ind.; a stepson, Sean McCloskey of Algiers; her father, Kenneth
Jack Corder of Columbus, Ga.; a sister, Judy Corder of Evansville; a half-
brother, David Dale Owen of Evansville; and five grandchildren.

A Mass will be said Saturday at 1 p.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church, 535
Deerfield Road, followed by a jazz funeral. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.