President Of Jefferson 25 Dies Of Breast Cancer At 68
07-12-1996 Times Picayune

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Patricia Powers Strong, the president of an organization promoting women in
politics, died Tuesday of breast cancer at University Hospital. She was 68.

She was the president of Jefferson 25, a Jefferson Parish-based nonpartisan
women's organization dedicated to supporting qualified women candidates for
public office. The group also supports the appointment of women to public
boards and commissions.

Mrs. Strong was born in Baton Rouge and lived in Metairie for the past 41
years.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and attended Newcomb College while
earning her nursing degree from Touro School of Nursing.

She was a founding member of the Bissonet Plaza Elementary School PTA and
former president of the LSU Medical Center Faculty Wives Club.

She was a member of the Committee of 100, the LSU Medical School Alumni
Association, the Jefferson Parish Medical Society Auxiliary and the American
Medical Association Alliance.

Survivors include her husband, Jack Perry Strong; four daughters, Mary Louise
Strong of Flint, Mich., Margaret Patricia Strong of Covington, Martha Strong
Schlesinger of Big Branch and Maury Elizabeth Strong of Sydney, Australia; a
sister, Maury Powers Buzbee of Baton Rouge; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral will be held Saturday at noon at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home,
5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be
private.