Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HAMM, LEORA LOUISE LEFORS January 13, 2012
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News Star World - January 20, 2012
LEORA LEFORS HAMM


Graveside services will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at 
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, 2202 Military Highway in Pineville, Louisiana for 
Leora Lefors Hamm who passed away Friday afternoon, January 13, 2011 in 
Jefferson, Ohio after a long illness.

The Rev. Matthew Fricke, Rector of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in 
Alexandria, LA will conduct the graveside services.

Survivors include her two sons, John Michael, living in Indonesia with wife 
Miranty, daughter Tyara and son Jessie; Susan Louise Lacy Wheeler, living in 
Jefferson, Ohio with husband Fred Wheeler and son Clayton; Kenneth Ashley 
Lacy, living in Charlotte, NC with wife Connie and daughter Megan, son Kenneth 
resides in Bermuda.

Leora was preceded in death by her parents, AC and Jesse Blangy and step 
father, Jefferson Davis Lefors, her husband of 33 years John Lacy, husband of 
20 years Bob Hamm and her son Patrick.

A native of South Dakota, Leora lived in Clinton, Mississippi before moving to 
Alexandria and attending Bolton High School. She spent the biggest part of her 
life in the Lafayette, Louisiana area where she was a member of the Episcopal 
Church of the Ascension and active in the Altar Guild and St. Hilda's Guild in 
the 1970's and 1980's. For a period of time she was employed by Van Eaton and 
Romero Real Estate as an agent. Some of her favorite roles were that of 
homemaker, mother and grandmother.

Leora was an avid golfer and tennis player winning several local golf and 
tennis tournaments in Lafayette and Jackson, MS. She also enjoyed her regular 
bridge games.

Leora volunteered with several local charities and was recently associated 
with the American Cancer Society and the March of Dimes.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Hamm's name to the USO, Department 
WS, P. O. Box 96860, Washington, DC 20090-6860.

Condolences may be sent to the family c/o Kenneth Lacy, 10400 William Penn 
Lane, Charlotte, NC 28277.

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