Obituaries:  Mrs. Gladys Van Veckhoven, Sabine Parish       V-215
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 22, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Gladys Van Veckhoven

  Services for Mrs. Gladys Van Veckhoven, 72, of Shreveport, were
held at 10 a.m., Friday, May 16, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
Father William O'Hanlon officiated. Graveside services were at 1
p.m., at St. John Catholic Cemetery in Many.

  Mrs. Van Veckhoven died at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 1986,
at P and S Hospital, after a lengthy illness. She was a native of
Many, and had been a resident of Shreveport for 53 years. She was
a member of St. John Berchmans Co-Cathedral in Shreveport, and
was cook for the Centenary Choir camp for 25 years.

  She is survived by her husband, Amuel M. Van Veckhoven of
Shreveport; seven daughters, Mrs. Martha Jo Boose of Shreveport,
Miss Eula Lie Van Veckhoven of Westland, Mich., Miss Mildred Van
Veckhoven of Shreveport, Mrs. Susan Brand of Pineland, Texas,
Mrs. Paula Jean Newman of Baldwin Park, Calif., Mrs. Sylvia
DeHart of Mary Esther, Fla., and Mrs. Rebecca Matthews of
Shreveport; one son, Harvey J. Van Veckhoven of Shreveport; two
sisters, Mrs. Evie Hopkins of Many, and Mrs. Nettie Cobbs of
Jena; 21 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were grandsons.