ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: VERSAGGI, MARY MERCEDES "HON" 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Daily Review, The (Morgan City, LA)

Publised Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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VERSAGGI, MARY MERCEDES "HON" 

Mary Mercedes "Hon" Versaggi, died January 2, 2011, at Bayview-Samantha Wilson 
Care Center in St. Augustine, Fla.

She was born in Napoleonville in 1922 to Fulton and Una Felterman, and grew up 
with her family in Patterson, where she attended local schools. She won a tennis 
scholarship to the University of Southwestern Louisiana and attended for one 
year, until she was old enough to enter the Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in New 
Orleans. On graduating from nursing school, she chose to work in the public 
health system of St. Mary Parish, where she returned to live with her parents.

In 1947 she married John Versaggi and dedicated the remainder of her life to her 
husband and family. She and her husband raised three children, first in 
Patterson and then from 1955 until the present in St. Augustine, Fla. Her 
beloved husband of 49 years died in 1996.

Hon was active in the Cathedral Parish Guild and Altar Society for many years, 
and was known as an avid tennis player, volunteer coach, and fan. She later 
became known for her interest in bicycling and walking for fitness. She 
maintained membership in the Camellia Garden Club, and in the St. Augustine 
Historical Society. She and her husband were long time supporters of many 
historic preservation projects in the community.

She is survived by her three children, Janis and her husband, Morton Williams, 
Judy and her husband, Bill Angyalfy, and John and his wife, Pam Morris Versaggi. 
She loved her seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, as well as 
numerous nieces and nephews, all of whom have been very attentive to her all her 
life. She is also survived by her devoted brother, F. C. "Butch" Felterman Jr. 
and his wife, Sylvia.

A traditional Catholic funeral service is planned. Visitation will be held from 
5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with prayers being said at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Craig Funeral 
Home Chapel in St. Augustine, Fla.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at the 
Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine. Burial will be in San Lorenzo Cemetery.

Remembering Hon's lifelong love of flowers, the family gratefully accepts them, 
or a more lasting memorial in the form of a donation in her name to Community 
Hospice Bailey Family Center for Caring, 4266 Sunbeam Rd., Jacksonville, FL 
32257.

Craig Funeral Home Crematory Memorial Park, 1475 Old Dixie Highway, St. 
Augustine, FL 32084, is in charge of the arrangements.

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