ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: OLIVER, ESTHER 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Friday Aug 6, 2010

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OLIVER, ESTHER 
(July 1, 1922 - August 6, 2010)

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Esther Jeanne DerVartanian Oliver, age 88, died at her Mandeville, Louisiana 
home on Friday, August 6, 2010, after being hospitalized for a severe reaction 
to the IV injection, Reclast.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, she was the devoted wife and partner to the late 
Claude Pintard Oliver of Great Falls, Virginia, and had moved to the New Orleans 
metro area shortly before Hurricane Katrina with her daughter, Jeanne Marie 
Mueller and son-in-law , Captain Bob Mueller, US Coast Guard, now retired. Mrs. 
Oliver was in the WAVES Corps in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She served her country 
proudly in both World War II and the Korean War. She went on to serve her 
country while working in the CIA, where she met her husband, and the two of them 
worked around the world before settling in the Washington, D.C. area.

Esther was the third child born of Armenian immigrants, her father being the 
only family survivor of the Turkish massacre of 1915. 

She is predeceased by her oldest brother, Andrew DerVartanian. 

She leaves behind three sisters: Anna DerVartanian, Roxie Sahakian and Ardis 
Gregory. Mrs. Oliver leaves behind three children, Dr. Mark J. Oliver, II, 
Richard Armen Oliver and Jeanne Marie Mueller; six grandchildren, Mark J. 
Oliver, III, Kathryn Rose Oliver, Elizabeth Ann Oliver, Andrea Lynn Oliver, 
Robert Pintard Mueller and Kelsey Marie Oliver Mueller; daughter-in-law, Sharon 
Lynn Start Oliver; and son-in-law, Robert Glenn Mueller.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend funeral services on 
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Mandeville, 1895 
Hwy 190, Mandeville, LA 70448.

Visitation AT THE CHURCH on Tuesday will begin at 1:00 PM.

A wake will be held on Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at 
Mountcastle Funeral Home, 4143 Dale Blvd, Dale City, VA 22193.

Graveside services with Military Honors will be held on Friday, August 13, 2010 
at 10:00 AM at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, VA.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Fund for Armenian Relief.

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