ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GRAVES, PATRICIA FACIANE WILLIAMS 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Published on Friday, December 30, 2011 

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GRAVES, PATRICIA FACIANE WILLIAMS 

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Patricia Faciane Williams Graves entered eternal rest on Dec. 24, 2011 in Los 
Angeles, California. 

She was born Oct. 12, 1941. 

She is the daughter of the late Adam and Lena Faciane.  

She is survived by her daughter, Nikki Renee Williams Nagler (Jason) of Valley 
Village, Calif.; sister Florel Faciane Harrison of Slidell; brothers A. Kirby 
Faciane (Phyllis) of Vallejo, Calif. and Daniel Faciane (Rosa) of Madisonville.

She is the former President CEO/Co-Founder of UAW Labor Employment and Training 
Corporation; Co-Founder of The Career Center at the New York World Trade 
Center; Member of the joint venture of GM and Toyota creating NUMMI; former 
Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Urban League; former Board member of CORO 
Foundation; former State of California Commissioner of the Employment Training 
Panel; former Commissioner, Los Angeles County Highway Safety Commission; 
former member of the State of California Public Procurement Advisory Board; 
former member of the Los Angeles Private Industry Council; former member of the 
State of California Youth Authority Free Ventures; Ambassador to China; owner 
of Faciane & Associates; President/CEO of 5401 Associates, LLP and 
President/CEO of 5401 Development Corporation.

She was Debutante Queen of St. Tammany High School 1959; Rockwell International 
Community Interface Award; Mother of the Year - Notre Dame Academy; NWOA 
Business Professional of the Year; Los Angeles Community Labor Center Award and 
listed in Who’s Who of Women and other distinguished biographical entries

A mass of Christian Burial will be held on Jan. 4, 2012 at St. Jerome Catholic 
Church in Los Angeles at 11a.m.  
Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Calif. 

On the home page, click on the link for Patricia

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