ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: POHLMAN, JOAN FERRIS Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La. Died Sunday, May 6, 2012 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== POHLMAN, JOAN FERRIS (Died May 6, 2012) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2012/st1205.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Joan Ferris Pohlman, a retired Executive Manager with Southwestern Bell, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the age of 81. Beloved wife of the late Richard Francis Pohlman. Loving daughter of the late Veronica Dolores Usher Ferris and Theara Belmont Ferris. She was the aunt of Jon Ferris Walkenford and his wife, Jennifer Keller-Walkenford and great-aunt to their children, Jon Ferris Walkenford, Jr., Jordan Elizabeth Walkenford, Jeremy Christian Walkenford and William Jacob Gillespie; Amy Walkenford Kestenbaum and her husband, Peter Kestenbaum and great-aunt to their children, Maryn Veronica Kestenbaum and Kallen Maynard Kestenbaum; Joy Elizabeth Walkenford; Johanna Kathleen Walkenford Reed and her husband, Thomas K. Reed and great-aunt of their child, Kelton Reed; Christopher Walkenford and his wife, Gidget Walkenford and great-aunt to their children, Shannon Walkenford, Christopher Walkenford, Ashley Walkenford and Christopher Walkenford. She was the step-mother of Lynda Kiehne, Andrea Koppel, Richard F. Pohlman, Sara Blanchard and John F. Pohlman. Brother-in-law of John Herman Walkenford III and his wife Nancy. Mrs. Pohlman graduated from Catherine McAuley High School in Portland Maine and graduated with a BA from St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO. She became a full fledged member of the large Keller family leaving behind all those nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Memorial Mass at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 312 Lafitte St., Mandeville, LA 70448 on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM with visitation at church on Thursday from 12:00 noon until Mass time. In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations in memory of Mrs. Pohlman be made to the Louisiana Bone Marrow Registry ===================