ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: COMISKEY, EDNA 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

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

Died: Saturday, October 18, 2014

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COMISKEY, EDNA 
November 14, 1924 - October 18, 2014

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Edna Comiskey peacefully passed on to her eternal reward on Saturday morning, 
October 18, 2014 with dementia. 

She was born on Manhattan Island on November 14, 1924, and earned scholarships 
to Cathedral High School; the top school for Catholic girls on 5th Avenue 
across from St. Patrick’s and the College of New Rochelle, a premium 
institution for young Catholic ladies. 
She worked in a bank and in advertising agencies before marriage to Patrick T. 
Comiskey, who loved her dearly during fifty-six years of life together in New 
York, Connecticut, and Louisiana. 
She lived in Covington in the Tchefuncta Club Estates thirty-seven years and 
Christwood Retirement Center three years. 

She was preceded in death by her sister, lifetime best friend, and confidant, 
Rosella O’Reilly, and brothers John, Robert and James. She is survived by her 
husband Pat; nephews Terrance O’Reilly; Gregory with wife Cathy and sons 
Patrick, Sean and Declan; Kevin with wife Sandra and children Fiona, Clare and 
William; and nieces Joan O’Reilly Oh with husband James and sons Charles, Ted, 
Liam and Reilly, and Kathleen O’Reilly.

Edna loved babies and young children and spent many hours volunteering in 
institutions and schools in nurturing and mentoring them. Edna also loved 
singing in a choir, and when she first started attending Mass at St. Anselm in 
Madisonville in 1975, the pastor did not have a choir or anyone to play the 
organ. She volunteered for several years to be the Music Ministry leading the 
parishioners while singing the hymns a cappella. She continued singing in the 
choir many years. She was an accomplished seamstress, and fabricated wedding 
dresses and baptismal gowns for members of the family, along with her own 
clothes.

The family wishes to extend thanks with deep gratitude to the staffs of 
Christwood Retirement Center and Notre Dame Hospice for all of the assistance 
and guidance provided during an extended period.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM on 
Thursday, October 23, 2014 at St. Anselm Catholic Church, 306 St. Mary St., 
Madisonville, LA 70447. Visitation to begin at 8:45 AM. 

Interment in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, 2280 W. 21st. Ave. Covington, LA 
70433. 

A Celebration of Life will follow in the Garden Room at Christwood, 100 
Christwood Blvd. Covington, LA 70433 shortly after noon.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either St. Anselm Catholic Church 
Building Fund or the Second Harvest Food Bank, 700 Edwards Ave, New Orleans, LA 
70123.

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