ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: OLIVER, ELIZABETH WARD 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

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

Died: Monday, May 08, 2017

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OLIVER, ELIZABETH WARD 
November 2, 1938 - May 8, 2017

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Elizabeth Ward Oliver, age 78 of Mandeville, LA died peacefully in her sleep 
on Monday, May 08, 2017. 
Born, November 02, 1938 in Memphis, TN to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Ward.

Survived by her loving companion of twenty years, Ralph Magnus Onstad, and 
her Daughter - Penelope Schmidt Oliver Stettinius and her husband, Edward 
Stettinius, and their daughter, Elizabeth Merryman Stettinius of Picayune, 
Mississippi; and her Son, John Earl Oliver III, his wife, Dr. Angelle 
Farrell Oliver, and their children, John Earl Oliver IV, and Lilian Marie 
Oliver of Austin, Texas.

She was predeceased in death by her son, David Joseph Schmidt Oliver, and 
her mother, Doris Walsh Ward.

Graduated from Holy Name of Jesus/Mercy High School in 1956 and studied at 
LSU, where she was selected to stand in the Homecoming Court, then finished 
her degree in music at Loyola School of Music in New Orleans, LA.

Betty will fondly be remembered as the “life of the party”. She was hired by 
the New Orleans Saints at its founding in 1967 to start their first public 
relations office. She planned and organized all of the home game half-time 
shows and hired and trained the first cheerleaders (pre-Saintsations). She 
jokingly referred to her favorite job as the New Orleans Saints first 
Cheerleader. She was a proud Conservative leader who served two terms as 
President of the Mandeville Republican Women. Betty was an avid reader and 
enjoyed travelling the world, first with her husband of 20 years, John Earl 
Oliver, Jr, and then later with her best friend, Ralph Magnus Onstad.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Visitation at 11:00AM to be 
followed by Mass at 12:00 PM on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Mary, Queen of Peace 
Catholic Church, 1501 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA.

Share a memory on the tribute wall at ejfieldingfh.com.

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