Calamia obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Calamia, Josephine Recotta    1 Sep 2001    Sep 2001    Don Johnson   
Calamia, Leona Ferrara       11 Jun 2002    Jun 2002    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/1/2001 

CALAMIA, JOSEPHINE RECOTTA 
A native of Hammond, she died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at Hammond Nursing
Home. She was 89. Visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ponchatoula,
from 8:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
conducted by a Dominican priest. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Survived by a daughter, Lillie Nuccio Kraft, Ponchatoula; two sisters,
Annie Cumbo, California, and Jannie Carderara, Chalmette; a brother, Sam
Recotta, Baton Rouge; three grandchildren, Kenny, David and Craig Kraft;
and eight great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her first husband,
Philip Nuccio; second husband, Sam Calamia; a grandson, Phillip Kraft; two
sisters, Rosie Palamo and Mary Primo; and three brothers, Charlie, Peter
and Tony Recotta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to North Oaks
Hospice, P.O. Box 2668, Hammond, LA 70404. Harry McKneely & Son Funeral
Home, Ponchatoula, in charge of arrangements. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 6/11/2002 

CALAMIA, LEONA FERRARA 
Owner of Ferrara Shoe Store in Hammond and a former educator with the
Tangipahoa Parish school system, she died Sunday, June 9, 2002, at North
Oaks Rehabilitation Center, Hammond. She was 63, a resident of Hammond and
a native of New Orleans. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home,
Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church, Tickfaw,
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by a Dominican priest. Interment in
Greenlawn Cemetery. Survived by her husband, Thomas Calamia Sr., Hammond; a
daughter, Julia Calamia Vosbein, Amite; two sons, Thomas Calamia Jr., South
Carolina, and Gregory Calamia, Hammond; mother, Elvira Barraco Ferrara,
Hammond; a sister, Carol Ann Ferrara Anderson, Hammond; and three grand-
children, Thomas, Joseph and Christopher Calamia. Preceded in death by her
father, Carl Ferrara. 

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