Colona obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Colona, Brandon Scott Jun 2013 Jerry Nelson Colona, Cecelia Mele 31 Aug 1997 Sep 2000 Don Johnson Colona, Jennie Michelli 28 Aug 2000 Sep 2000 Don Johnson Colona, Kristi Lynn 30 Oct 2002 Nov 2002 Don Johnson Colona, Louise Nowicki 12 Feb 2002 Feb 2002 Don Johnson Colona, Vita Cali 12 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, LA COLONA, BRANDON SCOTT Brandon "Birdman" Scott Colona, 26 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013, at his residence. He was born on Wednesday, October 8, 1986, in Hammond, La. Surviving are father, Frank Colona Jr., mother, Sandy Kropog Colona, son, Brody Blackwell, daughter, Saige Colona, sisters, Kayla Colona and Jessica Colona, grandfather, Frank Colona Sr., grandmother, Sylvia Colona. Friends will be received Friday, June 7, 2013 from 10:00 am until funeral service begins at 2:00 pm at Harry McKneely & Son Hammond. Interment will follow in the Twin Pines Cemetery Holden, Louisiana. Contributions may be made at any Regions Bank to the Brandon Colona Memorial Fund. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 8/31/1997 COLONA, CECELIA MELE A homemaker and native and resident of Hammond, she died Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, at her residence. She was 75. Visiting at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home, Hammond, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, and 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Monday. Religious services at Holy Ghost Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Entombment in Rose Memorial Mausoleum, Hammond. Survived by husband, Nat Colona, Hammond; a daughter, Carla Colona Tallo, Hammond; a son, Emile Colona, Hammond; two sisters, Frances Bordelon and Dorothy Comeaux, both of Hammond; three brothers, Vincent Mele, Des Moines, Iowa, Joe Mele, Hammond, and Pete Mele, Mandeville; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Vito and Margaret Deliberto Mele; and a brother, Tony Mele. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 8/28/2000 COLONA, JENNIE MICHELLI A resident and native of Hammond, she died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 94. Visitation at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond, from 10 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Monday, conducted by a Dominican priest. Interment in Rose Memorial Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, Carmela Piazza and Angie LaRocca, both of Hammond, and Marie Vutera, Baton Rouge; a son, Frank Colona, Hammond; three sisters, Virginia Rusciano and Phine Petrancosta, both of Hammond, and Lucy Kirsch, Baton Rouge; 12 grandchildren, 24 great-grand- children and three great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Peter Colona; a son, Nat J. Colona; four sisters, Sarah Guarino, Mary Lacara, Rose Penzato and Lillie Medici; three brothers, Joe, John and Mike Michelli; and a grandson, Michael Piazza. Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, in charge of arrangements. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 10/30/2002 COLONA, KRISTI LYNN Lemoore, Calif. - Kristi Lynn Colona, 19, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, as the result of an automobile accident. She was a native of Hammond. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Gerald Blaine and Alisa Bankston Colona of Hammond; her mother and stepfather, Joseph "Joey" and Dori Claytor Holmes of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Amber Marie Colona of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Raegan Catherine Corinne Hebert of Hammond; one brother, Caleb Joseph Holmes Thaggard of Meridian, Miss.; her maternal grandmother, Joan Mancil of Tampa; her maternal grandfather and step- grandmother, Gene Melton and Joyce Claytor of Little Elm, Texas; and her paternal grandparents, Kenneth and Maria Obrecht Colona of Hammond. Her maternal step-grandfather, Erwin Jay Mancil, preceded her in death. Visitation will be Friday at Geisler Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 to 9 p.m. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 2/12/2002 COLONA, LOUISE NOWICKI A resident and native of Hammond, she died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002, at North Oaks Rehabilitation Center, Hammond. She was 88. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home chapel, Hammond, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 am. Tuesday, conducted by a Dominican priest. Interment in Rose Memorial Cemetery. Survived by two sons, Kenneth Colona, Hammond, and Raymond Colona, Baton Rouge; a daughter, Sheryl C. McLain, Memphis, Tenn.; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Salvatore Colona; parents, Joseph and Maria Nowicki; and a brother. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 4/12/2013 COLONA, VITA CALI Vita Cali Colona, 96 years old, of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Landmark Nursing Center. She was born on Monday, December 4, 1916, in Hammond, Louisiana, daughter of the late Vito and Mary Lopresto Cali. Surviving are her 2 sisters, Mamie Lala and Francis Ross. She is preceded in death by her husband, Emile Colona, and 5 siblings Marie Greco and Frank, Tony, Josephine and Mary Ann Cali. Friends will be received Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home - Hammond. Visitation will continue at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Friday, April 12, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. until Mass begins at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Rose Memorial Park Mausoleum Hammond, Louisiana. An online guestbook is available at www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/colona.txt