DeRusha 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: DeRusha, Catherine Victoria 25 Jan 2008 Jan 2008 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 1/25/2008 DeRUSHA, CATHERINE VICTORIA "VICKY" Mrs. Catherine Victoria "Vicky" DeRusha, 85, and a resident of Hammond, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, at Belle Maison Nursing Home, Hammond. She was born Thursday, Dec. 7, 1922, in Chicago, the daughter of the late Victor Boyad and Anna Verhoeven Boyad. Mrs. DeRusha was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Carol and George Slaght; daughter, Lynne DeRusha; daughter-in-law, Nancy DeRusha; and grandchildren, Joy, Christopher, Faye and Charity DeRusha, and Marilyn Slaght Gurtreau and husband Kevin. Preceded in death by her husband, Durward L. DeRusha; and son, Donald DeRusha. Mrs. DeRusha, a charter member of Riverdale Baptist Church, Riverdale, Ill., headed the 50th reunion of the church at age 83. Memorial visitation at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, 401 W. Morris Ave., Hammond, on Friday, Jan. 25, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with service at 7 p.m. Interment at a later date at Homewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, Ill. An online guestbook is available at http://www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/derusha.txt