Eastman obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Name,  date of obit,  date submitted,  submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by:

Eastman, Albion C.          18 Jun 1954    Dec 2007    Jerry Nelson
Eastman, Elmer A.            3 Jan 2003    Jan 2003    Don Johnson
Eastman, Fred A.            14 Sep 1951    Nov 2006    Carol/Jerry Nelson
Eastman, Grace Shelton       4 Mar 2007    Mar 2007    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  6/18/1954

EASTMAN, ALBION C.
Funeral services for Albion C. Eastman, who passed away at Illinois Central
Hospital in New Orleans on Friday, were held Sunday from Thomas Funeral
Home.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery, Hammond.  Two sons-in-law,
Ralph Moffett of Mansfield and Gordon Hase of Moss Point, Miss.; and two
nephews, Fred and Claude Eastman of Loranger; w. C. Blomquist and Dr. E. E.
Puls of Hammond served as pallbearers.  He was born near Sangar, N.Dak. on
September 21, 1884; the family moved to Hammond in 1888.  On June 26, 1912
he married Miss Adelaide Reussien of Empire.  To this union four sons and
three daughters were born; they lived at Belzoni.  He is survived by his
widow, seven children and eight grandchildren; two sisters, Misses Annie
and Zelpha Eastmann of Hammond; and a number of nieces and nephews.

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  1/3/2003

EASTMAN, ELMER A. 
Elmer A. Eastman, 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002, at Belle Maison Nursing Home, 
Ponchatoula. He was a native of Empire. He is survived by three sisters, Earleen 
Hall of Flora, Miss., Editha Moffitt of Mansfield and Ethel Hase of Mobile, Ala. 
He was preceded in death by his parents, Abion and Adelaide R. Eastman; and three 
brothers, Urbin, Samuel and Merrill Eastman. Visitation will be Saturday at 
Geisler Funeral Home, Hammond, from 3 p.m. until the funeral at 4. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  9/14/1951

EASTMAN, FRED A.
Last rites for Fred A. Eastman, 80, who died September 5, were held Friday,
September 7, from the Thomas Funeral Home.  Interment was in Greenlawn
Cemetery.  He was born at Fort Fairfield, Maine on December 21, 1870. 
While still a young man, his parents moved to Minnesota and later to the
Dakotas.  He moved to Hammond in September 1888.  He volunteered for
service with Company H, Louisiana Volunteers, during the Spanish-American
War.  After he mustered out he returned to Litchfield, Minn., where he
engaged in business with his uncle, E. M. Eastman; later settling in White
Rock, S.Dak. where he lived until he retired in 1943 and returned to
Hammond.  He was a member of the Methodist church.  He is survived by one
brother, A. C. Eastman of Belzoni, Miss.; two sisters, Misses Annie and
Zylpha Eastman of Hammond; and a large number of nieces, nephews, and great
nieces and nephews.

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  3/4/2007

EASTMAN, GRACE SHELTON
Grace Shelton Eastman, 92, died Friday at Belle Maison Nursing Home in
Hammond. She was 92, a native of Hammond and resident of Loranger.
Surviving her are two sons, Fred Estman Jr. of Tickfaw and Jim Eastman of
Loranger; one sister, Lura Cooper of Robert; one brother, Leo Shelton of
Hammond; two grandchildren, Jimmy Eastman of Loranger and Valerie Adams of
Hammond; and two great-grandchildren.  Preceding her in death were her
husband, Fred Eastman Sr.; daughter, Joyce Eastman; one brother, Everette
Shelton; three sisters, Thelma Joiner, Dona Vinyard and Dale Shelton.
Visitation will be at Geisler Funeral Home in Hammond today from 6 to 
9 p.m., continuing on Monday starting at 8 a.m. until the religious service
scheduled for 10 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at
Joiner Cemetery in Loranger.  Geisler Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.  www.geislerfuneralhome.net

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