Eidell 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: Eidell, Barbara Corkern 16 Aug 2001 Aug 2001 Don Johnson ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 8/16/2001 BARBARA CORKERN EIDELL San Francisco - Barbara Corkern Eidell, 81, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at her home. She was born in New Orleans. She joined the first class of WAVE officers in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and achieved the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. In the 1950s and '60s, she was active in Republican Party politics in California. She is survived by one daughter, Victoria Johnston of San Francisco; one son, Gary Eidell of Barnard, Vermont; and one grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Eidell; and her parents, Walter Monroe and Leah Victoria Watson Sauls Corkern. Services and Burial will be held in Nashville, Tenn. Memorial donations in her name may be made to: The Woodside Priory Scholarship Fund, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, Calif. 94028. ********************************************************************************