Eleser obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Eleser, Douglas D.                 28 Jan 2005   Jan 2005   Jerry Nelson
Eleser, Richard John "R.J.", Jr.   15 Mar 2004   Mar 2004   Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  1/28/2005

ELESER, DOUGLAS D. 
A resident of Ponchatoula, he was born Saturday, April 30, 1932, and died
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005. He was 72 and a telephone equipment installer.
Visiting at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 
9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28. Funeral service at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral
Home, Hammond, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, conducted by the Rev. Joel
Hynes and the Rev. Glenn Fendelson. Interment in Ponchatoula Cemetery. He
is survived by his wife, Barbara Gray Eleser; a son, Brian D. Eleser,
Ponchatoula; two daughters, Cheryl A. Eleser, Jefferson, and Karen D.
Eleser, Ponchatoula; three brothers, Louis Peter Eleser, Hammond, Carey
Simon Eleser, Slidell, and Richard J. Eleser, Ponchatoula; two sisters,
Lois Newman Drury, Hammond, and Deanna Piediscalzo, Ponchatoula; and two
grandsons, Justin Eleser and Kyle Eleser, both of Ponchatoula. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Susie Robbins Eleser; and a
sister, Joyce Eleser Perrin. In lieu of flowers, donations to the
Pentecostals of Ponchatoula, P.O. Box 1845, Ponchatoula, LA 70454, or to
North Oaks Hospice, 15790 Paul Vega Drive, Hammond, LA 70455. He attended
Pentecostals of Ponchatoula church. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/15/2004

ELESER, RICHARD JOHN, JR. "R.J."
A resident of Hammond, he died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at his home.  He was
58 and a native of Ponchatoula.  Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral
Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday.  Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Ghost Catholic Church at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, celebrated by a Dominican priest.  Interment in Rose Memorial 
Cemetery.  Survived by his wife, Rosalie Cardinale Eleser, Hammond; two
daughters, Lisa Eleser Luther, Tickfaw, and Scarlet Eleser Morris,
Loranger; a son, Rodney Eleser, Hammond; parents Richard J. Eleser Sr. and
Dotsy Meyers Eleser, Ponchatoula; two sisters, Virgie Eleser LeBlanc and
Lana Eleser, both of Ponchatoula; a brother, Reggie Eleser, Leesville; and
three grandchildren.  Preceded in death by his grandparents, Louis P. and
Susie Robbins Eleser and Louis P. and Antoinette Moran Meyers.  He was a 
retired lineman from Louisiana Power & Light Co., now Entergy, and a member
of Holy Ghost Catholic Church.

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