Gahn obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Gahn, Rita Josephine Chriss      21 Oct 2005    Nov 2005    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  10/21/2005

GAHN, RITA JOSEPHINE CHRISS 
Mrs. Rita Chriss Gahn, a native of Louisa and a longtime resident of
Hammond, died at her residence near Amite. Mrs. Gahn was 91. She had been
living with her daughter in Amite for several years at the time of her
death. Mrs. Gahn was a member of the Golden Age Club in Hammond and was an
enthusiastic amateur painter and handicrafter. She was employed until her
retirement as a seamstress at Rosenblum's Department Store in Hammond. She
is survived by two daughters, Karen Griffin of Amite and Catherine Glass of
Austin, Texas; two sons-in-law, T.C. White of Baton Rouge and Harrell
Griffin of Amite; two sisters, Mrs. Dora LeBlanc and Mrs. Nora Borel of New
Iberia; a brother, Godfrey Chriss of New Iberia; six grandchildren, 10
great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband, James W. Gahn Jr.; and her daughter, Joy Estha Gahn
White. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home in Amite on Friday Oct.
21, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting resumes on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 
10 a.m. until service at St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite at 11 a.m.,
conducted by the Rev. Joe Camilleri. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Hammond. Donations in her memory may be made to North Oaks Hospice or to
St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Hammond. 

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