Isturiz obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Isturiz, Paula Kent   8 May 2007    May 2007    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  5/8/2007

ISTURIZ, PAULA KENT
Paula Kent Isturiz, 41, of Round Rock, Texas, died at Austin Hospice
Christopher House, Austin, Texas, on Friday morning, May 4, 2007. Paula was
born Jan. 6, 1966, in Clinton, to Russell Kent Jr. and Sarah McKinney Kent.
She graduated from Oak Forest Academy in Amite in 1983. Paula attended
Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, achieving a bachelor of arts
degree in speech communications in December 1987. Paula was a native of
Greensburg and has lived in the Round Rock/Austin area for many years.
Paula's favorite hobbies were spending time with her family and friends,
swapping stories and catching up with friends, as well as spending time on
"Pearl," her John Deere tractor on the family property in Llano, Texas.
Survivors include her husband, Carlos Isturiz of Round Rock; son, John
Russell Isturiz; daughter, Mattie Cecilia Isturiz; mother, Sarah McKinney
Kent of Greensburg; father and stepmother, Russell Kent Jr. and Betty Kent
of Bluff Creek; sister and brother-in-law, Eudora Kent Smith and James
Wylie Smith of Round Rock; sister and brother-in-law, Nancy Kent Hester and
Roger Allen Hester of St. Francisville; nieces, Sarah Oneida Smith of
Boulder, Colo., and Jessica Ann Hester of St. Francisville; nephew, Travis
Dale Hester of St. Francisville; and many friends and extended family.
Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, on Wednesday, May 9, from 
9 a.m. until service at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Betty McCarver and the Rev.
La Amaryllis Cotton officiating. A reception will follow the service at
Blythewood Plantation in Amite. The family prefers memorials and tributes
to Wonders and Worries, an organization that provides support to families
coping with a chronic or life-threatening illness. Wonders and Worries has
provided invaluable emotional support to the children. Contributions can be
made, in tribute to Paula Isturiz, at
http://www.wondersandworries.org/how_to_help.htm#tribute. 
For more information visit, http://www.mckneelys.com. 

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