Marquette 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: Marquette, Margaret Strong 19 Jul 2007 Jul 2007 Jerry Nelson ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 7/19/2007 MARQUETTE, MARGARET STRONG Funeral service for Margaret Strong Marquette, 79, who passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at American Legion Hospital in Crowley will be held Friday, July 20, at 10 a.m. at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Gary Wieborg. Interment in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Tangipahoa. Survived by her son, Edward Charles Marquette III of Roseland; daughter, Marjorie Wild and her husband, Bart, of Crowley; and two grandchildren, Caroline Wild and Henry Wild. Mrs. Marquette was preceded in death by her first husband, J.W. Ballard; second husband, Edward Charles Marquette Jr.; parents, James Nelson Strong and Carrie Jackson Strong; sister, Laura Strong Durnin; and nephews, Kendall Lee DesPlas and Timmy Easley. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and continue at 8 a.m. Friday until service. A special thanks to Dr. Satinder Saini of Crowley, the staffs of Southwind Assisted Living, Southwind Nursing Rehabilitation Center and American Legion Hospital for the love and care given to Mrs. Marquette. For more information, visit http://www.mckneelys.com. ********************************************************************************