Mernagh obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Mernagh, Aline (Deane) Settoon     7 Mar 1970    May 2001    Carol Carvalho

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Obituary published in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) on:  3/7/1970

MERNAGH, ALINE (DEANE) SETTOON
MRS. MERNAGH RITES ARE HELD - Noted Orleans Poetess Expires at 86 -
Funeral services for Mrs. Aline (Deane) Settoon Mernagh, noted New Orleans
poetess, were conducted Friday from the House of Bultman.  Religious 
services followed at St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula, La.  Interment was in
Wetmore Cemetery, Ponchatoula.   Mrs. Mernagh died Thursday after a brief
illness.  She was 86.  A native of Hammond, Mrs. Mernagh received a BA in
English from Loyola University.  Through the years, her poems appeared in
numerous magazines and journals.  Her first book of poetry, "Chirping at
the Stars", will be published shortly.  Mrs. Mernagh was the American
representative of the Dr. Samuel Johnson Club of Oxford University; a
member of the International Boswell Institute; a member of the
"Personalities of the South" for 1970-71 and listed in the current edition
of "International Who's Who in Poetry"; a member of the Swordsman Review
literary magazine; and a member of the Poetry Society of America.  She is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Bernice Settoon Wilcombe, of New Orleans, and a
brother, W. K. Settoon, Sr., of Amite, La.
(Note: She died on Thursday, March 5, 1970.)

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