Pistorius obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Pistorius, Gerald Orville     22 Aug 2004    Sep 2004    Jerry Nelson
Pistorius, Merlin A.          27 Feb 2009    Mar 2009    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  8/22/2004

PISTORIUS, GERALD ORVILLE
Gerald Orville "Jerry" Pistorius, 67, a native of Decatur, Ill., died
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, at the Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe.
He served in the 11th Airborne with the U.S. Army in the Korean conflict.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Pistorius of Hammond; one son, Robert
Travis Pistorius of Hammond; one daughter, Wendy Pistorius Annina of
Hammond; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Shirley
Ann Andrus of Hammond and Sandra Sheets of Arkansas.  He was preceded in
death by his parents, Travis Orville and Helen Josephine Damery Pistorius;
and one brother, Ronald Pistorius.  The funeral was Satruday.  Geisler
Funeral Home, Albany, was in charge.

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  2/27/2009

PISTORIUS, MERLIN A. 
A resident of Hammond, Mr. Merlin A. Pistorius, 74, died Wednesday, Feb.
25, 2009, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. He was born on Saturday,
Nov. 10, 1934, in Little Rock, Ark., son of Lester and Louise Allen
Pistorius. Mr. Pistorius was a lay minister and active parishioner of Holy
Ghost Catholic Church in Hammond and an active member of Knights of
Columbus Council 2952. He also was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, where he served as coordinator of the Uniforms for Kids Program,
and a leader of the Optimist Clubs of both Hammond and Monroe. Mr.
Pistorius retired after 40 years of service with Louisiana Department of
Transportation, having finished his career as the chief engineer of
maintenance after serving as the district administrator in Hammond from
1984 to 1993. Mr. Pistorius was also active with various other engineering
societies, serving on the boards for both the Louisiana Engineering Society
and the state Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, which he
served as chairman from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Pistorius also served on the
Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission for several years. Surviving are his wife
of 51 years, Shirley B. Pistorius; daughter, Denise Arceneaux; daughters
and sons-in-law, Janet and Hank Boggs, and Carole and Kevin Bucknum; sons
and daughters-in-law, Stephen and Lee Pistorius, and Tom and Susan
Pistorius; 13 grandchildren; brother, Michael Pistorius; and sister, Sybil
Colicchio. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Rita
Tindall. Friends will be received at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond,
on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m.
Entombment in the Rose Memorial Park Mausoleum in Hammond. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Conference, Holy
Ghost Church, 601 N. Oak St., Hammond, LA 70401. An online guestbook is
available at www.harrymckneely.com.  

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