Polotzola obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Polotzola, Lelia Hernandez       19 Aug 1999    Aug 1999    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  8/19/1999

POLOTZOLA, LELIA HERNANDEZ "BROWNIE"
Former owner-operator of Brownie's Place, a rehabilitation center in
Ponchatoula, with 18 years of service, and a resident of Baytown, Texas,
she died at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 1999, at San Jacinto Hospice,
Baytown. She was 84, a native of Plaquemine and a former longtime resident
of Ponchatoula. She was engaged in counseling alcohol and substance 
abusers for more than 27 years and helped many thousands find recovery,
although she held no official certification. Visiting at Wilbert Funeral
Home, Plaquemine, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
Wednesday. Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Evangelist Catholic 
Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday, celebrated by the Rev. Eric Gyan. Burial in
Grace Memorial Park. Survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Tom
Fraser, Baytown; a son, Joseph Alvey Polotzola, Amite; a sister and
brother-in-law, Chee and Dena LeBlanc, Baton Rouge; two brothers and a
sister-in-law, Earl J. Hernandez and Jerry J. and Mildred Hernandez, all of 
Plaquemine; three grandchildren, Marie Engle, Highland, Texas, and Sherry
Albrado and Ben Fraser, both of Baytown; and four great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by husband, Joe Polotzola; parents, Joseph Alvey and
Marie Lelia White Hernandez; a brother, Paul Hernandez; and a sister, Pearl
Landrum. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial donations be made to
a local hospice.

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