Saidla 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: Saidla, Miriam Pierce 30 Mar 1951 Nov 2006 Carol/Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator: 3/30/1951 SAIDLA, MIRIAM PIERCE Funeral services for Mrs. John Boone Saidla, 21, the former Miss Miriam Pierce, who died Wednesday in New Orleans, will be held Friday from the Thomas Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Saidla, who was suffering from a brain tumor, was flown to Foundation hospital on Friday night, March 16, from her home in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She was married in New Orleans last September 30 and went to Tegucigalpa to make their home. Besides her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L. Peirce of La Lima, Honduras, formerly of Hammond; one sister, Sue; one brother, Lewis of Kentwood; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lewis of Kentwood; and her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pierce, also of Kentwood. (Obit is repeated, with her picture, in the April 6, 1951 issue.) ***************************************************************************