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DUFOUR, RONALD J.
May 18, 2001
Ronald J. Dufour, a securities examiner for the National Association of Securities Dealers, died Tuesday of undetermined causes at his home. He was 62. Mr. Dufour was born in New Orleans and lived in Gretna for the past 10 years. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps. Survivors include two sons, Kevin and Todd Dufour; two brothers, William and Walter Dufour Jr.; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery No. 3.
SCALISE, BERTRAND SR.
May 27, 2001
Bertrand Scalise Sr., a retired supervisor with the New Orleans Streets Department, died of cancer Friday at Doctor's Hospital of Jefferson. He was 70. Mr. Scalise was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie for the past 25 years. Survivors include three sons, Bertrand Scalise Jr. and Kenneth and Anthony Scalise Sr.; and four grandchildren. A Mass will be said Monday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, 1025 Napoleon Ave. Visitation will begin Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Park cemetery. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
KLOPF, JULIA JENCVA OULLIBER
May 29, 2001
Julia Jencva Oulliber Klopf, a homemaker, died Thursday at Memorial Medical Center. She was 82. Mrs. Klopf was born in Slidell and was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She was a graduate of Soulé Business College and was a former bookkeeper at I.A. Kammer. She was a parishioner of St. Dominic Catholic Church. Survivors include a son, Charles J. Klopf Jr.; two daughters, Anne Klopf Garner and Eugenie Klopf Cronan; a sister, Mary Mae Kerlec; and five grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in St. Vincent de Paul cemetery No. 1.
SOLOMON, NETTIE TAYLOR
May 26, 2001
Nettie Taylor Solomon, a homemaker, died Monday of heart failure at Meadowcrest Hospital. She was 64. Mrs. Solomon was born in New Orleans and lived in Gretna. She was a member of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Wilbert A. Solomon Sr.; two sons, Allen and Wilbert Solomon Jr.; three daughters Ellen V. Major, Sibyl Well and Lucinda Beverly; two sisters, Willie Mae Bell and Helen Sennet; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 11 a.m. at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 421 Wiltz Lane in Algiers. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Davis Mortuary Service is in charge of arrangements.
HEACOCK, GERALD MICHAEL ‘MIKE'
June 9, 2001
Gerald Michael "Mike" Heacock, a retired manager for Chrysler Financial Services, died Thursday of cancer at his home. He was 63. Mr. Heacock was born in Princeton, Ind., and lived in the New Orleans area for 28 years. He attended Owensboro High School and the University of Kentucky. Survivors include his father, Gerald Heacock; his mother, Helen France Heacock; and a brother, Harold Rex Heacock, all of Tuscaloosa, Ala. A funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. at L.A. Muhleisen and Son Funeral Home, 2607 Williams Blvd., Kenner. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park cemetery in Tuscaloosa.
WATTS, ALFRED
May 27, 2001
Alfred Watts, a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, died Thursday of heart failure at Lakeland Medical Center. He was 71. Mr. Watts was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a parishioner of St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Louise Ruau Watts; three sons, Roy Xavier, Glenn Lee and Arnold Joseph Watts; three daughters, Gilda Watts Border, Judith Watts and Rachel Watts Clark; two brothers, Wilbert and Lucius Watts Jr.; a sister, Audrey Watts Newsby; and nine grandchildren. A funeral will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation will begin Monday at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum.
JOHNSON, BARBARA ANN
June 9, 2001
Barbara Ann Johnson, a homemaker, died Tuesday of colon cancer at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. She was 66. Mrs. Johnson was born in Franklin and lived in New Orleans for 40 years. She attended Washington Parish High School and Southern University at New Orleans. Survivors include her husband, James M. Johnson; two daughters, Dasney Diakhaby and Carmelita Ratna; two brothers, Robert Earl Bridges and Gregory Bridges of Washington, D.C.; four sisters, Mary Madison of Indianapolis, Louise Rutherford of Worcester, Mass., and Catherine Roy of Port Allen and Barbara Smith; and a grandchild. A funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Bultman Funeral Home, 3338 St. Charles Ave. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Park.
RAPP, MARY DORIS ‘BABY DOLL'
May 23, 2001
Mary Doris "Baby Doll" Rapp, a former dealer for Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas, died Monday of a heart attack at Stonebridge Nursing Home in Gretna. She was 56. Ms. Rapp was born in Gretna and lived in Las Vegas for 25 years before moving back to Gretna. Survivors include a brother, Philip Paul Rapp; a sister, Gloria R. Byrne; and a half-sister, Muriel Betty Rapp. A service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Westside Funeral Home, 5101 West Bank Expressway, Marrero. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in McDonogh cemetery in Gretna.
HAYDEL, VIVIAN ANN
May 18, 2001
Vivian Ann Haydel, a retired secretary for the Louisiana Office of Family Security, died Tuesday at St. Francis Villa in Jefferson. She was 83. Ms. Haydel was born in Taft and lived in Jefferson for many years. Survivors include a sister, Ann Ratcliff. A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 155 Holy Family Lane, Luling. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Holy Rosary cemetery in Taft. Westside Funeral Home handled arrangements.
BARDEN, RANDY RAMON ‘SPOOK' ‘ROMEO'
May 31, 2001
Randy Ramon "Spook" "Romeo" Barden, a construction worker, died May 22 of gunshot wounds at Charity Hospital. He was 21. Mr. Barden was a lifelong resident of New Orleans and was a member of Mount Everest Baptist Church. Survivors include his father, Freddie Barden; his mother, Jeanette Barden; two brothers, Damon Barden and Sylvester Clark; a sister, Regina Barden; and his grandmothers, Cleora Barden and Ella M. Odom of Waterproof. A funeral will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Mount Everest Baptist Church, 2837 First St. Visitation will begin Friday at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Littlejohn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
AMANT, FLOYD DAYTON JOSEPH ST.
May 26, 2001
Floyd Dayton Joseph St. Amant, an industrial X-ray technician at Northrop Grumman Litton Avondale Shipyard, died Sunday of heart failure. He was 62. Mr. St. Amant was born in Avondale and lived in Boyce for the past two years. He was an Air Force veteran. Survivors include his wife, Judith M. St. Amant; three daughters, Angelle Rousselle, Roxanne Dube and Michelle Williams; and 11 grandchildren. A memorial Mass will be said Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at St. Bonaventure Church, 329 Jamie Blvd., Avondale. Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
LOCKHART, JAMES M. ‘JIM' SR.
May 29, 2001
James M. "Jim" Lockhart Sr., a retired steamfitter, died Thursday at his home. He was 87. Mr. Lockhart was born in New Orleans and lived in Harahan for the past 22 years. He was a member of Steamfitters Local Union No. 60. Survivors include his wife, Iris Carney Lockhart; a brother, William Henry Lockhart III; a sister, Betty Lockhart Correnti; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 1 p.m. at Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Garden of Memories.
VANNER, ARTHUR JORDEN
June 2, 2001
Arthur Jorden Vanner, a retired longshoreman, died May 21 of a heart attack at Memorial Medical Center. He was 78. Mr. Vanner was born in Pinckneyville, Miss., and lived in New Orleans for the past 40 years. Survivors include his companion, Mary Ann Davis; two stepdaughters, Lillimae Warren of Baton Rouge and Lucinda Jones; two sisters, Joyce Spann of Sebastopol, Miss., and Carine Stewart; 15 step-grandchildren; and 40 step-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 11 a.m. at Calvin J. Young Funeral Home, 2512 LaSalle St. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park.
