2004

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Republican Women’s Club honors lawyer

NewspaperJune 13, 2004 | Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)

Page: 12 | Section: SLIDELL PICAYUNE

223 Words | Readability: Lexile: 1230, grade level(s): 11-12

Slidell lawyer Deanna Hamilton-Lamz was recently the recipient of the SlidellRepublican Women’s Club Superior Leadership Award.

Nominated by Laura Leonard and Slidell Councilwoman Marti Livaudais, Lamz was recognized for her dedication to the community and, specifically, to women’s issues.

Also honored by her nomination for the award was Joan Holmes, who was recognized with a bouquet of flowers presented by Beth Royer, awards committee chairwoman.

The club also recently held its installation of officers for 2004-05. Patricia Schwarz Core was the installing officer. Taking their oaths of office were Suzan Wilson, Laura Leonard, Susan Carpenter, June Erickson, Beth Royer, Elizabeth Schneider and Mary Bishop.

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Deanna Hamilton-Lamz

The Slidell Republican Women’s Club recently held swearing-in ceremonies for its 2004-05 officers. From left, Suzan Wilson, Laura Leonard, Susan Carpenter, June Erickson, Beth Royer, Elizabeth Schneider and Mary Bishop are sworn in by Patricia Schwartz-Core.

Slidell Republican Women’s Club program chairwoman Laura Leonard, club awards committee chairwoman Beth Royer, lawyer Jim Lamz, club President Mary Bishop, and club Vice President Elizabeth Schneider are shown during a recent club awards program. Lamz accepted the group’s Superior Leadership Award on behalf of his wife, Deanna Hamilton-Lamz, who was unable to attend the meeting.

Joan Holmes was also nominated for the Superior Leadership Award and is presented with a bouquet of flowers by Beth Royer, awards committee chairwoman.

BURCH, RITA CAMILLE LITTELL

Newspaper August 6, 2004 | Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)

Page: 03 | Section: METRO

171 Words | Readability: Lexile: 840, grade level(s): 4 5

Rita Camille Littell Burch, a homemaker, died Thursday at her home. She was 81. Mrs. Burch was born in Opelousas and lived in Slidell for the past 22 years. She was a graduate of the University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, where she was senior class president. She was a member of the Republican Women’s Club, the Camellia Club and Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority and had been a volunteer for community organizations and in local Catholic schools. Survivors include her husband, Warren Earl Burch; three sons, David P. and Randy Burch and Warren E. Burch Jr.; two daughters, Gwen Leininger and Elizabeth A. Saylor; a brother, Buddy Littell; two sisters, Janice Howard and Carolyn Gardiner; and 11 grandchildren. A Mass will be said Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 910 Cross Gates Blvd. in Slidell. Visitation will be today from 7 to 10 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. West, and on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

BUILDING PANEL MEMBERS

NewspaperSeptember 30, 2004 | Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)

Page: 02 | Section: SLIDELL PICAYUNE

224 Words | Readability: Lexile: 980, grade level(s): 6 7

Members of the St. Tammany Parish Library Building Committee are:

Parish President Kevin Davis, honorary chairman; Randy Aultman, architect and landscape architect; Folsom Mayor Marshell Brumfield; Elizabeth Hebert, retired systems analyst and treasurer of the St. Tammany Genealogical Society; Mark Johnson, past president of the library Board of Control, St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce leadership board member and retired builder; Mary Beth McGuinness, certified substitute teacher and book discussion member; Edward Meyer, librarian for McGlinchey Stafford law firm; Joseph Edward Noble Jr., former member of the Board of Control, retired law enforcement officer and retired member of the Bush Volunteer Fire Department; the Rev. David Robert Ord of the North Shore Unitarian Universalist congregation and a New Directions 2025 community participant; Catherine Palmer, secretary of the Friends of the Slidell Library, past president of the Slidell Republican Women’s Club and former college political science instructor; Jan Robert of the Covington City Council; Lynn Stallworth, assistant professor of accounting, Southeastern Louisiana University, and chairman of the university’s library committee; Margaret Stefancik, treasurer of the Friends of the Slidell Library and retired licensed practical nurse; Ann Carey Torczon, past president of the Board of Control; Ruby Weaver, retired chief of central services for the Houston public library; Charlotte Webb, member of the Home Education Association of West St. Tammany; and Kieran Weldon, Madisonville architect.

WARD, JANELLE VALENTINE

NewspaperOctober 10, 2004 | Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)

Page: 04 | Section: METRO

115 Words | Readability: Lexile: 590, grade level(s): 3

Janelle Valentine Ward, a homemaker, died Friday at her home. She was 78. Mrs. Ward was born in Rison, Ark., and lived in Pearl River for the past 27 years. She graduated from Rison High School, where she was valedictorian. She was a volunteer for Northshore Regional Medical Center and was a Red Cross volunteer in San Diego in the 1960s. She was a member of the Slidell Republican Women’s Club. Survivors include her husband, J.D. "Jake" Ward; a daughter, Susan Allen of New Orleans; a brother, Benjamin Landers of Arkansas City, Ark.; a sister, Maggie Gibson of Anahuac, Texas; and a grandchild. No services will be held. Schoen Funeral Home in Slidell is in charge of arrangements.