Lory Claire Rummel

Lory Claire Antoine Rummel, loving mother, went to be with her Lord on December 7, 2025,

at the age of 96 years old. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James H.

Rummel, Jr. She is survived by her loving son, Daniel "Danny" Rummel. Lory was the

daughter of the late Emily Estevan Antoine and the late Felix Antoine. She was also

preceded in death by her sister Lucille Lombard, brother Leon "Wicky" Antoine, sister Leah

Kennedy, and brother Loys "Red' Antoine. She will be missed by her many nieces and

nephews, and their children.

She was born on September 30, 1929, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. She studied

bookkeeping and typing at Rabouin High school before leaving at the age of 16 to take a job

at Kirschman's Furniture Store on Dauphine Street in the 9th Ward. Later, when Danny was

there, she worked in the bookstore at Holy Cross High School from 1975-1977. During that

time, she wrote multi-stanza poems that she read to the entire school taunting the

opposing football teams, each Friday of the season. After her son graduated, she worked

the Rummel High School bookstore from 1978-1988.

She married her one true love, James, on August 6, 1949, and resided in New Orleans. She

lost James to a violent crime after 14 years of marriage, but was determined to raise her

only child by herself with only family to help. She retired from bookstore duty and moved

from the family home to the Gatehouse Apartments in 1989, until the Katrina event in 2005.

She then made her way to the Metairie Manor apartments, where she resided until

Christmas last year. This past year she was looked after by the caring staff at St. Anthony's

in Metairie.

Lory was a faithful Catholic, loving and caring daughter to her parents as they aged, and a

caring and dutiful mother in support of her only son. She always had a beautiful smile, and

a sharp wit.

Visitation will be Monday December 22, 2025 at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home from 10 Am until 11 AM.

a mass of Chrisitan Burial will be celebrated in the J. Garic Schoen Chapel at 11 AM with entombment to follow in St. Louis #3 Cemetery.