Andree Greenleaf

Andree Hunter Greenleaf, the daughter of Ethelyn Steele Hunter and Donald Graham Hunter, died at her home on December 25, 2022. She was a native of Alexandria, Louisiana and most recently a resident of Ventress, Louisiana. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband of forty-five years, Dr. Wayne Greenleaf. She is survived by her children, Allen Graham Greenleaf and his wife, Cairee Greenleaf, Jaimée Erin Greenleaf, and Jason Joseph Greenleaf and his wife Megan Greenleaf, three grandchildren, Charles Greenleaf, Amelia Greenleaf and Jake Mills, a brother, Donald G. Hunter Jr., and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Greenleaf earned a bachelor's degree in education from Louisiana Polytechnical Institute and a juris doctorate from Loyola University Law School. She worked as an Occupational Therapist at Pinecrest State School in Pineville and later as a Compliance Officer of special school programs for the Louisiana Department of Education where she developed and oversaw programs concerned with the mentally challenged. She was the past Director of the Down's Syndrome Project for the Office of Special Education Services in Baton Rouge before attaining her law degree. Her legal career was focused on the practice of educational law with an emphasis on special education issues involving children and youth with disabilities. As an adjunct professor at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, Mrs. Greenleaf taught the school law course on the graduate level. She published and presented over twenty-five papers dealing with a myriad of topics dealing with the special education system and the laws regarding these issues. She was an avid supporter of the arts and was accomplished in painting, photography, and pen and ink. She was an active member and served on the Board of Directors for the Arts Council of Pointe Coupee where she helped design programs, organize events, and solicit donations. Mrs. Greenleaf was also the author of three volumes based around the genealogy and descendants of numerous familial branches including the Hunter family, the Greenleaf family, and the Butaud family. At the time of her death, she was working on a fourth and fifth volume also based around the Lane family. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the American Heart Association, and The National Endowment for the Arts.