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Edith Lorraine McElroy Assaf

Edith Assaf Obituary

Edith Lorraine McElroy Assaf on Sunday, September 1, 2002. Age 83 years. Wife of David Assaf, Jr. Mother of Ednamary Victoria Assaf Caserta, David Assaf III and Dennis George Assaf. Daughter of the late Edna Miller and Walter McElroy. Sister of the late Rosemary McElroy Brown and Walter Raimond McElroy, Jr. Grandmother of David IV, Bernard, Megan, Stephanie, William, Monica, Maria, Ariel and Rachel. Great-grandmother of Simon, Timothy, Katherine, Nathan and Elizabeth. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery) on Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 3:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park. Visitation on Wednesday from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m. MASSES preferred. For directions and to sign and view the Family Guestbook go to www.lakelawnmetairie.com.

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Published by The Times-Picayune on Sep. 3, 2002.

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Neal Johnson

September 3, 2002

David:

So sorry to hear of the passing of your mom. You and your family will be remembered in our daily prayers.

Neal

Carlos V. Muniz

September 3, 2002

Please support my deepest sympathies on the lost of your wife.



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