James T. Flanagan

FLANAGAN James T. Flanagan, a prominent Metairie lawyer who practiced law for more than fifty years, died at his home on Wednesday morning. He was 78. Mr. Flanagan was a lifelong resident of the New Orleans area. He attended St. Matthias School, St. Joseph's Seminary and Jesuit High School. He attended Loyola University, and graduated with honors from Loyola University School of Law in 1950, where he served as the editor of the Loyola Law Review. He served in the U.S. Army as a Judge Advocate General from 1950 to 1952. He and his wife, Winifred Ann Stiegler Flanagan of New Orleans, were among the founding families of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Metairie. Mr. Flanagan was active in many church and church-related charitable functions. He founded the St. Mary Magdalen Parish Holy Name Society and served as the Holy Name Society's national president. He also founded the Jefferson Parish St. Vincent de Paul Society. He was an active member of Knights of Columbus and the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society. Archbishop Phillip Hannan awarded him the Order of St. Louis for his service to the archdiocese. He was the senior partner in the Metairie law firm of Mollere, Flanagan & Landry, where he typically represented individuals and corporations in real estate matters and successions. His largest client was Metairie Bank & Trust Company, whom he served for nearly thirty years. As a lawyer, he developed the strongest reputation for integrity, professional ability, and charity in his work. Mr. Flanagan leaves his wife of fifty-one years, Winifred S. Flanagan; seven children, Sister Anne Joan Flanagan, FSP (Chicago, IL), Mary Kay Flanagan Harvey, Jane Mary Flanagan, Harold Jude Flanagan, Thomas More Flanagan, Lea Ann Flanagan Durand (Austin, TX), and Nell Mary Flanagan; and ten grandchildren, Erin Jane Harvey, Meaghan Ren¨ Harvey, James Robert Harvey, Caitlin Jaimie Flanagan and James Thomas Flanagan, II, of Metairie; Logan Thomas Durand, Chase Robert Durand and Claudia Rene Durand of Austin, TX; and Kathryn Winifred Flanagan and Adeline Grace Flanagan of New Orleans. He is predeceased by his parents, Mercedes and Walter Flanagan of New Orleans, a brother, Walter J. Flanagan, Jr., and a sister, Mary Mercedes Flanagan Cancienne. He is survived by two brothers, William P. Flanagan of Metairie and Charles J. Flanagan of Oregon, and a sister, Shirley Mae Flanagan Kenning of Metairie. At the time of his death he had been a parishioner at St. Clement of Rome Parish in Metairie for approximately twenty-one years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Lamana-Panno-Fallo, Metairie, on Friday, November 10, 2006 at 11:00 am. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until service time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Daughters of St. Paul, 4403 Veterans, Metairie, LA 70006. ARRANGEMENTS BY JACOB SCHOEN AND SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS.