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Sarah Deffendall Obituary

Sarah Ellen Deffendall, 35 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014, at North Oaks Medical Center. She was born on Wednesday, November 8, 1978, in New Orleans. Surviving are her father, Kenneth Bryce Deffendall; mother, Melanie Schexnayder Deffendall; 2 brothers, Matthew Bryce Deffendall and Benjamin Adam Deffendall; step-mother, Barbara W. Deffendall; stepsister; Carla N. Hatfield; grandmother, Doris C. Baio; step-grandfather; Raymond A. Baio; 3 aunts, Connie D. Hansen, Donna D. Jacob, and Brenda S. Willis; and 2 uncles, Robert B. Schexnayder and E. Cliff Schexnayder III. She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Robert B. Deffendall; grandfather, E. Cliff Schexnayder, Jr.; and grandmother, Janice Daughdrill Schexnayder. Friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, 2000 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, LA, Monday, January 13, 2014, from 2:00 pm until the funeral service at 4:00 pm in the funeral home chapel. The family request no flowers and donations may be made to VOR (Voice of the Retarded) at www.vor.net/donate-now. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The New Orleans Advocate from Jan. 11 to Jan. 12, 2014.

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