L’Observateur / August 9, 2000

KIPPES LAPLACE – Claude Ray Kippes, 76, a native of Mississippi and resident of LaPlace for 10 years, died Aug. 6. He was the husband of the late EmmieKippes and father of Keith and Kerry Kippes.

He was also the brother of Lorraine Davis.

He is also survived by five grandchildren.

Services are today at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Millet-Guidry Funeral Home,LaPlace, with interment at Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans. Visitationstarts at 8 a.m.

LANDRY RACELAND – Leonard Louis Landry, 70, a native of Thibodaux and resident of Luling, died Aug. 6. He was the husband of Roberta Savoie Landry and fatherof Lydia Dempster and Laurel, Darrel, Don, Dirk and Doyle Landry.

He was also the son of the late Edmond and Jeanne Aucoin Landry and brother of Vivian Lirette, Mrs. Merlin Baudoin and Lawrence and the lateClifton Landry.

He is also survived by 13 grandchildren.

Services were Aug. 8 at First Baptist Church, Raceland, with interment atSt. Charles Mausoleum, Luling.

TARULLO DESTREHAN – Edith Matherne Tarullo, 73, a native of Good Hope and resident of New Sarpy for 35 years, died Aug. 7. She was the wife of the late FrankA. Tarullo, former wife of Camille Trosclair and mother of Frances “Frankie”(DeLaneuville/Roussel) and Jules, Frederick and the late Darryl Tarullo.

She was also the daughter of the late Jules and Idee Granier Matherne and sister of Anna Verret, Sidney Matherne and the late Mildred Martin and Lawrence Matherne.

She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are today at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church,Destrehan, with interment at the church mausoleum. Visitation starts at8:45 a.m.

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