Marthe "M'Adele" Scott Read's Obituary
Marthe Adele “M’Adele” Scott Read, resident of New Orleans and Covington, LA. Age 87, predeceased by her husband of 54 years Charles Favrot Read. Beloved mother of Deacon Charles Favrot Read, Jr., M’Adele Irvin, Reneé Read Mann, Meg Read, C. Baldwin Read, Sidonie Petagna. Grandmother of 14, great grandmother of 4. Survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Born in New Roads, LA raised in Alexandria, LA. Attended Newcomb College and graduated from LSU where she was a founding member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, DI Chapter. A member of the Junior League of Ne w Orleans, Covington Social and Marching Society, a member of St. Peter Church Altar Society, Forest Manor volunteer for 35 years, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Lay Oblate of St. Benedict at St. Joseph Abbey. Predeceased by brothers and sisters Nauman Steele Scott, Sidonie Scott Thomas, Natalie Scott Persons and Albin Provosty Scott.
Visitation at St. Joseph Abbey on Friday, November 2, 2007 at 1:00 PM, Funeral Mass at 2 PM and burial at Lakelawn Cemetery in New Orleans at 4:30 PM.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to the development funds for a special needs community called St. Andrew’s Village, 441 Dorrigton Blvd., Metairie, LA 70005
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