Deaths

Elisabeth “Cookie” Kane
Elisabeth “Cookie” Kane, 93, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Pass Christian, Miss. surrounded by her family.  She was a Veteran having served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was of the Catholic Faith.
Cookie, as all knew her, was a registered nurse working in hospitals.  She lived in Central until moving to the Gulf Coast in 1970.   Cookie was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to many and will be sadly missed by all that knew her.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert W. Kane, Jr.; parents, Ralph L. and Elisabeth Heinen Belford; brothers, William, Francis, and R.L. Belford.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, William “Bill” John Kane of Bay St. Louis, Miss., Elisabeth “Candy” D’Armond and Lance of Baton Rouge, Patricia Nicosia and Michael of Baton Rouge, and Tara Stewart and Dennis of Daphne, Ala.; brother, Andrew L. Belford of Galesburg, Ill.; sister, Lucie B. Blumstein of Morehead, N.C.; 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
The visitation was on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, from 10 am until 12 noon at St. Clare Catholic Church in Waveland, Miss.  The Mass of Christian Burial  was at noon.
Interment was at Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, Miss.  Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, Miss. was in charge of the arrangements.

Billie P. Leteff
Billie P. Leteff passed away at 2:30 a.m., Saturday, June 22, 2013, at her home in Central at the age of 75.  She was a retired payroll clerk with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
Visitation was held at Seale Funeral Home in Central on Monday, June 24, and resumed Tuesday, June 25 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Greenwell Springs until the Mass of Christian Burial conducted by Fr. Mike Moroney.
She is survived by her husband, George A. Leteff; two daughters and sons-in-law, Robyn and Tom Tonkyro and Risa and Jay Lanier, both of Tampa, Fla. and one brother, Dr. Robert Culpepper of Houston, Texas.
Preceded in death by her parents, Wiley T. and Evelyn Childress Culpepper; step-mother, Rena Mae Culpepper; and brother, Joel Culpepper.
She was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Greenwell Springs.