Nazimova Regina Jeanfreau was born in New Orleans on February 16, 1922 to Louis Howard Jeanfreau, a Plaquemines Parish native, but of French and Spanish heritage, and Thelma Marie McCurdy, also a Plaquemines native, with Scottish and German ancestors.
Unbeknownst to most if not all of her family until recently, her unique namesake was Alla Nazimova, the Russian-born silent movie star of the 1890s and 1900s who simply went by the name "Nazimova". Her middle name is a remembrance of her grandmother, Regina Perez.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her Irish husband, Bud, Harold Francis Fleming. She died in Gretna, La., on March 1, 2012, also the anniversary of his birth.
Nazi (pronounced Nazzy), as she was known in her younger years, started work as a civilian for the Naval Ammunition Depot in New Orleans, where she met her future husband, Yeoman Harold Fleming. They married August 29, 1945 in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, and raised a family of four sons.
Nazi is survived by her only sibling, Donald Howard Jeanfreau, of Columbia, Ms.; her sons and their spouses, Michael Francis and Pauline Ann Bascle Fleming, Glenn Anthony and Sandra Dawn Gray Fleming, Peter Gerard and Carmella Fleming, all of Belle Chasse, La.; and Gavin Patrick and Dodie Ann Cantrell Fleming, Sr., of Anchorage, Ak; her grandchildren, Aaron Michael Fleming of Port Angeles, Wa.; Paul Joseph Fleming, Jennifer Jo Badalamenti Owen, Allyson Kristiane and Kevin Englande, Annette Marie Badalamenti and Daryl Lee Cotton, Adam Fleming, Kyle Fleming, Gavin Patrick and Ashleigh Fleming, Jr., and Garrett Anthony Fleming, all of Louisiana; great-grandchildren Kelsey Lynn Owen, Brynnan Davis Fleming, Maggie Guidry, and Emily Grace and Talon Lee Cotton, all of Louisiana, as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives in Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Washington.
A simple woman, however her one indulgence was hats. She always had a hat appropriate for the occasion, whether a wedding, dinner party, vacation or gardening. She wore many figurative hats as well: wife, mother, teacher, caregiver, grandmother. Together she and Bud and the family enjoyed many yearly getaways to the coast – Louisiana, Florida, and especially Mexico. She was the treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul, the Belle Chasse Garden Club President, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar Society and a recipient of the Order of St. Louis. She was a proprietor and in later years a licensed realtor. She pursued genealogy and collaborated with her grandson Aaron in family research. To her family, Nazimova was a mother and a teacher. A woman of few words but whose presence spoke volumes. She instilled faith, forgiveness and charity. She gave coins to her grandchildren to give to the church's "dime collection" and taught them the sign of the cross. She was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Belle Chasse, so it is ironic that she didn't know the priest there, due to her inability to attend services recently. Father Billy O'Riordan delivered a stunning service, however, as only an Irishman can.
Nazimova Fleming was respectfully laid to rest alongside her husband, in the OLPH Cemetery, adjacent her lifelong church on March 5, 2012 by grieving pall bearers Gavin Fleming, Sr., Aaron and Paul Fleming, Daryl Cotton, Gavin Fleming, Jr. and Garrett Fleming.
Unbeknownst to most if not all of her family until recently, her unique namesake was Alla Nazimova, the Russian-born silent movie star of the 1890s and 1900s who simply went by the name "Nazimova". Her middle name is a remembrance of her grandmother, Regina Perez.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her Irish husband, Bud, Harold Francis Fleming. She died in Gretna, La., on March 1, 2012, also the anniversary of his birth.
Nazi (pronounced Nazzy), as she was known in her younger years, started work as a civilian for the Naval Ammunition Depot in New Orleans, where she met her future husband, Yeoman Harold Fleming. They married August 29, 1945 in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, and raised a family of four sons.
Nazi is survived by her only sibling, Donald Howard Jeanfreau, of Columbia, Ms.; her sons and their spouses, Michael Francis and Pauline Ann Bascle Fleming, Glenn Anthony and Sandra Dawn Gray Fleming, Peter Gerard and Carmella Fleming, all of Belle Chasse, La.; and Gavin Patrick and Dodie Ann Cantrell Fleming, Sr., of Anchorage, Ak; her grandchildren, Aaron Michael Fleming of Port Angeles, Wa.; Paul Joseph Fleming, Jennifer Jo Badalamenti Owen, Allyson Kristiane and Kevin Englande, Annette Marie Badalamenti and Daryl Lee Cotton, Adam Fleming, Kyle Fleming, Gavin Patrick and Ashleigh Fleming, Jr., and Garrett Anthony Fleming, all of Louisiana; great-grandchildren Kelsey Lynn Owen, Brynnan Davis Fleming, Maggie Guidry, and Emily Grace and Talon Lee Cotton, all of Louisiana, as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives in Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Washington.
A simple woman, however her one indulgence was hats. She always had a hat appropriate for the occasion, whether a wedding, dinner party, vacation or gardening. She wore many figurative hats as well: wife, mother, teacher, caregiver, grandmother. Together she and Bud and the family enjoyed many yearly getaways to the coast – Louisiana, Florida, and especially Mexico. She was the treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul, the Belle Chasse Garden Club President, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar Society and a recipient of the Order of St. Louis. She was a proprietor and in later years a licensed realtor. She pursued genealogy and collaborated with her grandson Aaron in family research. To her family, Nazimova was a mother and a teacher. A woman of few words but whose presence spoke volumes. She instilled faith, forgiveness and charity. She gave coins to her grandchildren to give to the church's "dime collection" and taught them the sign of the cross. She was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Belle Chasse, so it is ironic that she didn't know the priest there, due to her inability to attend services recently. Father Billy O'Riordan delivered a stunning service, however, as only an Irishman can.
Nazimova Fleming was respectfully laid to rest alongside her husband, in the OLPH Cemetery, adjacent her lifelong church on March 5, 2012 by grieving pall bearers Gavin Fleming, Sr., Aaron and Paul Fleming, Daryl Cotton, Gavin Fleming, Jr. and Garrett Fleming.
Nazimova Regina Jeanfreau was born in New Orleans on February 16, 1922 to Louis Howard Jeanfreau, a Plaquemines Parish native, but of French and Spanish heritage, and Thelma Marie McCurdy, also a Plaquemines native, with Scottish and German ancestors.
Unbeknownst to most if not all of her family until recently, her unique namesake was Alla Nazimova, the Russian-born silent movie star of the 1890s and 1900s who simply went by the name "Nazimova". Her middle name is a remembrance of her grandmother, Regina Perez.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her Irish husband, Bud, Harold Francis Fleming. She died in Gretna, La., on March 1, 2012, also the anniversary of his birth.
Nazi (pronounced Nazzy), as she was known in her younger years, started work as a civilian for the Naval Ammunition Depot in New Orleans, where she met her future husband, Yeoman Harold Fleming. They married August 29, 1945 in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, and raised a family of four sons.
Nazi is survived by her only sibling, Donald Howard Jeanfreau, of Columbia, Ms.; her sons and their spouses, Michael Francis and Pauline Ann Bascle Fleming, Glenn Anthony and Sandra Dawn Gray Fleming, Peter Gerard and Carmella Fleming, all of Belle Chasse, La.; and Gavin Patrick and Dodie Ann Cantrell Fleming, Sr., of Anchorage, Ak; her grandchildren, Aaron Michael Fleming of Port Angeles, Wa.; Paul Joseph Fleming, Jennifer Jo Badalamenti Owen, Allyson Kristiane and Kevin Englande, Annette Marie Badalamenti and Daryl Lee Cotton, Adam Fleming, Kyle Fleming, Gavin Patrick and Ashleigh Fleming, Jr., and Garrett Anthony Fleming, all of Louisiana; great-grandchildren Kelsey Lynn Owen, Brynnan Davis Fleming, Maggie Guidry, and Emily Grace and Talon Lee Cotton, all of Louisiana, as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives in Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Washington.
A simple woman, however her one indulgence was hats. She always had a hat appropriate for the occasion, whether a wedding, dinner party, vacation or gardening. She wore many figurative hats as well: wife, mother, teacher, caregiver, grandmother. Together she and Bud and the family enjoyed many yearly getaways to the coast – Louisiana, Florida, and especially Mexico. She was the treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul, the Belle Chasse Garden Club President, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar Society and a recipient of the Order of St. Louis. She was a proprietor and in later years a licensed realtor. She pursued genealogy and collaborated with her grandson Aaron in family research. To her family, Nazimova was a mother and a teacher. A woman of few words but whose presence spoke volumes. She instilled faith, forgiveness and charity. She gave coins to her grandchildren to give to the church's "dime collection" and taught them the sign of the cross. She was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Belle Chasse, so it is ironic that she didn't know the priest there, due to her inability to attend services recently. Father Billy O'Riordan delivered a stunning service, however, as only an Irishman can.
Nazimova Fleming was respectfully laid to rest alongside her husband, in the OLPH Cemetery, adjacent her lifelong church on March 5, 2012 by grieving pall bearers Gavin Fleming, Sr., Aaron and Paul Fleming, Daryl Cotton, Gavin Fleming, Jr. and Garrett Fleming.
Unbeknownst to most if not all of her family until recently, her unique namesake was Alla Nazimova, the Russian-born silent movie star of the 1890s and 1900s who simply went by the name "Nazimova". Her middle name is a remembrance of her grandmother, Regina Perez.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her Irish husband, Bud, Harold Francis Fleming. She died in Gretna, La., on March 1, 2012, also the anniversary of his birth.
Nazi (pronounced Nazzy), as she was known in her younger years, started work as a civilian for the Naval Ammunition Depot in New Orleans, where she met her future husband, Yeoman Harold Fleming. They married August 29, 1945 in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, and raised a family of four sons.
Nazi is survived by her only sibling, Donald Howard Jeanfreau, of Columbia, Ms.; her sons and their spouses, Michael Francis and Pauline Ann Bascle Fleming, Glenn Anthony and Sandra Dawn Gray Fleming, Peter Gerard and Carmella Fleming, all of Belle Chasse, La.; and Gavin Patrick and Dodie Ann Cantrell Fleming, Sr., of Anchorage, Ak; her grandchildren, Aaron Michael Fleming of Port Angeles, Wa.; Paul Joseph Fleming, Jennifer Jo Badalamenti Owen, Allyson Kristiane and Kevin Englande, Annette Marie Badalamenti and Daryl Lee Cotton, Adam Fleming, Kyle Fleming, Gavin Patrick and Ashleigh Fleming, Jr., and Garrett Anthony Fleming, all of Louisiana; great-grandchildren Kelsey Lynn Owen, Brynnan Davis Fleming, Maggie Guidry, and Emily Grace and Talon Lee Cotton, all of Louisiana, as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives in Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Washington.
A simple woman, however her one indulgence was hats. She always had a hat appropriate for the occasion, whether a wedding, dinner party, vacation or gardening. She wore many figurative hats as well: wife, mother, teacher, caregiver, grandmother. Together she and Bud and the family enjoyed many yearly getaways to the coast – Louisiana, Florida, and especially Mexico. She was the treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul, the Belle Chasse Garden Club President, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar Society and a recipient of the Order of St. Louis. She was a proprietor and in later years a licensed realtor. She pursued genealogy and collaborated with her grandson Aaron in family research. To her family, Nazimova was a mother and a teacher. A woman of few words but whose presence spoke volumes. She instilled faith, forgiveness and charity. She gave coins to her grandchildren to give to the church's "dime collection" and taught them the sign of the cross. She was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Belle Chasse, so it is ironic that she didn't know the priest there, due to her inability to attend services recently. Father Billy O'Riordan delivered a stunning service, however, as only an Irishman can.
Nazimova Fleming was respectfully laid to rest alongside her husband, in the OLPH Cemetery, adjacent her lifelong church on March 5, 2012 by grieving pall bearers Gavin Fleming, Sr., Aaron and Paul Fleming, Daryl Cotton, Gavin Fleming, Jr. and Garrett Fleming.
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