Bennie Jay Zahn

1927 - 2016  (88 years)

• Name	Bennie Jay Zahn  [1]
  Born	20 Jul 1927	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Feb 2016	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Notes	ZAHN Bennie Jay Zahn born July 20, 1927 left us on the morning of February 11 of 2016. She was the fourth daughter of Leontine Morlas and Edward G. Zahn, named for her uncle Bernhardt (Benny) Zahn, Jr., and granddaughter of Amanda Gehrke and Bernhardt J. Zahn, Sr. and Lucine Roquevert and John Dominic Morlas. She is survived by her sister Amanda Zahn Martin (the late Emile Edgar III) and her brother-in-law James "Red" Johnson. She was predeceased by sisters Lucine Zahn Johnson and Johanette "Nettie" (Zahn) and Leon R. Kleinpeter, Jr. She is also survived by 16 nieces and nephews, Constance K. Meyers (Frank), Lillian Lucine Kleinpeter, Eugenia K. Silva (Glenn), Cynthia K. Lysinger (Mark), Leon R. Kleinpeter, III (Donna), Terry Marie K. Shaffer (Jack), Edward Z. Martin (Cynthia), Johnette Leontine Martin, Jay Emile Martin, Robert D. Martin (Mary), Gregory F. Martin, David E. Martin, Pamela J. Klagholz (John), Bruce D. Johnson, Ted W. Johnson, Elizabeth J. Huycke (Arthur), 22 great nieces and nephews, 11 great great nieces and nephews, and many loving cousins. A lifelong resident of New Orleans, she attended Robert Mills Lusher Elementary School, Eleanor McMain High School, Louisiana State University and St. Mary's Dominican College, graduating with a BA in 1949. She was Department Manager in the Maintenance Division of Orleans Parish School Board and retired in 1984 with 34 years of service. Bennie's interests included travel, reading, craft projects and sewing, and, dearest to her, researching and writing of ancestral roots and family history. She left us instilled with precious memories of family togetherness and traditions, and with the Grace of God will share eternal life with her beloved family and friends. A Funeral Service will be held at Lake Lawn Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., on Wed. February 17, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Visitation from 12:00 p.m. with interment to follow in Metairie Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Michael's Special School, 1522 Chippewa St., New Orleans, La. 70130.
  Person ID	I23279	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Edward George Zahn,   b. 4 Feb 1879, Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 25 Jul 1948, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Leontine Josephine Morlas,   b. 19 Jan 1889, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 20 Feb 1972, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 83 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1918	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	Their four daughters were born at the combination home and grocery store they owned and operated, located on Calhoun Street. Daughter's Nettie and Lucy visted their Aunt Josephine McGuire's family in Oklahoma during the summer of 1945.
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Jul 1927 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Died - 11 Feb 2016 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Buried - - Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Morlas Cousins at the St. Alphonsus Convent in 1927 This picture was taken on the grounds of the St. Alphonsus Convent in 1927 when the nieces and nephews of Juliet Theresa Morlas (Sister Mary Cyril, R.S.M.) joined her to celebrate her third year in the order of the Sisters of Mercy. Pictured are (Top) Johnny Trapani, Sylvan "Brother" Bordes, Paul Trapani, August Trapani(Middle) Leona Bordes holding Edward Bordes, Nettie Zahn holding Patricia Trapani, Juliette Trapani holding Bennie Zahn, Amanda Zahn(Bottom) Rita Bordes, John Morlas, Carl Bishop, Lucine Zahn
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  		Zahn, Leontine (center and mother of the girls) and her daughters, Bennie, Lucy, Amanda, and Nettie (l to r) Amanda Zahn and Emile Martin were married in 1945. Johnette Martin recounts that within a few years of their wedding, her father took her mother, her grandmother, and her three Aunt's, all single at the time, on a car trip to Canada. Her father did most of the driving. At one point, however, one of his sister-in-law's was at the wheel, and imprudently tried to pass a vehicle. Had he not quickly jammed his foot over hers, they wouldn't have survived. This photo was taken during that memorable trip.
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  Documents » Slide Show		Zahn, Bennie July 4, 1986 Times-Picayune photo and article about Bennie Zahn's Liberty Tree, one in a series of Holiday Trees that she annually decorates.
  		Zahn, Bennie, Christmas greetings ca 2007 Note after returning home post-Katrina
  		Zahn, Bennie Jay b 20 July 1927 d 11 Feb 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana Funeral Memorium handout for Bennie Jay Zahn. Avid family historian, and most of the information in these files relating to the Morlas, Roquevert and Pene families is from her tireless and professional research.

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Zahn, Bennie Jay--The Families Pene Roquevert Morlas (Privately Published; New Orleans, LA 1992) , updates and corrections issued periodically.