Donna Jill Duffy

Mrs. Duffy was married on January 15, 1966 at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Metairie, Louisiana, to 2nd Lieutenant Charles Gavin Duffy, III, USAF. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past January. Mrs. Duffy was a graduate of Mount Carmel Academy (Class of 1963) in New Orleans and was a member of one of the first entering classes of LSUNO, later renamed the University of New Orleans. Mrs. Duffy was a legal secretary in New Orleans for many years and then served as executive secretary to the president of Gervais Favrot Construction Company in New Orleans.

She is survived by her husband, Charles, a retired petroleum landman and oil and gas attorney, two adult daughters – Dr. Shannon E. Duffy, a professor at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, and Erin Duffy Kelly, a helicopter pilot, of Austin, Texas, and the wife of Peter Daniel Kelly. Mrs. Duffy is also survived by her “Little Sugar,” Eden Duffy Kelly, the five year old daughter of Erin and Peter, along with nephews Sean, Scott and Steven Hutchins, and grand-niece Ella Hutchins. Mrs. Duffy was preceded in death by her father, David John Hutchins, Jr., her mother, Rena Chauvin Hutchins and brother, David John Hutchins III.

A funeral Mass and memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 20, 2016, at St. Simon and Jude Catholic Church, 26777 Glen Loch Drive, The Woodlands, Texas, with interment in New Orleans.

In lieu of flowers, please direct memorial contributions in Mrs. Duffy's name to Covenant House Texas, 1111 Lovett Boulevard., Houston, Texas, 77006 (www.covenanthousetx.org).