Father God called Lela Sherrer Farrell home on Friday, November 29, 2013. Mrs. Farrell was 81 years old. She was a native on Pensacola, FL and has been a resident of the New Orleans area since 1949. Mrs. Farrell is survived by her daughter, Cynthia (Cendy) Farrell-Duncan; her grandchildren, Genevieve Duncan Fontana (John), Rebekah Duncan Galland (David) and Michael C. Farrell; her great-grandchildren, Mark Fontana, Jr., Mychaela Fontana, Patrick Galland and Daniel Farrell; her brother-in-law, Earl R. Bateman; her nephew, Earl D. Bateman (Cindy) and her niece, Joel Leithman Wilson. Also loved and was loved by a host of great-nieces and nephews and cousins. Mrs. Farrell was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles E. Farrell, Jr.; her parents, Frank Sherrer and Elma Miller Sherrer of Pensacola, FL; her twin sister, Eva Sherrer Bateman; her beloved mother-in-law, Violet LeBlanc Farrell and her father-in-law, Charles E. Farrell, Sr. Mrs. Farrell was a retired registered nurse for Waldon Healthcare Center in Kenner, LA and was a graduate of Mather School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Blvd., near Clearview Pkwy., in Metairie, LA on Monday, December 9, 2013 beginning at 10:00 AM with a funeral service to follow at 1:30 PM in Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home’s Chapel. Interment will be in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. The online guestbook is available at www.leitzeaganfuneralhome.com.
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