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Submitted: 1/16/24 • Approved: 1/31/24 • Last Updated: 2/3/24 • R463644-G463643-S3
Thomas
March 20, 1935 - January 11, 2014
Mary
January 11, 1941 - October 1, 2018
Married: May 15, 1959
Memorial services for Mary Catherine Riser, 77, of West Monroe, will be held at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with Rev. Cecil Herrington officiating. Visitation will precede the memorial service the same day starting at 2PM and continue until the start of the memorial service by Review. Cecil Herrington.
Mrs. Riser was born on January 11, 1941, in Ouachita Parish and passed away on October 1, 2018, in West Monroe, LA.
Mrs. Riser was a member of the West Heights Missionary Baptist Church in West Monroe. She was a business owner for many years in Ouachita Parish. She loved to travel and visit her children and grandchildren from Alaska to Connecticut to Texas. Mrs. Riser made and sold arts and crafts, enjoyed her bowling leagues and loved playing cards with family and friends. She loved and missed her husband Thomas, to whom she was married for 55 years She is preceded in death by her parents, Duke and Evelyn Medaries; her husband, Melvin Thomas Riser; and sisters-in-law, Louise Danna and Marjorie Dunn.
Survivors include her sons, Melvin Thomas Riser (Minna) Mike Riser (Terri), Mark Riser (Harriet) and Matt Riser; her grandchildren, Maya, Asha, Ethan, Seth, Peter, Helen and Dalton Riser; great grandchild, Trip Riser; brothers, Jerry Medaries, and Larry Medaries; sister, Jo Ellen LaGow; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to West Heights Missionary Baptist Church in West Monroe, LA.
Contributed on 1/16/24 by debbraszymanski
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