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ROHLI

Alvin John 'A. J.' Rohli, Jr. (lovingly aka Harry, Dopey, Abby or Ace to his close family and friends) passed away from this life on Friday morning, July 6, 2012 at the age of 70. He was a native and life-long resident of River Ridge, LA and spent the last 7 years living in Bush, LA. Son of the late Alvin John Rohli, Sr. and Eleanor Morlas Rohli. He is survived by his devoted wife of 44 years, Brenda McElreath Rohli; son, Nicholas John Rohli (grandson, Kristian); daughter, Wendy Rohli Louque and son-in-law, Carlos (granddaughter, Sydney Brenn); two sisters, Betty Vollenweider and Marie Louise Roberts (husband, Terry); brother-in-law, Robert McElreath (wife, Hope); sister-in-law, Linda Ordoyne (husband, Bebe); and numerous nieces and nephews. A. J. retired from the United States Postal Service, where he was a dedicated mailman for his Harahan route. He equally loved his job working for National Airlines. A. J. loved his oldies music, LSU Tigers and his Budweiser Beer. He will be sadly missed, but will live in our hearts forever. A. J. doesn't want you to cry for him, instead have a Budweiser Beer for him in his memory.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Mass at the Kenner Funeral Home of L. A. Muhleisen & Son, 2607 Williams Blvd. on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Inurnment in Jefferson Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to Notre Dame Hospice, Attn.: Vicki Hughes, 2832 Burdette St., New Orleans, LA 70125.

To view or sign the online guest book, please visit www.muhleisen.com.

Published in the Times-Picayune
(Clipping courtesy of Bennie Zahn)

Alvin married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The son of Adoph Nicholas ROHLI and Louise BETZ.

Alvin married Eleanor Cecelia Morlas on 15 Jun 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Eleanor (daughter of John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert) was born on 17 Apr 1911 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 3 Feb 1986 in Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Garden Of Memories, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ROHLI

Eleanor M. Rohli, at East Jefferson Hospital Monday February 3, 1986 at 1:00 p.m. Beloved Wife of Alvin J. Rohli, Beloved Mother of A.J.Rohli, Jr., Marie Louise Rholi, Betty Rohli Vollenweider, Sister of Vivian Morlas Schoenfeld and the late John Louis, Leon and Paul Morlas, Mrs. Leontine Zahn, Clathilde Boules (sic), Estelle Trapani, Lucille R. Quinn, Eugenia Bishop, Josephine Carpenter, and Sister Mary Cyril R.S.M. Survived by 14 grand and 7 great grand children. Relatives and friends fo the Family, also employees of K & B Drug Store in Harahan and Masion Blanche in Clearview are invited to attend the Funeral from the Chapel of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd. Metairie, La., on Wednesday February 5, 1986 at 12:30 p.m. Interment from the Garden of Memories. Visitation on February 4, 1986 after 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.

(Obituary courtesy of Keith McGuire)

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Owner of La Bella Creole Dairy. Bennie Zahn wrote, in the January 9, 2000 issue of THE TIMES-PICAYUNE (Living, Section E, page 7), that "The property was originally acquired in the late 1800s by John Morlas who made the purchase with silver dollar coins collected from wealthy customers on his milk route. The family legend is, that whenever he was given a silver dollar in payment for milk and cream, he tossed it onto the top of the armoire in his bedroom. When this property which adjoined the Tulane (University) tract was put on the market, he gathered all of the silver coins, counted them and found that he had $8,000, enough to buy the property. After his death in 1923, his wife, Lucine Roquevert Morlas, sold part of the tract, about 3,800 feet long with a depth varying from 100 to 140 feet, for $100,000 for the then proposed St. Vincent Infant Asylum. Within a year, the property was resold for $165,000 to men who had successful experience in local developement and who started immediately to beautify the ground. Today the property is called Versailles Boulevard and extends from Claiborne Avenue to Fontainebleau Drive."

John married Lucine Roquevert on 28 May 1888 in St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Lucine (daughter of Jean Louis Roquevert and Blazine Pene) was born on 28 Jan 1869 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Feb 1946 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):An mtDNA sample supplied a direct female descendant of Lucine (a child of Pat McGuire, the daughter of Josephine Morlas), was analyzed by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Their analysis showed the following Haplogroup assignment, along with the following differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence.

HVR1 Haplogroup
K
HVR1 differences
from ?u?CRS?/u?
16224C
16519C

The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup K is found through Europe, and contains multiple closely related lineages indicating a recent population expansion. The origin of haplogroup K dates to approximately 16,000 years ago, and it has been suggested that individuals with this haplogroup took part in the pre-Neolithic expansion following the Last Glacial Maximum. William Hurst, on his Haplogroup K Website, writes that "Katrine," the founding mother of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K, was one of the "Seven Daughters of Eve" as listed in the 2001 book of that title by Bryan Sykes. A lot of happened since 2001, but the book is still valuable.

Katrine lived about 16,000 years ago. Perhaps the oldest known K descendant was Oetzi the Iceman whose frozen body was discovered in the Alps in 1991. Estimated at 5000 years old, the Iceman proved to have the basic mutations for a K: 16224C and 16320C. Every K is a cousin of Oetzi.