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Anna-Rose Hess

Anna-Rose Hess

Female 1915 - 2011  (95 years)

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  • Name Anna-Rose Hess  [1
    Birth 12 Dec 1915  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 May 2011  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Anna-Rose Hess Smedberg passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the age of 95. She is survived by her loving daughter, Marianna Alexander; grandchildren, Tara Alexander of Houston, Tex., Carl Alexander Jr., and Eric Alexander (Cassey); sister, Mari Wertin; and sister-in-law, Mary Hess. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents: Augustine Morlas Hess and Jacob Hess, Sr.; brother Jacob Hess Jr.; sister Ladonia Rivers; husband Arthur Smedberg; and son-in-law, Carl Joseph Alexander, Sr.

      A lifelong resident and lover of New Orleans, Anna-Rose was a devout Catholic and active volunteer. She was a member of the former St. Matthias Church where she served on the Altar Society; of St. Theresa of Avila as a part time administrative assistant; of the former Our Lady of Good Counsel Church; and most recently of St. Mary's Assumption Church. Anna Rose also volunteered many hours with the Propagation of the Faith providing administrative support. She was a member of the St. Lucy's society and of St. Theresa of the Little Flower. Anna Rose was awarded the Archdiocese's highest honor, the St. Louis Medallion, for her love of the church and service to others.

      Anna Rose graduated from Allen High School and Eleanor McMain High School. She was a retired administrative secretary to the Director of the U. S. Customs House and a member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association where she also served as secretary. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

      Family, friends, former parishioners of St. Matthias and Our Lady of Good Counsel and parishioners of St. Theresa Avila and St. Mary's Assumption are invited to a Memorial Mass on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the former Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1307 Louisiana Avenue. Visitation is from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon with Mass at 12:00 noon.

      In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made either to the Propagation of the Fairth or the American Cancer Society.

      (Courtesy of Bennie Zahn, transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)

    Person ID I23433  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Jacob Joseph Hess,   b. 9 Mar 1886, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1955, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Augustine Marie Morlas,   b. 20 Jul 1886, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1986, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1913  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F7927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arthur G. Smedberg,   b. 4 May 1912, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1999, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1944  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F7928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Dec 1915 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Apr 1944 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 May 2011 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hess, Anna Rose ca 1990's
    Hess, Anna Rose ca 1990's
    Anna Rose Hess was especially close to her double cousins, the daughters of Lucine and John Morlas. Her grandfather, Bertrand Morlas, was their father's Uncle and former business partner. Her grandmother, Anna Roquevert, was their Mother's older sister.
    _Hess, Anna Rose
    _Hess, Anna Rose
    B. 1915 New Orleans
    Eldest daughter of Jacob Hess and Tine Morlas
    Former wife of Arthur Smedberg
    Mother of Mariannna (Smedberg) Alexander
    Grandmother of Tara, Carl and Eric Alexander
    Hess, Anna Rose and Vivian Morlas
    Hess, Anna Rose and Vivian Morlas
    Cousins and long time friends, New Orleans, sometime around 1990
    Smedberg, Anna-Rose (nee Hess), photo published in LIFE magazine, 2006, casting her vote in the 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Race
    Smedberg, Anna-Rose (nee Hess), photo published in LIFE magazine, 2006, casting her vote in the 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Race
    A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Anna-Rose cast her vote for Mayor in the first election post-Katrina. Anna-Rose was a daughter of Jacob Joseph Hess and Augustine Morlas.

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