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- 000160 Caire - Mary Val Jordan Caire passed away peacefully at the age of 85 at Christwood Retirement Home in Covington, La. on Thursday, March 22, 2007. She was the loving and devoted wife of the late Dr. Arthur Anthony Caire III. She is survived by five children: Dr. Arthur A. Caire IV and his wife, Jacqueline, and Agna Caire, J.D. both of Slidell, La., Dr. Michael Jordan Caire of West Monroe, La., Tyra Caire Treadway of New Orleans, La. and Dr. Elsa Caire Wolfe and her husband, Dr. Rusty Wolfe of Charleston, S.C. She is also survived by fourteen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. She will also be missed by Ms. Rosa Miller, longtime companion and devoted friend who provided care and support to Mary Val for the last twenty years and remained by her side until her death. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters: Mrs. Tyra Jordan Wesson and Mrs. Agna Jordan Howell; and her son-in- law, Dr. J. Kent Treadway, Sr. of New Orleans, LA. Mary Val was born in Malone, Ala. She was a graduate of Touro Nursing School. She was a member of the Touro Infirmary Auxiliary and a former president of the Orleans Parish Medical Society Auxiliary and numerous other volunteer organizations. She was an avid bird watcher and claimed to have seen the elusive ivory billed woodpecker at her home near the Pearl River Basin. She also enjoyed gardening, cooking and was particularly fond of traveling to exotic places, interests which she has passed on to her children and their families. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Services from Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home Chapel, 4747 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA on Monday morning, March 26, 2007 at 10:00a.m. Interment in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery. Friends may visit on Sunday evening, March 25, 2007 from 6:00 till 8:00 p.m. and after 9:00 a.m. on Monday. Donations may be made to City Park Gardens at 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, La. 70124 or the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 3838 Causeway Blvd. Metairie, La. 70002. To sign and view on line guest book, please visit www.legacy.com. Times Picayune on 03- 25-2007
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