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- [S927] Obituary.
FABACHER Joanne Streicher Fabacher, aged 89 years, passed away of natural causes in Mandeville, LA on September 17, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Lawrence John Fabacher, she was also predeceased by her parents Joseph August Streicher and Isabel Flood Streicher; as well as her dear sister, Jane Streicher Moore and brother-in-law Ken Moore. Mrs. Fabacher was born Joanne Marie Streicher on January 30, 1923 and was raised in Toledo, OH. While visiting her sister and brother-in-law in Texas during World War II, she met and fell in love with the then Lieutenant Fabacher, a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps. After a six week courtship, they were married on November 7, 1942; she at the age of 19, and he at the age of 27. They would live together as husband and wife for the next 59 years. After WWII, when Major Fabacher left the Army Air Corps, she moved with her husband back to New Orleans where she faithfully supported his long and distinguished executive career with the Fabacher family's primary business enterprise - the Jackson Brewing Company (Jax Beer). As a homemaker and mother, she devoted her life to her husband and five sons. She and her husband were members of St. Francis Xavier Church in Old Metairie where the family had lived for over 30 years. They subsequently retired to Beau Chene in Mandeville, La. Those who live on to cherish her memory include five sons - David L. Fabacher (Barbara), Lawrence B. Fabacher II (Marcia), Thomas M. Fabacher (Jeanne), Christopher J. Fabacher (Patricia), and Michael F. Fabacher (Lisa); five grandchildren - Courtney Fabacher Guste (John) and Megan Fabacher Johnson (Aaron); Collin, Kerrie, and Lawren Fabacher, and three great-grandchildren (her littlest joys) - Christopher Clayton Guste, Emerson Clare Guste, and Ellen Melius Guste (by Courtney and John Guste); her dear brother-in-law - Robert J. Fabacher and his beloved wife, Ruth; a host of nieces, nephews, and great-nephews. She will be deeply missed, but very much endeared in memory, always. A private funeral Mass will be celebrated at St Francis Xavier Church in Metairie followed by the burial in Metairie Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being attended to by Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Homes. The family deeply appreciates the assistance from Emeritus at Mandeville Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in addition to The Natural Touch Sitting Service. In lieu of flowers, all are invited to make donations in her memory to their charities of choice. Condolences may be expressed online at www.schoencanalstreet.com Arrangements under the direction of Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA.
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1923 - 2012 (89 years)