Leslea J. Maattala's Obituary
Leslea J. Maattala, 65, of Leesville, LA. passed away Saturday 30, July 2011 in Dubuis Hospital in Lake Charles, LA.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday, 10:00 AM, August 4th, 2011 in First United Methodist Church, in DeRidder with Dr. Wayne Evans officiating.
Burial will be in Beauregard Memorial Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder.
Leslea was born in Brainerd, Minnesota on 16 April 1946 to Lester and Gladys Peterson, now deceased. She graduated from Brainered High School in 1964 and attended Brainerd Junior College where she studied accounting for two years. She worked for the First National Bank of Brainerd for three years. She married Richard Maattala on 12 March 1966. After a brief honeymoon she returned to Brainered while, her husband served a tour of duty in Viet-Nam. She then lived in Colorado, Germany, Maryland, Kentucky and Michigan. After her husband retired from the Military, she moved to Rosepine, LA and went to work for the Defense Commissary Agency at Ft. Polk, LA.
She then moved to Panama and worked for the US Army Finance Center at Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal Zone. She returned to DeRidder and went to work again for the Defense Commissary Agency until she retired in 2007.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Richard Maattala of Leesville; daughters, Kimberley Martin and husband, Dewayne of Leesville, Denis Torres of DeRidder, Jill Martin and husband, Durwin of Leesville and Amanda Meeks and husband James (JR) of DeRidder; ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Visitation will be Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder and Thursday, August 4th, 2011, from 9:00 AM until the service at the church.
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