"MaMa Jo" Josephine Venturella Hufstetler's Obituary
“MaMa Jo” Josephine Venturella Alston Hufstetler
Funeral services for “MaMa Jo” Josephine Venturella Alston Hufstetler, 73, of DeRidder, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, February 18, 2016, in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in DeRidder, Louisiana, with Father Jude Brunnert officiating. Burial will follow in Newlin Cemetery in Singer, LA
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, from 5:00 until 9:00 P.M., and on Thursday, February 18, 2016, from 9:00 A.M. until service time in Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder
“MaMa Jo” was born March 18, 1942, in in DeRidder, LA, to Sam and Gertrude Williamson Venturella. She passed away on February 14, 2016 in Oshner Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A native and lifelong resident of DeRidder, she was retired from Beauregard Memorial Hospital where she was the admitting clerk for over twenty-two years. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in DeRidder. She loved working on her farm with her animals and loved and was loved by all who knew her. She enjoyed live to the fullest.
She is survived by three sons, Clay Alston and wife Attecia of Morgan City, LA, Mark Alston and wife Jeannie of DeRidder, LA, and Robert C. Alston of Kountze, TX; four brothers, Sam Venturella of DeRidder, R. C. “Junior” Williams of Tyler, TX, Ronald Paul Williams and Jackie Ray Williams, both of DeRidder; sister, Francis Jeane of DeRidder; grandchildren Matthew Alston, Tamara Alston Walker, Sarah Alston Coburn, Whitney Alston and Mark “Andrew” Alston; great grandchildren Tristan, Mattie, Hailey, Tucker and Allyson; and Special Friend, Sam Bertrand. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Norris Alston, second husband, Oliver Hufstetler, brother, Bobby Williams, and sister, Zena Mae Clark.
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