Deaths Elsewhere

Orthopedic surgeon
HOUMA – Services for long-time orthopedic and general surgeon Dr. Allen J. Ellender, Jr. will be Wednesday. He died May 10 at age 93.
He was the son of a long-time U.S. senator from Louisiana. He practiced surgery for more than 20 years and industrial medicine for more than a decade. He was on the board of Charity Hospital of New Orleans for eight years and former chief of staff of Terrebonne General Hospital. He was Terrebonne Civil Defense medical director for more than 25 years. He was a board member of American Bank and for 13 years was chairman of the board of the Housing Authority of Houma.
Survivors include 10 sons and a daughter.

EWE pilot
BALDWIN – Services for Fred Roy, a career law enforcement officer and former State Police pilot for Gov. Edwin Edwards, will be Thursday. He died Sunday at age 59.
He retired from State Police as a sergeant and became chief of police for the Chitimacha Tribal Police. He then worked in the 16th Judicial District District Attorney’s Office, becoming supervisor of probations and the worthless check division. He was also a St. Mary Parish Coroner’s investigator.
Survivors include his wife Lorie and a daughter.
Arrangements are by Ibert’s.

Force behind parks' creation
NEW ORLEANS – Arrangements are pending for Laura Hudson, credited with creation of four Louisiana national parks while on the staff of former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. She died Sunday in Washington, D.C. at age 64.
She supervised efforts to create Cane River National Heritage Historical Park, Cane River National Heritage Area, the 20,000-acre Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, south of New Orleans, and Jean Lafitte’s affiliated New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
She also is credited as directing efforts to establish the U.S. National Park Service Center for Preservation Technology and training in Natchitoches. In addition to the national parks, Johnston and Hudson secured tens of thousands of acres in Louisiana dedicated as wildlife refuge lands.
In 1996 she joined Unocal Corporation, later acquired by Chevron Corporation, serving as international government affairs manager, overseeing Chevron’s policy issues in many countries around the world until her retirement last month.

Children's Home advocate
RUSTON – Services for Roberta “Ro Ro” Hinton, former chairperson of the Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home Board, will be Friday. She died May 10 at age 74.
She was on the Children’s Home board for 33 years. and was active in a number of church and civic organizations. She taught school in Simsboro, Shreveport and Ruston.
Survivors include two children.
Arrangements are by Kilpatrick.