Hurricane Katrina Deceased-Victims List

Wayne said he would not evacuate. He thought the storm was going to head toward Mobile, but it hit Highway 90 straight on. with 29 foot waves. His community (Lake Catherine) had all but disappeared.

Suicide: He lost his home in the floodwaters and could not withstand the pressure of witnessing so many dead victims.

Died in Metropolin Hospice

Died during Hurricane Katrina

Passed away at the residence of her son Gilber on Wednesday 8/23/06. She was displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Died because of the storm surge.

Died in the Arceneaux home on Fable Drive in the town of Meraux, east of New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish

Died in the Arceneaux home on Fable Drive in the town of Meraux, east of New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish

Passed away in Montgomery, where she and her family had evacuated because of Hurricane Katrina

a victim of Hurricane Katrina

lengthy Illness

Went to a friend's house in Waveland, MS to ride out the storm. Sheila Kaye Aultman, 46, of Long Beach, MS., joined the Angels on August 29, 2005. She was a native of Franklinton, LA., and attended the LA. State School for the Deaf and public schools in Biloxi, MS. Sheila will be lovingly remembered by her mother Betty Lucille Nash of Biloxi; her biological children Benjamin Ellis of Biloxi and Angela Arguelles of Long Beach; a brother Harvey Leo Ellis, Jr. of Kentucky; sisters Betty Lynn Graham and Ruby Lucille Arguelles both of Gulfport; grandmother Ruby Lucille Pfrimmer of Franklinton, LA.; two grandchildren Thomas A. Arguelles of Gulfport and Jasmine Arguelles of Long Beach; nephews Louis Arguelles and Charles Graham. She was preceded in death by her sisters Rebecca Ann Ellis and Roberta Lee Ellis; her grandfather Dr. Leo Pfrimmer and her father Harvey Leo Ellis; grandparents Tom and Tera Ellis. Thanks to John and Penny Allen for notifying the family of Sheila's passing. A celebration of her life was held Saturday November 12, 2005, from 10 AM until noon at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home Highway 49 north in Gulfport.

Betty Bagley, 71, of Gulfport, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in Gulfport. Arrangements are incomplete at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, in Gulfport.

Their home was completely washed away

Their home was completely washed away

Their home was completely washed away

Their home was completely washed away

Passed away in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina

Hazel Lee Barkum-Taylor, 87, a resident of Gulfport, died Thursday, October 13, 2005 in Gulfport. Funeral arrangements are pending at J. T. Hall Funeral Home, Inc., Gulfport.

Passed away in Baton Rouge, LA

Tried to flee his house in Pearlington, MS at the last minute, only to discover the Pearl River was already out. Bastiansen, Bernt Fredrick Bernt Fredrick Bastiansen, 82, of Pearlington, MS, died Aug. 29, 2005, in Pearlington. His services will be private at a later date. Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, MS, is in charge.

Died after evacuating for Hurricane Katrina Official Texas Certificate indicates "late effect of stroke" suffered in June 2005.

Died after evacuating for Hurricane Katrina

Died on September 12, 2005, from complications of a long-term illness during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while he was evacuated to Vicksburg, MS.

He did not need to be evacuated before the storm, he drove himself to Baton Rouge. After the storm, he returned home, where his niece said he helped neighbors fix their houses. He died there possibly because of the heat.

Found dead in her home

She died in her sleep after bein med-evacuated from New Orleans to Kentucky

Decided to ride out Katrina with his Common-Law wife, Evelyn Turner. They could not find a way to leave the city. Bowie, who had lung cancer, died when he ran out of oxygen on a Tuesday afternoon.

Survived two world wars and the Great Depression, but family members said the Hurricane Rita evacuation finally killed her in the end. Breaux's journey out of Port Arthur was complicated after the ambulance she was supposed to ride to safety in Austin was diverted for the airlift. Rather than load her in a plane bound for who-knows-where, her family took her in their car. She died shortly after her return to Port Arthur.

Stroke or heart attack or both

died of a brief illness following evacuation to Durham, NC

Passed away peacefully

He had been fighting lung cancer for a year before his death on September 10th. He died shortly after his release from a hospital after an emergency procedure to clear a blockage near his heart, Brown's agent Lance Cowan said. But Cowan feels sure that Brown's death was hastened by the storm.

Lost her life in Metropolin Hospice

died in Tucson, AZ following her evacuation from Hurricane Katrina

died as a result of Hurricane Katrina

Was rescued by helicopters when the flood came. She lost her home in the flood, so her family believes she died because of it. She would constantly say she was tired and uncomfortable

William Copelin, Jr. died on 8/29/05 as a result of Hurricane Katrina

Recovered on 12/8/05 from the Chartres Street Wharf

Died of heart failure after evacuating to Alexandria, in the center of LA.

Died of Cancer

Nelson Daigle from Harvey, died Sept. 12 from severe health problems after being evacuated from a nursing home.

Died in a nursing home

Died in a nursing home

was evacuated from a nursing home but died September 5th in Monroe, LA

Complications due to Hurricane Katrina

passed away at home after trying to ride out the storm with his dog

Died in the Metropolin Hospice

Refused to evacuate; Body was found weeks after Hurricane Katrina.

His body was recovered on September 9th, 2005 on the first floor of the medical center; He was admitted to the facility on August 5th and died right after the Hurricane hit. The exact reason for his death is unclear.

Didn't want to leave; Thought the 17-foot levee by their home would protect them. A 35-foot tidal wave washed over the levee. The bodies o fboth Pivon J. and Rosalie were found 50 feet apart floating on the flood water in the front yard. Cause: Drowning

Didn't want to leave; She said to her son, ‘Go, save yourselves. You’re young yet. We’ve lived our lives. Whatever happens, we’ll go together.’ ” A 35-foot tidal wave washed over the levee. The bodies of both Pivon J. and Rosalie were found 50 feet apart floating on the flood water in the front yard. Cause: Drowning

Homicide

As Hurricane Katrina bore down on N.O, he evacuated to Emerald Coast. The destruction of the city was too much to take. He had two heart attacks.

Was trapped in the house with the corpse of her younger sister Delia Holloway and 2 feet of floodwater. Help finally arrived on September 2nd. Her sister (Holloway) was Decided to stay put and not leave. Their house had been in the family for at least a century. nalready dead upstairs. When rescuers came five days after the levy broke, they had to break through the window because Fisher wouldn't leave. She wanted to die there with her sister. They came back 2 months later for her sister. She was flown to an air force plane from N.O. to San Antonio. She had her bag stolen. Her niece said when she went to see her, she was coherent, talkative, angry and upset abou her sister. Her aunt looked frail and had lost a lot of weight. Her niece said, "She died in San Antonio but she died because of Katrina,". "I hope she's counted as one of the dead"

She could not bear the thought of evacuating the home her late husband built on the Back Bay in the 1970's.

She kept asking him for a doctor, for a nurse, for anyone who could help her. Police told Freeman there was nothing they could do. She died in her wheelchair, next to her son, on Thursday morning.

Respiration and Congestive Heart Failure

Stress from the hurricane

Drowned; Died in St. Rita's Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish

Died while waiting on a rooftop waiting to be rescued; Jonathan Green was trying to cover his mother's body with his. She suffered from Parkinson's disease and told him she would take care of NaiNai (Shanai Green). He told her not to give up, but she died with a leaf stuck in her mouth

Slipped off a roof into Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters; The family didn't leave the home because of the traffic exiting the city. They went to the roof of the house. The house was floating down the street at the height of tree lines. Within five mintues, they landed two blocks away. Robert Green lifted Shanai to the roof of a more stable home. He turned around to grab the other two kids, but Shanai had fallen off the roof. The water was too treachorous to pull her out again. He yelled "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus?". He couldn't deal with it. He sadi he was her "Paw-Paw. I knew she knew I would pull her up out of that water". Then Shaniya also fell off the roof. He called Jesus and he heard her call. She had been able to swim to a truck

Died in floodwaters

Mary Hansen, 95. Mary Hansen died Sept. 8 after she and her husband evacuated the city following Hurricane Katrina. They would have been married 73 years on Nov. 16. Their grandaughter, Ashley Hansen, daughter of Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Gerard Hansen, will keep the snowball stand open.

Ms. Hardeman was arrested in March 2005 on minor charges. According to Gedra Payne Robinson, Ms. Hardeman took high blood pressure medication and heart medication. She always had headaches, and therefore was assigned to the bottom bunk at the prison. Before Katrina, her head was hurting badly. She was taken to the infirmary, but returned a few days later. Right before the storm, her health was failing. When the storm hit, Unit B began to fill with water. Ms. Hardeman was forced to climb to the top bunk along with the other women. Many hours later, deputies moved the women to the Templeman III building. When they arrived, they were placed in a room that had previously been the scene of a fire. The air was filled with smoke, and the women still received no food or water. The women were then moved to Central Lock-Up where they had to stand for hours in deep water. The other prisoners had to help to hold her up in the water. After 14 hours in Central Lock-Up, Ms. Hardeman was taken by boat to the Broad Street Overpass. Ms. Hardeman was transported by van to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Once there, Iris started to swell up with fluid (including her feet). She died shortly thereafter.

Gunned down while living in Houston, TX. He was an evacuee. The environmental became hostile once the LA residents moved there. Shot by an unidentified man outside a northwest Houston convenience store

Killed by her boyfriend Spears, who then committed suicide.

Died in the back of a Ryder panel truck Wednesday afternoon. As he and his 93 year old wife, Allie were evacuated from New Orlans. The truck's driver deposited Allie and her husband's body on the Convention Center Boulevard neutral ground. His body stayed there for days. His wife sat next to him unaware of what was going on. She was eventually led away. His body was left behind.

Haspel was already dying of cancer of the bladder. He spent the last days of his life chased by Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans to Alexandria and finally to Dallas. Attempting to evacuate the city prior to the Hurricane. On August 28th, he was bleeding internally and was taken to an infirmary. The generators began to fail. Couldn't arrange an air medical transfer because the cell phones didn't work. Haspel underwent a surgery on SEptember 2. The operation was successful, so David Haspel left for Los Angeles. There were complications. Haspel died on September 4th.

She died from complications related to leukemia directly after being transferred from Tulane University Hospital after Hurricane Katrina She had adult acute myeloid leukemi or AML- a form of cancer in which the bone marrow creates abnormal white blood cells, platelets or red blood cells. Before Katrina, Mary was okay says her friend Leigha Menefee (Friend and coworker at the University of Art Museum). She was talking and eating before the hurricane. After the hurricane hit, there was no electricity, fewer medications. She was without a lot of the treatments that were helping her. When she was being evacuated, she was being shot at and stuck on a roof for a couple of hours.

She died with one of her feet on the floor, as though she was trying to get out of bed. The foot had rotted from the leg. Someone had covered her body with clothes. But when Ms Martin tried to remove the clothes, Sis's face started to come off with it. Just as downstairs bears the flood's watermark, so the headboard shows the stain her hair made as it splayed out above her head. "She had no face," Mr Gaines says. "The skin had shrunk right up to the bones on the body and was jet black. All the fluids had run out of her."

Died of a stroke in Fort Worth, TX after spending 5 days in the Superdome.

Native of NOLA for 51 years. Resident of Alexandria, LA for the last 10 months due to Hurricane Katrina.

Her home was swept away in the storm

His home was swept away in the storm

Died as Hurricane Katrina's eye sat over New Orleans. She was on a ventilator and had been in the hospital for about 10 days.

Went to the superdome and was housed with the disabled. He was seperated from his family. J.B. Settled in February in a rehabilitation center, but died shortly therafter.

He was rescued from the rising waters of HK at his New Orleans home. He and his daughter were taken by boat to the Broad Street overpass and told to wait for a boat to take them to safety. It never arrived. He and his daughter stayed there for 3 sweltering days with 100 others on the concrete and steel structure. He was a diabetic with high blood pressure. He did not have insulin or medication. They had no food. A heat index higher than 100 degrees soon scorched him through his clotes and left his slippered feet badly sunburned and blistered. THey were eventually evacuated by a helicopter to Baton Rouge, LA hospital. He suffered a stroke and was then transported to his son's home in Aurora and then to the Sable Care Center. He never recovered. He died Sunday morning

Died Trapped in her Attic with nothing more than a box of chips and a water bottle; It was 130 degrees in the attic

She did not want to leave her husband of 25 years alone in the storm. Both her and Nelson's bodies were found several weeks after HK under a mountain of debris near the railroad tracks, a few hundred feet from where Nelson's boyhood home had been reduced to a slab.

He said he could not spend the storm in a shelter, because his wife, Helen Lang had recently come out of the hospital. Both Helen and Nelson's bodies were found several weeks after HK under a mountain of debris near the railroad tracks, a few hundred feet from where Nelson's boyhood home had been reduced to a slab.

Died of a heart attack in Atlanta, where he had evacuated after Hurricane Katrina

Leslie, New Orleans' famed fried chicken chef, died Sept. 29 in Atlanta, where he and his wife had evacuated for Hurricane Katrina. Leslie, executive chef of Pampy's Creole Kitchen, previously served at Jacques-Imo's Cafe and his own Chez Helene. The latter inspired the network television series, Frank's Place. A big man with an infectious smile, Leslie's talents exceeded his signature Cajun-spiced Cornish hens. "Leslie is more than a master of the deep fryer," Gambit Weekly food writer Todd A. Price once wrote. "His expert hand with spices and seasonings makes every entree and side dish distinct."

Died in the Metropolin Hospice

Cancer

Suicide

He would not abandon his family home in Violet. He said as long as you and those children are all right, I'm going to be all right. He was found with a rubber 'Save America's Wetlands' bracelet on given to him by his daughter Tineisha.

She was a diabetic, wheelchair-bound, diabetic woman. She was alone at her New Orleans home on General Taylor Street as the deadly Kartina bore down. She refused to leave her home. She wouldn't leave with her family and said she was in the hands of the Master. A neighbor promised to look after her. Her body was found face down on the floor under the dining room table.

Sudden Cardiac Death

Died trying to save the life of another man

UK; The cause of death could not be confirmed, because the coroner's office of Tangipahoa Parish had not yet received a copy of the death certificate. She was a visiting student at Harvard in Fall 2005 after Hurricane Katrina forced Tulane to shut down for a semester. She died at 1:26 pm at Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe, LA; McKneely Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for the funeral

She was administered drugs at an Orleans hospital after being admitted. Both doctors and nurses are being charged in the case

Suffocated on an air mattress after her family fled from Kentwood, LA to Kentucky. The toddler had been tightly wrapped in a blanket and propped, sitting up, against a pillow on a half-inflated air mattress in the apartment where her mother, the mother's boyfriend and four other members of his family were staying. She was left alone, and the mattress was so soft she couldn't raise her face after she turned over. No charges were filed, Paulley said.

After Katrina, had an unwavering battle with MRSA, a blood staph infection, for two months

Died on his ground-floor apartment on Demontluzin Avenue.

not sure if he died. Family is still searching for him. He hasn't called anyone and they haven't moved (indicator)

When her son-in-law Kelvin Schultz reached out for her as the walls of her home started coming down, she simply said "I'm too old for this."

Died of cancer while evacuated in McAlester, OK

The body of San Diego native Lee Norman Sr. was discovered under the flattened roof of his Lower 9th Ward house, where his family had begged authorities to look months earlier. “He laid there until March 20,” his son said yesterday. “For all that time, all those months.”

She died at the Lafoon Nursing Home before she could be evacuated

Suicide

Suicide; Shot himself because he was severely depressed about losing most of his possessions to Katrina.

Police said a 79-year-old Cooper City man lost control of his car during the storm and crashed into a large tree near Stirling Road and Southwest 103rd Avenue in Cooper City. He died at the scene.

Ms. Dorothy Parker received while she was at Stone County Hospital in Wiggins, MS, during hurricane Katrina and afterwards. Ms. Parker was dying due to congestive heart failure and renal failure.

Distress over hearing that family homes were destroyed

The death certificate for Norman Parr, 69, said he died in New Orleans. Carol Parr, 59, was said to have perished on Fable Drive, but at the wrong address. Norman Parr's certificate lists his death as "Hurricane Katrina Related" but also adds that it was due to "cardiovascular disease" and "decomposition." Likewise, Carol Parr's certificate cited decomposition as a cause of death, though it also noted she had drowned. Second Article States: died in the Arceneaux home on Fable Drive in the town of Meraux, east of New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish

The death certificate for Norman Parr, 69, said he died in New Orleans. Carol Parr, 59, was said to have perished on Fable Drive, but at the wrong address. Norman Parr's certificate lists his death as "Hurricane Katrina Related" but also adds that it was due to "cardiovascular disease" and "decomposition." Likewise, Carol Parr's certificate cited decomposition as a cause of death, though it also noted she had drowned. Second Article States: died in the Arceneaux home on Fable Drive in the town of Meraux, east of New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish

Passed away peacefully

The bus she came in to volunteer to help victims. Her bus crashed near downtown New Orleans. She had come to New Orleans in September, then left and returned with more volunteers was among 13 Mainers who had traveled last month to the Gulf Coast to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. She was well-known in Portland as an activist at People's Free Space, a community organization that focuses on social justice causes. Perry died Saturday afternoon around 1:30, when the group's bus crashed on Interstate 10 near downtown New Orleans. The driver, 20-year-old Alyssa Wisehart of Connecticut, lost control and hit both guardrails on the interstate before the bus flipped on its side, according to a report on Sunday by the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Suffered from cancer for years, but died right after he and his wife fled from Katrina

Died in the Metropolin Hospice

Volunteering at the Seashore Mission Church in Biloxi and died driving people to shelter.

The entire Preston family was huddled together in Scott and his wife, Edna Janette's home. When the building begin shaking and a second story window gave away, the entire family climbed in. When the second story began to fall apart, they began to say their goodbyes

The entire Preston family was huddled together in Scott and his wife, Edna Janette's home. When the building begin shaking and a second story window gave away, the entire family climbed in. When the second story began to fall apart, they began to say their goodbyes. When her husband vanished under the water, she went under to save him and died.

drowning; The entire Preston family was huddled together in Scott and his wife, Edna Janette's home. When the building begin shaking and a second story window gave away, the entire family climbed in. When the second story began to fall apart, they began to say their goodbyes. The epartment exploded. He was found later near the apartment with his mother Margaret

He was bedridden when HK hit. His sister was airlifted by a helicopter from their home, taken by helicopter to the airport. His friends assumed that he was brought to Baton Rouge with his sister, but he was not. He was evacuated by plane to Shreveport on September 4th, and died in Route.

Suicide. Took his life and the lives of his wife and 14-year old son.

Killed by her husband, Ryan Peter Ruiz

Killed by his father, Ryan Peter Ruiz

passed away in Birmingham, AL having lived there since Hurricane Katrina

Obituary states: "passed away in September as a result of Hurricane Katrina"

Had a newborn daughter, an autistic child. When the Hurricane hit, he lost his work and had to put plans to "dominate" the hiphop scene on hold. He shot his fiancee to death and committed suicide. He severely wounded his 4-year old son (bullet to the back of his head), but left his daughter unscathed.

Shot and killed in a houston apartment complex.

Died in a single-story home, which was not destroyed but was under almost 20 feet of water. Relatives describe the child as infectiously charming whose crazy curls and bright smile made it impossible to be angry with him.

Died in a single-story home with his son Matthew.

Lost her life in the Metropolin Hospice

Died in the Metropolin Hospice

Heart Attack upon evacuating

Died from storm-related injuries

Died Friday, July 7, 2006 from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Mrs. Wilkins survived 7 days in the Superdome and the New Orleans airport before being flown to Atlanta, Georgia by military transport. From Atlanta she spent eight months in Hugo, Oklahoma being unable to return to New Orleans due to the dire circumstances here. May 3 she was relocated to Gonzales, Louisiana where she died.

Insisted on staying at the family's house; wanted the family to leave him there. He told his wife the wind is literally taking the walls of the house. DMORT positively Identified his body. He couldn't swimmed, so ran from his home grabbing a floating door nearby. He drowned when the wind flipped the door. He was trapped in a fallen tree behind a family member's apartment complex.

Refused to evacuate. She had already lived through Hurricane Betsy's wrath in 1965. She was found by her great niece Adrienne Anderson and the National Guard face down on the bedroom floor (badly decomposed).