Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Sheldon J. Landry, the former Elizabeth “Liz” Wiltz, 80, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church with Fr. Mark Derise officiating. Interment will follow in Holy Family Cemetery.

Visitation will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. and resume on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, from 8 a.m. until services. A Rosary will be prayed Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

A native of New Orleans and resident of New Iberia, Mrs. Landry passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at 12:57 a.m. in a Lafayette hospital. She was a graduate of John McDonough High School in New Orleans Class of 1947 and graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing with classes at Loyola University Class of 1951 as a registered nurse. She worked for the Department of Indian and Eskimo Affairs in Fairbanks, Alaska for two years. She worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital as operating room supervisor for nine years and at Iberia General Hospital as operating room supervisor for nine years. She worked for Louisiana Family Planning for two and a half years and worked for Louisiana Department of Health (D.H.H.R.) from 1972 to 1994 at the Iberia Parish Health Unit. She retired in 1994 as nursing supervisor. She was a member of Homemaker Busy Bees, Senior Friends and a past member of Beta Sigma Phi.

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She is survived by her husband, Sheldon J. Landry of New Iberia; her daughter Linda L. Lange and husband, Harry, of Franklin; her grandchildren Clay Gerald Landry and wife, Lauren, Damian J. Landry and fiancé Melody Howard of Franklin and Shellie Aguilar and husband, Juan, of New Iberia; her great-grandchildren Donavan Landry, Debra Brown, Brandon Brown, Michael Aguilar and Cameron Stipelcovich; her brother Hugo P. Wiltz and wife, Sylvia, of Metairie; her sister-in-law Joycelyn S. Wiltz of Semi Valley, Calif., and several nephews.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Debra Lynn Brown Wiltz; her parents, Alphonse C. Wiltz and Lydia Antoinette Baum Wiltz; her brothers Joseph P. Wiltz and Robert P. Wiltz.

Pallbearers will be Clay Landry, David Doumit, Christopher Doumit, Jeff Farmer, Sonny Macaisz and Marc Berard.

The family would like to thank the staff and Tim in ICU at Lafayette General Hospital.

You may sign register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuenralhome.com.

David Funeral Home of New Iberia, 1101 Trotter St., 369-6336, is in charge of arrangements.