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Laurelee "Peedy" (Pond) Helgason - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From New Orleans Times-Picayune, November 26, 2011

Laurelee "Peedy" (Pond) Helgason
 
HELGASON Laurelee "Peedy" Pond Helgason, age 78, died on Thursday, November 24, 2011 in 
New Orleans, LA. 

She was born March 31, 1933 in Colon, Panama. She attended St. Mary's Academy, Panama; 
Audobon School, New Orleans; and Ursuline High School, New Orleans. She received her LPN 
degree from Jefferson Parish Vo-Tech Nursing Program and her RN degree from Nicholls State 
University. 

She was employed by West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA, for 18 years and Louisiana 
Health Care Review, Baton Rouge, LA for five years. 

She loved traveling and as a child she traveled with her parents throughout the Caribbean. 
She later made several trips to Canada, Europe and many of the states, including Hawaii. At 
age 76 she went on a cruise through the Panama Canal, returning to her childhood home in Colon. 

She was a member of several genealogical groups: Madison Parish Historical Society, Louisiana 
Historical Society, New Orleans Genealogical Society, Jefferson Parish Historical Society, and 
St. Bernard Historical Society. 

Laurelee was preceeded in death by her husband, John "Jack" Helgason, Jr.; her father, Walter A. 
Pond, Jr.; her mother, Virginia Tete Pond Ivey and her stepfather, Daniel H. Ivey, Sr.; brothers: 
Daniel H. Ivey, Jr. and Fr. Jimmy Armstrong, SJ.; sisters: Helen Pond Owen, Lynn Marie Ivey, Karen 
Ivey Miranne, Kevin Ivey Hatcher, Louise Ivey Dillon, and Katherine Armstrong Davis. 

Survivors include her eight children: John "Andy" Helgason III of Westwego, LA, Sandra Helgason Reeves 
of Westwego, James "Randy" Helgason (Kathy) of Colleyville, TX, Joseph "Bam" Helgason (Glendora) 
of Westwego, Jonathan Evan Helgason of Tallulah, LA, Jeffrey Kevin Helgason (Angela) of Luling, LA, 
Jon "Jonny" Helgason (Pamela) of Wichita, KS, and Jay Walter Helgason, M.D. of New Orleans; brothers: 
Walter "Terry" Pond (Carol) of Metairie, LA and Fr. John Armstrong, SJ of New Orleans; sisters: Jane 
Ivey Kammer of Pensacola Beach, FL, Marianna Armstrong (Faradj) of Baton Rouge, LA, Susan Armstrong 
(Mother Benedict de la Passion, Little Sisters of the Poor) of Washington, DC.; six grandsons, two 
granddaughters, and seven great-grandchildren. 

Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 28, 2011 at Fisher Funeral Home, Vicksburg, MS 
with Father John Armstrong officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service. 
Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.