Donna Rita Gordy

Donna Rita Gordy, age 65 of Jefferson, Louisiana, passed away June 14, 2020. She was born in New Orleans on April 28, 1955. Donna graduated from Redemptorist High School in the Irish Channel, and spent many of her years employed at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She is survived by her son Christopher and daughter-in-law Lauren. She is also survived by her sister Kathleen Ball (Wayne), her godchildren Leanne Gordy Caruso and Jeremy Schake, as well as dozens of other nieces and nephews.

Donna is preceded in death by her parents, the late Livingston J. Gordy Jr. and Laura Rita McDonald Gordy, and her brothers Michael Patrick, Ronald Mel and Robert Joseph Gordy.

She was considered by many as a social butterfly, and never met a stranger she didn’t know. She loved Mardi Gras & St. Patrick’s Day, listening to live music, and had a passion for her family and friends. She will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her, especially by her partner in life, Thomas Smith.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to celebrate her life by attending the Mass of Christian Burial to be officiated by Father Beau Charbonnet at LEITZ-EAGAN Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie on Thursday, June 18th, 2020, at 1:00 pm - Visitation will be held from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Interment will take place at Greenwood Cemetery, 5190 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Donna’s honor to NAMI New Orleans www.namineworleans.org. An online guestbook for memorials is available at www.leitzeaganfuneralhome.com.