Ann Marie Russo

After battling lung disease, Ann Marie Russo departed this life on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at the age of 74, to be with her Heavenly Father and her beloved late parents, Matteo (Martin) Russo and Carmela Lusco Russo, and late sister, Rose (John) Limberg.

After graduating high school at St. Joseph Academy in New Orleans, Ann entered the novitiate of the St. Joseph Sisters and was a professed nun for many years. As a sister, she taught art and other subjects at several schools, including St. Rita in Harahan, LA and St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge, LA.

Ann graduated summa cum laude from LSU in 1985 with a masters in fine arts, majoring in stained glass. She received high praise at her LSU thesis exhibition, "Blind Sight in Glass."

Ann became an accomplished artist in stained glass, creating beautiful paintings and stain-glass windows for churches and chapels in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. She also received acclaim for her oil painting on glass, "Blue Mirage."

Later in her career she became the Director of Artist Services at Louisiana Division of the Arts in Baton Rouge.

Ann is survived by twins Santo (Catherine) Russo and Grace Russo (Dirk) Schlichting and close cousin Matt Rousso, as well as by many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, whom she greatly loved and enjoyed being with.

Friends and family are invited to the visitation and funeral mass to be held on Friday, September 17th at St Matthews in River Ridge. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. with mass at 11:30 a.m. Burial will follow in Lake Lawn Park, 5200 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans.