St. Margaret's at Mercy

07/23/2025

A little sand art summer fun! 🤩

06/27/2025

06/27/2025

Hospice Grant-A-Wish 💕

Helen Louise Whitehead Orgeron was born on July 2, 1923 in Hagerman, Texas.The town no longer exists and is now a national wildlife refuge in Sherman, Texas. She is one of six siblings. Her parents died when she was a teenager and her oldest brother who was 21 at the time and left with the task of raising them, sent her to live with her Aunt Tillie. When she turned 17 she left Texas for California.

She met her husband, Navy, while working in a boarding house in San Diego. He was a tenant and had just been discharged from the Navy. They had two children in California before moving to Louisiana. They had three more children after moving to Louisiana. They built a house in 1956 near Hope Haven in Marrero, a boys home where her husband was raised as both of his parents died before he became a teenager.

Navy learned his trade as a tile man while being raised at Hope Haven. They started a flooring business installing ceramic and marble flooring along with carpet. Helen worked at West Jefferson Hospital and retired from Sears.

Helen's main enjoyment is reading about the Amish culture and romance novels. She also loved gardening and sewing. Her main focus is her family. She enjoyed planning dinners for holidays and often hosted family gatherings of 20 plus. She has 13 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Her advice for living a long life is no smoking, no drinking, and don't worry about the little things.

Her 102nd birthday is July 2nd.

06/07/2025

Our sister facility St Jude’s Nursing Home enjoyed some outdoor gardening to kick off the summer! 🤩

06/02/2025

The Boutique Jude is officially open! Thanks to all the hard work by the St Jude’s staff (especially Rio 🙌) and volunteers, our very own boutique is now open for our residents. We are always accepting donations so we can continue providing clothing, home goods and personal care items to our community. Email rrodgers@stmargaretsno.org for more information. ❤️

05/20/2025

some more of our favorites from Mother’s Day!

05/16/2025

Come see us today at Senior Fest!

05/12/2025

Happy Monday! Come visit us this week! Give us a call at (504) 279-6414

05/07/2025

Our very own St. Margaret’s Hospice celebrating Nurses Week !

05/07/2025

Thank you to the people that keep us running! Happy Nurses Week to all of our hardworking and caring nurses ❤️

02/22/2025

Krewe de St. Margaret’s 🤩 Happy Mardi Gras y’all ⭐️