Peter Shambra

Peter Nicholas Shambra, age 80, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. Peter was the beloved husband of Pat for the past 50 years and loving father of Pamela Shambra. Peter was a devoted Christian and proud owner of Shambra's Furniture and Appliances in New Orleans for 35 years. He was an avid Saints fan and a WWII veteran.
He is survived by his sisters, Margaret Shambra Schwarz and Lorraine Shambra Burke; nieces, Lee Ann Shambra LeBlanc, Michelle Burke Milonas; nephews, Raymond Schwarz, David Schwarz, Brian Burke and Michael Burke and numerous cousins.
The Shambra family would like to thank the kind and loving care-givers at Quality Hospice and Sunshine Estates who cared so lovingly for Peter in his last days.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2007 from 9:30-10:30 at Gulf Coast Funeral Homes, Kiln-Delisle Road, and at 10:30 a.m. a Life Celebration Service will be held in the funeral home chapel. Procession will leave the funeral home at 11:10 a.m. going to Annunciation Catholic Church on Kiln-Delisle Road in Kiln for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. The burial will take place at Lake Lawn Metairie in New Orleans at 2:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers masses said at Annunciation Catholic Church, Kiln Delisle Road, Kiln, MS, or donations to St. Vincent de Paul, 366 Cowan Road, Gulfport, MS 39507.
The Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOMES, Kiln-Delisle Rd. Chapel, Diamondhead, is in charge of arrangements and on online guestbook may be signed at www.gulfcoastfh.com.