Volunteer Sylvia Wright Stern dies; memorial held

SYLVIA WRIGHT STERN, a community volunteer with the Hemodialysis Unit at Touro Infirmary and Children’s Hospital, died November 9 at the age of 94.

Stern and her late husband, Warren L. Stern, were supportive of a number of community causes. The two were married for 54 years before his death in 2010.

Born in Eunice, La., she was a longtime resident of New Orleans.

She is survived by her sons Robert W. Stern and Charles W. Stern as well as her sister Beth Bloch Rosenthal.

A memorial service was held at Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, on November 12, at 3:30 p.m. Rabbi Edward P. Cohn officiated. Private interment was in Metairie Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts Institute, 2800 Chartres, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70117.

Arrangements were by Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd. in Metairie.