{"id":84157,"date":"2024-11-08T14:33:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=84157"},"modified":"2024-11-17T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:34:03","slug":"former-transportation-consultant-sharon-weisler-leader-memorial-is-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/former-transportation-consultant-sharon-weisler-leader-memorial-is-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Former transportation consultant Sharon Weisler Leader memorial is today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHARON WEISLER LEADER, passed away on Friday, November 8 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 73.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_84301\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84301\" class=\"wp-image-84301 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-350x350.png 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84301\" class=\"wp-image-84301 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sharon_W_Leader-350x350.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-84301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SHARON WEISLER LEADER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A native New Orleanian, she loved the food, culture, music, character and people of her hometown. She received her masters in Social Work degree after college and was executive director of Big Brothers of New Orleans for several years. .<\/p>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 bWYKCh\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 kbVUcj ObituaryText___StyledTextBase-sc-12f7zd1-0 inFMmj\" data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">She became a transportation consultant, successfully running her own business for decades. Her work colleagues and friends remember her as a dedicated and innovative professional in the field of mass transit in New Orleans. She was a highly respected voice in the transit industry, leading numerous high-profile transit-related initiatives and projects with vision and expertise.<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 kbVUcj ObituaryText___StyledTextBase-sc-12f7zd1-0 inFMmj\" data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">Known for her innovative and progressive approach to accomplishing project goals and especially important these days, she demonstrated a keen ability to work across political &amp; regional lines. Politically active, she often joined other women in monthly luncheons and was tirelessly involved in political causes and campaigns<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 kbVUcj ObituaryText___StyledTextBase-sc-12f7zd1-0 inFMmj\" data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">She is survived by her son Josh Burton Arvan and her sister Faye Weisler of Portland, OR.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 kbVUcj ObituaryText___StyledTextBase-sc-12f7zd1-0 inFMmj\" data-component=\"ObituaryParagraph\">\nHer life and memory will be celebrated today, Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 1:30 in the chapel at Touro Synagogue, 4238 St Charles Avenue.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 lfbJir\" data-component=\"AffiliateSympathyCta\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 Flex-sc-d1l2vy-0 cQpWYO\">\n<p class=\"Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 TextBase___StyledBox-sc-10uela0-0 eQQDPS fpGVBx\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Former%20transportation%20consultant%20Sharon%20Weisler%20Leader%20memorial%20is%20today\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,14145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84302,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84157\/revisions\/84302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}