Nancy Marsiglia

Mrs. Marsiglia, who was passionate about politics, had been the Orleans Parish finance-committee chairwoman for Breaux's Senate campaigns in the 1990s. She also was treasurer of three of Mary Landrieu's Senate campaigns, and she was state finance-committee chairwoman for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. A native of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Marsiglia was the daughter of Samuel Sidney Meyers, who was in the furniture business and supplied household goods to poor people who were struggling to make ends meet. Mrs. Marsiglia was chairwoman of the Audubon Nature institute's board from 1989 to 1992. Under her leadership, Forman said, $65 million was raised to build the Aquarium of the Americas and to create the adjoining Woldenberg Park. Mrs. Marsiglia led the Agenda for Children board, and she was a founding member of the Louisiana Children's Museum board. Among the boards on which she sat were those of Jewish Children's Regional Services, New Orleans Council for Young Children, the Metropolitan Area Committee, Dress for Success, Metairie Park Country Day School and the United Way's Women's Leadership Initiative. Survivors include her husband, Michael Joseph Marsiglia; two sons, Joseph Max and Michael Jay Marsiglia, both of New Orleans; a sister, Katherine "Kitty" Meyers Cohen of Atlanta; and three grandchildren.