Obituary of Thelma Couevas Kerner Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Gwen Babin Kerner, July 1998. Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ KERNER Mrs. Leo Kerner, nee Thelma Couevas of Lafitte died Wednesday September 14, 1938 at 12:30 p. m. and will be buried today at 3 p.m. from the Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 334 Lafayette Avenue, Gretna. Interment to follow in the Lafitte Cemetery. Mrs. Kerner was 36 years old a native of Biloxi, Miss. and resident of Lafitte for 16 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by five children, Leo, Elwood, Ida Mae, Edward and Bobbie Kerner; her mother, Mrs. Ferdinand Couevas nee Mary Shaw and a brother Elton Couevas.