Obituary of Judge Victor Kerner, Sr.            Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Gwen Babin Kerner, July 1998.

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KERNER
At the residence, Barataria, La. Friday July 29, 1938, at 8 o'clock
a.m. Judge Victor Kerner, Sr. beloved husband of Ida May Pizani, father 
of Mrs. P. Belsome, Mrs. Albert Linden, Mrs. Alex Pizani, Mrs. Gustave 
Fabre, Walter L. Taylor and Leo Kerner and the late Gustave Fazende, 
Mrs. Adam Barrios, Mrs. Edmond Belsome and Victor Kerner Jr.  Brother 
of William Kerner, also survived by 31 grandchildren and 14 great-
grandchildren, aged 83 years, a native and resident of Barataria, La.

Relatives and friends of the family also officials and employees of 
the Gretna Courthouse are invited to attend the funeral, which will 
take place from the Gretna funeralhome of Leitz-Eagan, 3234 Lafayette 
Avenue, on Saturday afternoon July 30, 1938 at 3:30 o'clock.  Religious 
services at St. Anthony's Catholic Church Barataria, La. Interment in 
Barataria Cemetery.


Newspaper Article:

JUDGE KERNER, 83, OF BARATARIA, DIES
Jefferson Parish Justice for Several Years

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock for 
Judge Victor Kerner Sr., 83 years old, Justice Of The Peace in Barataria, 
La. for  42 years, who died today at 8 a.m. at his residence in Barataria. 
Funeral rites will take place from the Lietz-Eagan Funeral Home in Gretna 
with religious services at St. Anthony's Catholic Church and interment in
Barataria cemetery. Judge Kerner is survived by his widow, the former Ida 
May Pizani; four daughters Mrs. P. Belsome, Mrs. Albert Linden, Mrs. Alex 
Pizani and Mrs. Gustave Fabre; two sons, Walter L. Taylor and Leo Kerner; 
a brother, William Kerner and 31 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services for the late Judge Victor Kerner of Barataria, who died at 
his home Friday at 8 a.m. after an illness of some time, will take place 
this afternoon in St. Anthony's Church in Barataria. Interment to follow 
in the cemetery there. The funeral will take place at 3:30 p.m. from the 
Leitz-Eagan funeral home, 334 Lafayette Avenue, Gretna. Judge Kerner, since 
1896, had held the office of third justice of the peace and was the nestor 
of elective officials in Jefferson Parish. He was 83 years old and had spent 
his whole lifetime in the Barataria section. He leaves his widow, who was 
former Miss Ida May Pizani, and seven children, Mrs. P. Belsome, Mrs. Albert 
Linden, Mrs. Alex Pizani, Mrs. Gustave Fabre, Walter L., Taylor and Leo 
Kerner; also 31 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and a brother, 
William Kerner. Four other children preceded him to the grave.