ETHEL KERNE Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 12 Oct 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ October 08. 2005 12:00AM Ethel Kerne [Photo] Ethel Walker Kerne, 93, a native of Jeanerette and resident of New Iberia, died on Oct. 6, 2005. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m., Sunday and 8 a.m. to funeral time on Monday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Iberia. Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. She is survived by three daughters Mary Cestia and her husband Burton E. Cestia Jr. of New Iberia, Charlene Clark and her husband William Bedford Clark of Bryan, Texas, and Francine Middleton and her husband David Middleton of Thibodaux; six grandchildren, Burton E. Cestia III and his wife Angela Trappey Cestia of New Iberia, George A. Cestia of Lake Charles, Edith L. Cestia of Lake Charles, Mary Frances L. Clark of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eleanor K. Clark of Galveston, Texas, and Anna Middleton of Thibodaux; one sister Irene Walker Landry of Jeanerette and her devoted caregivers from the Home Instead Senior Care Office in New Iberia. She was proceeded in death by her parents Charles Walker and Hortense Lyon Walker; husband Francis Lloyd Kerne; three brothers, Charles "Rut" Walker, Roy Walker, and Dr. Ira G. "Butsy" Walker; and one sister Madge Walker. Pallbearers will be grandsons and sons-in-law. She received her undergraduate degree in home economics from Southwest-ern Louisiana Institute, which is now University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in 1933 and did graduate work at Iowa State University. She pursued a career as a home demonstrator agent in Lafourche Parish and later as a teacher of home economics at Mount Carmel Academy and Thidodaux High School for a period of over 30 years. She was a charter member of the Bayou Women's Club and known for her hospitality and culinary skills. She oversaw the publication of their cookbook, "La Fourchette" in 1951. As a teacher, she imparted those skills to hundreds of students in the classes while promoting the education and careers of women. She was a teacher first, last and always. In her final lesson, she never spoke a word. It was in her dying that she taught us about living, loving, patience, suffering, humility and above all Trust in God. The family would like to express appreciation to Dr. James B. Falterman, Jr. Evangeline Funeral Homes, Inc. of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.