Bloch - Israel family burial Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted:  Debbie-Lee Hadsall DeLerno
Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm

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Source: photographs taken and text copied from inscriptions 9/2001
Louisa Israel		Born May 6, 1842 - Died Sept. 15, 1910
Widow of Joseph Israel

Sam'l G. Israel		Born Feb. 22, 1868 - Died Jan. 10, 1916

Marx Bloch		Born March 14, 1850 - Died Jan. 9, 1928

Augustine Bloch		Born July 14, 1865 - Died Oct. 13, 1933

Lazare Bloch		Born Feb. 25, 1855 - Died July 27, 1940

"TO HIM POSTERITY WILL OWE A DEBT OF ETERNAL GRATITUDE WHO, BY HIS
MUNIFICENT GIFT TO THE TOURO INFIRMARY, ASSURED THE PERPETUATION OF
THE PURPOSE OF ITS FOUNDER IN ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING AND IN
GIVING SUBSTANTIAL AID AND COMFORT TO THE NEEDY, AND THE DISTRESSED,
IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED, RACE OR COLOR.'