Obituaries:  Mrs. Matilda Meshell Ezernack, Sabine Parish       E-265
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 5, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Matilda Meshell Ezernack (Photo)

  Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Meshell Ezernack, 95, of Many,
were held at 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 24, 1997, at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church, Zwolle. Officiating was Father Ken Williams.
Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery, under the direction of
Les Fontaine Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Ezernack was born in Zwolle, on Dec. 15, 1901, to Francis
and Susan Leone Meshell, and passed away on Friday, Feb. 21,
1997, at Toledo Nursing Home in Zwolle.

  She is preceded in death by her husband, George W. Ezernack; one
brother, Alfred Meshell; four sisters, Mary Armstrong, Elva
Crnkovic, Lucy Lopez, and Mattie Ebarb; three stepsons, Abram
Ezernack, Monroe Ezernack, and Andrew Ezernack.

  Mrs. Ezernack is survived by one daughter, Thelma Small (husband
Jimmy) of Many; five stepdaughters, Selena Vines of Converse,
Josie Ferguson of Bossier City, Florence Sepulvado of Noble,
Bertie Hembree of Odessa, Texas, and Gladys Layfield of Haughton;
two sisters, Viola Ezernack, and Lela Ezernack of Zwolle; a host
of nieces, nephews, and friends.

  Pallbearers were Edwin Ezernack, Virgil Ezernack, Raymond
Ezernack, Danny Lopez, Patrick Ezernack, and Jerry Ezernack.