Obituaries:  Louis Lefkovits, Sabine Parish       L-121
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 16, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Louis Lefkovits

  Louis Lefkovits, 84, prominent Zwolle merchants for almost 40
years, died at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Sabine Clinic in
Zwolle, following a lengthy illness.

  Mr. Lefkovits came to Zwolle in 1904, and worked for Dover and
Dover, general merchandise store, which he acquired in the late
1920's, and operated since as L. Lefkovits.

  For a time, he served as a member of the Zwolle Town Council. He
was a 32nd Degree Mason, a Shriner, and member of El Karubah
Temple in Shreveport, a member of the Scottish Rites, a member of
the B'Nai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, a former member of the
Zwolle Lions Club, and was active in all civic affairs.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Williams Lefkovits; one
daughter, Mrs. Tom Phillips of Baton Rouge; and seven
grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, at 11 a.m., in the
First Baptist Church in Zwolle, with Rabbi Marvin Reznikoff of
Baton Rouge officiating. Interment, under the direction of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home of Many, will be in the Zwolle Cemetery.

  Pallbearers will be David Brooks, Edward Brooks, David
Lefkovits, Ross Williams, Ralph McLanahan, Randal Parrott, Cecil
Tooke, and Larry Layne.