Obituaries:  Mrs. Elvera Martinez Ebarb Procell, Sabine Parish       P-624
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 13, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Elvera Martinez Ebarb Procell (Photo)

  Mrs. Elvera Martinez Ebarb Procell, 96, died Friday, Dec. 8,
2000.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 11, at St.
Joseph Catholic Church in Zwolle. The Rev. David Richter
officiated.

  Mrs. Procell was a 1922 graduate of St. John's Academy in Many,
Louisiana. She attended the Louisiana State Normal College in
1923 and 1924, where she earned a two-year teaching certificate.
She returned to NSU in 1944 to receive the B.A. degree in
teaching. Her teaching career spanned almost four decades,
including a one room school in the Sepulvado settlement,
principalship of a two year school in the Ebarb community, St.
Joseph's Catholic School in Zwolle, and the remainder at Ebarb
High School, as a teacher of elementary school, high school
English, and as school librarian. She retired from teaching in
1968.

  "Miss Elvera", as she was called by decades of students, was a
member of the Louisiana Retired Teachers' Association, The Sabine
Parish Retired Teachers' Association, and an active participant
in the Zwolle Retired Women Teachers; Organization. A devoted
church member, she was a member of St. Ann Circle of St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Zwolle. Mrs. Procell will be remembered by her
many friends and relatives for her life long teaching career, and
for her strong devotion to family and church.

  Mrs. Procell was preceded in death by Patrick Ebarb, husband
(1925-1936); George Procell, husband (1946-1949); Stephen
Martinez, father; Mary Ferguson Martinez, mother; George, Walter,
Rupert, and Herman Martinez, brothers; and Elvia Martinez Ebarb,
sister.

  Survivors include Marie Ebarb Polk and husband Frank of Zwolle,
Patricia Ebarb Helmstetter and husband Jerome of New Orleans,
Eliose Ebarb Davis, wife of the late Chester Davis of Shreveport,
Gloria Ebarb Durr and husband Kenneth of Nacogdoches, Texas,
Patrick A. Ebarb and wife Lisa of Richmond, Texas; 28
grandchildren; 42 great grandchildren; three great-great
grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and
friends.

  Pallbearers were Franklin Polk, Jerome Helmstetter, Michael
Helmstetter, Robert Polk, Stephen Durr, David Durr, Walter Ebarb,
and George Ebarb.

  A special thanks to Dr. Vishnu Behari, Toledo Nursing Center,
Sabine Medical Center, and Thomas Home Health.

  In lieu of flowers, donations cam be made to St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Zwolle.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.