ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: TARDIFF, HAZEL BURKE PONTIFF 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538

Died: Saturday, August 1, 2015

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TARDIFF, HAZEL BURKE PONTIFF 
September 22, 1919 - August 1, 2015

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Funeral services celebrating the life of Hazel Burke Pontiff Tardiff will be 
held on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at 1:00 PM at Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin. 

She will be laid to rest in the Franklin Cemetery. 
Fr. Cedric Sonnier will officiate the services.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Tuesday at Ibert's from 9:00 AM 
until the time of the service.

Ms. Hazel, a native and former longtime resident of Franklin, was born on 
September 22, 1919 to the late Joseph Burke and the late Lydia Pichoff Burke. 
She passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2015, at her home in Lafayette.

Survivors include her two daughters, Trudy Chauvin and her husband Donald, and 
Delores Martin; her sister, Rita B. Lanclos; 17 grandchildren, 35 great 
grandchildren, and 21 great great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, 
Wilson D. Pontiff; her second husband, Rene L. Tardiff; her son, Denis Paul 
Pontiff; four brothers, Dewey, Preston, Curtis and Berlyn Burke; two sisters, 
Ruth B. Theriot and Ruby B. Martin; a son-in-law, Darrell J. Martin, Jr.; a 
daughter-in-law, Myra "Ginger" Blanco Pontiff; and two grandchildren, Derek 
Pontiff and Wendy P. Stoneking.

Serving as pallbearers will be Frankie David Mach Jr., Carroll Trahan, Lance 
Hardin, Donald J. Chauvin Jr., Todd M. Chauvin, and Mark A. Chauvin. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Mickey Thibodeaux, John Atkinson, Matthew Phillips, and 
Donald J. Chauvin III.

For those wishing to make memorial contributions in Mrs. Hazel's name, the 
family asks that you please consider Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston Street, 
Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503, 337-232-1234, 
http://hospiceacadiana.com/donations. The family would like to thank all of 
their friends for the prayers and Menard's AC/Heating for quickly coming to fix 
the air condition when G-MA, "gummie bear" was bed ridden.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert's Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, 
Franklin, LA

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