Kerek obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Kerek, Alexander James, Jr.    29 Mar 2001    Mar 2001    Don Johnson
Kerek, Beatrice Hebert          6 Nov 2006    Nov 2006    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  3/29/2001

KEREK, ALEXANDER JAMES JR. 
Albany - Alexander James Kerek Jr., 82, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at
North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. A native of Albany, Kerek was a
veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired tool and die maker for 30 years in
the automobile industry in Michigan. He also was a member of the Amvets,
the American Legion of Springfield and a lifetime members of the Eagles. 
Survivors include his wife, Helen Glodan Kerek; one daughter, Eileen
Stambaugh, Ypsilant, Mich.; one son, James Kerek, Amarillo, Texas; one
sister, Mary Resetar, Albany; six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Alexander and Anna Kerek; his sister, Annie Hosh Fry; four brothers, Paul
Kerek, Joe Kerek, Steve Hosh and John Hosh; and a granddaughter, Anna Marie
Kerek. Visitation will be at Geisler Funeral Home Chapel, Albany, tonight
from 6 until 9 and Friday from 8 until 9:45 a.m. The funeral will be at St.
Margaret Catholic Church Friday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Leo Guillot
officiating. Burial will be in St. Margaret Catholic Church Cemetery. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  11/6/2006

KEREK, BEATRICE HEBERT
"I have fought the good fight and honorable fight. I have finished the
race. I have kept my faith. As to what remains, there is laid up for me my
crown of righteousness, for being right with God and doing right, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on this great day and not only
to me, but to all who have longed for his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8.
Beatrice Hebert Kerek, 85 years old and a resident of Albany, died at 
1 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She
was born Friday, April 29, 1921. She is survived by a son and daughter-
in-law, Jerome and Cheryl Kerek; daughters and sons-in-law, Deanna Kerek
Kennedy and Claude-Larry Kennedy and Jackie Kerek Moore and Bobby Moore;
grandchildren, Jerome Paul Kerek Jr., William Damain and spouse Shelly
Kerek, Kimberly Kerek, Jada Kerek and spouse Michael Mayon, Crystal Kennedy
Kerek and spouse Tommy McFadden, Troy and spouse Shannon Kennedy, Scott and
spouse Lisa Kennedy, Lance and Robin Larocca-Kerek, and Lachelle
Larocca-Kerek and spouse Jimmy Morgan; great-grandchildren, Courtney,
Casey, Angelle and Clayton Kerek, Brock, Dru and Luke Mayon, Chace Girior,
Brittany and Ross McFadden, Brianna, Logan, Makayla, Alyssa and Noah
Kennedy and Jayse Morgan; and sisters, Marie Vaccaro and Gerry Coupel.
Preceded in death by her beloved husband, Paul Kerek; sisters, Edna
Ingolia, Ester Mollere, Florence Theriot, Olive Kerek, Lanny Schatzle, Ella
Marroy and Blanche Landry; and brothers, Raymond and Lawrence Hebert.
Visiting at Geisler Funeral Home, La. 43, Albany, on Sunday was from 5 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Visiting resumes at the funeral home on Monday from 8 a.m. to
10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Margaret Catholic Church in
Albany on Monday at 11 a.m. Burial in the church cemetery. 

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