Mansour obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Mansour, Joseph           27 Apr 1951    Nov 2006    Carol/Jerry Nelson
Mansour, Mary Shaheen     19 Mar 1954    Dec 2007    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  3/2/1951

MANSOUR, JOSEPH
Funeral services for Joseph Mansour, 77, who died Sunday at a New Orleans
hospital, were held Tuesday from the Poole Funeral Home.  Religious
services followed at Holy Ghost Catholic Church; interment was in Greenlawn
Cemetery.  He came to the U.S. from Syria 51 years ago; at one time he
operated a large department store in Hammond.  He quit the mercantile
business 27 years ago to take up farming.  He moved to Hammond 32 years
ago, coming here from Franklin.  He is survived by his wife; four
daughters, Mrs. George Joseph of Hammond, Mrs. Ed Sadick of Seymore, Conn.,
Mrs. Edw. Balider of Shelton, Conn., and Mrs. D. McKinney of New Orleans;
three sons, Alcide and Farris of Hammond, and Joe Mansour of Kentwood; one
brother in Syria; twelve grandchildren and one great, grandchild.

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  3/19/1954

MANSOUR, MARY SHAHEEN
Mrs. Mary Shaheen Mansour, 66, passed away Wednesday at Wiginton Memorial
hospital.  Funeral services were Friday at Poole Funeral Home and mass at
Holy Ghost Catholic church; interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery.  She
married Jos. M. Mansour in 1911 at Franklin; moved to Hammond in 1920.  She
is survived by two sons, Alcide Ellis Mansour of Hammond, and Francis
Mansour of Jacksonville, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Frances M. Joseph of
Hammond, and Mrs. Margaret M. McKinney of New Orleans; five brothers, one
of who is Pete Shaheem of Hammond; one sister in Zahle, Syria; four
stepchildren.  Her husband preceded her in death 3 years ago.

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