HAZEL BURKE PONTIFF TARDIFF

Sept. 22, 1919 ~ August 1, 2015
Funeral services celebrating the life of Hazel Burke Pontiff Tardiff will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at 1 p.m., 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 a.m. 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 two husbands, a son, four brothers, two sisters, a son-in-law and several grandchildren.
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.
Family and friends may view the obituary and express their condolences online by visiting www.iberts.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc. in Franklin.