Alma Dale Kern's Obituary
Graveside services for Alma Dale Kern, 90, of DeRidder, LA, will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Beauregard Cemetery, in DeRidder, LA, with Rev. George L. Glass, Jr., officiating. Burial will follow in Beauregard Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder. Visitation will begin on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at 5:00 PM, until 9:00 P.M., and continue on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. until service at Labby Memorial Funeral Home, DeRidder.
Mrs. Kern was born on October 15, 1922, to Jefferson Franklin Lambright and Lora Alma Warren Lambright in Diboll, Texas. She had lived in DeRidder since the early 30’s. She was Co-Owner of Kern’s Sporting Goods in DeRidder and loved hunting, fishing, camping and bowling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in DeRidder alongside her husband for 69 years. Alma passed from this life on Saturday, December 22, 2012, in Beauregard Memorial Hospital in DeRidder.
She is survived by three sons, James T. Kern and wife Mary Beth of Tulsa, OK, Jerry Kern and wife Kaye and Ronald D. Kern and wife Nanette, both of DeRidder; eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 69 years, Marcus T “Cupie” Kern, and son Jeffery C. Kern.
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