Obituaries of DECEMBER 1987, Daily Comet Newspaper, Lafourche Parish, La.
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December 3, 1987

Mary Elizabeth Mayer Silverberg

Funeral set for Mrs. Silverberg

Mary Elizabeth Mayer Silverberg, wife of the late Joe Silverberg, a
former publisher of the Daily Comet, died at 4:30 this morning. She was
69.A native of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Silverberg moved to Thibodaux in 1946
when her husband and a partner Edward R. Jackson of Thibodaux bought
what was then the Lafourche Comet. She was active in numerous civic and
school-related activities in Thibodaux.A graduate of Louisiana State
University in library science, Mrs. Silverberg established the
agricultural economics library at LSU prior to the start of World War
II. She continued her library work in Thibodaux on a volunteer basis,
overseeing the operations of the library at Thibodaux General Hospital.

She was a member of the Houma Duplicate Bridge Club and reached the
level of Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League.

She was preceded in death by her parents Beatrice Mayer and Buffington
S. Mayer of Baton Rouge as well as her husband. She is survived by a
daughter Mrs. Winston (Jane) Ardoin of Eunice; sons John of Las Vegas,
Nev., James of Thibodaux, Jay of Petaluma, Calif., and Joel of
Birmingham, Ala.; a brother Buffington S. Mayer Jr. of Baton Rouge; and
eight grandchildren.

Visitation will be Friday from noon to 2:30 p.m. at Thibodaux Funeral
Home in Thibodaux. Funeral services will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the
chapel. Burial will be in St. John's Episcopal Cemetery in
Thibodaux.Memorial donations to the Thibodaux Chapter Friends of the
Library P.O. Box 5514, Thibodaux, La. 70302 are preferred.