Visitation and Services
Friends will be received Wednesday, July 15, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Independence with services beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Interment will follow in the Colonial Cemetery, Independence.
Obituary
Dr. F. Fanancy "Snow" Anzalone, M.D., 73 years old of Independence, LA, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at North Oaks Medical Center. He was born on Tuesday, January 14, 1936, in Independence, Louisiana, son of the late Ignazio Fanancy Anzalone and the late Virginia Richardson Anzalone.
Dr. Anzalone was a devoted husband of 55 years and a loving father and grandfather. Surviving is his wife, Kathryn Kluchin Anzalone; sons & daughters-in-law, Drs. Fanancy L. & Debra Anzalone and Michael I. & Cheryl Henkel Anzalone; daughter & son-in-law, Kathy Sue & Frank Edwards; granddaughters Tiffany Anzalone Benedict (husband SPC Richard Benedict, U.S. Army), Tracy Anzalone, and Kathryn Jean, Caroline, and Elizabeth Edwards; and brother & sister-in-law, Phillip I. & Nell Anzalone.
Dr. Anzalone graduated from Independence High School in 1953. He attended Louisiana State University and was a member of the LSU Football team from 1953 to 1956. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in June 1960 and completed his General Practice Internship from Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans in 1961.
Dr. Anzalone opened his medical practice in Independence in 1961. He was a staff member of 7th Ward Hospital (North Oaks Medical Center) and served as Chief of Staff in 1976. In 1975, he began working at Southeastern Louisiana University's Health Center and was the Medical Director from 1996 until his death. Dr. Anzalone was also a physician at the Outpatient Medical Clinic at Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital and was the Independence High School football team doctor from 1961 until his death. Since 1996, he was the physician at the North Oaks Family Medicine Clinic in Independence.
During 1966 to 1968 Dr. Anzalone was a Flight Surgeon with the United States Army Medical Corps in the Republic of Vietnam and Fort Stewart, Georgia. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, and Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Dr. Anzalone has served on the Board of Directors for First Guaranty Bank for many years and has been a member of numerous Medical Associations. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 109 and Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church of Independence.
Friends will be received Wednesday, July 15, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Independence with services beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Interment will follow in the Colonial Cemetery, Independence.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mater Dolorosa Catholic School, P O. Box 380 Independence, LA or to St Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School, 14520 Voss Drive Hammond, LA.
An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com
Preferred Charities and Donations
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mater Dolorosa Catholic School, P O. Box 380 Independence, LA or to St Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School, 14520 Voss Drive Hammond, LA.