Bonnie Marie Howard

Lake Arthur

Funeral services for Mrs. Bonnie Marie Schlesinger Howard, 78, of Lake Arthur, will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church with Father Jay Alexius officiating. Burial will follow in Andrus Cove Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Monday, May 1, 2017 from 2:30 to 9:00 p.m. with a rosary at 6:00 p.m. It will resume Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. until time of the service.

Mrs. Howard graduated from Lake Arthur High School in 1957. She worked as a telephone operator for South Central Bell Telephone Company in Jennings early in life. Most recently she worked for Cathy and Clark Cormier’s Shop A Lot.

Mrs. Howard enjoyed her free time playing bingo, working on various arts and crafts projects and spending quality time with her family and friends.

She is survived by two daughters, Hope (Robert)Bertrand of Gueydan and Jacquelyn Howard of Lake Arthur; one sister, Dorothy Smith of Lake Arthur; four grandchildren, Bryan (Anna)Howard, Casey (April)Bertrand, Celima Bertrand, Felicia Robinson and two great grandchildren, Blayden and Brendyn Thibodeaux.

Preceding her in death are her parents; Orais and Azema Dugas Schlesinger; her husband, Ennick John Howard; one son, T. J. Howard; three sisters, Eldora Tedesco, Isabel Parker and Leola Benoit; and three brothers, Albert, George and Fred Schlesinger.