Mrs. Albert Schlesinger, Jefferson Davis Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
Date: September 25, 2011

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The Jennings Daily News
Jennings, Louisiana
Thursday, January 22, 1959

Jennings, La. - Mrs. Albert Schlesinger of Lake Arthur, the former
Mary Elizabeth Rollins, died yesterday at 1:35 p.m. at the Elton
home of a son, Clyde Schlesinger.

She was a resident of Lake Arthur for 40 years, moving there in 1919
from Cameron parish. She was born Feb. 9, 1880 in Tiaogo, La.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. today from the Miguez Funeral home.
The Rev. Don Hall, Elton Methodist minister, will officiate. Burial
will follow in the Lake View Cemetery in Lake Arthur.

Survivors include two sons, Orais of Lake Arthur and Clyde of Elton,
four daughters, Miss Alberta Schlesinger of Lake Arthur, Mrs. Gladys
Walker of Houston, Mrs. Audrey Hopkins of Lafayette and Mrs. Adrienne
Stephens of Baton Rouge. Also surviving are several half-brothers and
sisters, 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Rodney Benoit, Kickie Smith, Lee Stephens, Ray
McClelland, Buddy Phelps, and Dr. I. Tedesco.

Mrs. Schlesinger was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star and
the Lake Arthur Baptist church.