Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ALTENBERG, ALICE WEST SPENCER July 14, 2017
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News Star World - July 19, 2017
ALICE WEST SPENCER ALTENBERG

Alice West Spencer Altenberg, known variously to her loved ones as Linda, "Big 
Linda," and Ma, passed away peacefully in New Orleans on the morning of Friday, 
July 14, 2017.

She was born October 31, 1920 in New Orleans to Lewis Cass Spencer, M.D., and 
Alice Beatrice Smead Spencer. She married her beloved husband, Alfons Ralph 
Altenberg, M.D., in Ohio on December 4, 1948, and they spent the next 57 years 
raising their family together in Monroe, Louisiana. She and Al adored deep sea 
and marsh fishing almost as much as they adored one another, and enjoyed 
countless hours with family and friends on their boat, Délice. In addition to 
being the official captain of their boat, Mrs. Altenberg was also a registered 
nurse, a dedicated homemaker, and an avid, accomplished seamstress.

She is predeceased by her aforementioned parents and husband, as well as two 
sisters, Elizabeth Spencer Roach and Rowena Spencer, M.D.

She is survived by one sister, Sara Spencer of Monroe, Louisiana, stepson 
Alfons Robert Altenberg (Eileen) of Lexington, South Carolina; daughters Linda 
Altenberg Sins (Kurt) of New Orleans, and Rowena Altenberg Worley of Panama 
City Beach, Florida; grandchildren John D. Altenberg (Beth), of Lexington, 
South Carolina, Robert A. Altenberg, of Lexington, South Carolina, Catherine V. 
Evans (Jim) of Houston, Texas, Richard G. Verlander III, of New Orleans, 
Elizabeth P. Hickmott (David) of Dallas, Texas, and Anna P. Watts of Monroe, 
Louisiana. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren.

With great fondness and admiration—and no shortage of laughter—Mrs. Altenberg's 
family and friends will remember her as the thoroughly unconventional woman she 
prided herself on being: A loving, devoted mother and grandmother who was, in 
equal proportion, a sassy, opinionated, colorful, and (often brutally) honest 
old dame.

She will be dearly missed.

The family would like to thank the wonderful Mrs. Charlotte Marshall and the 
entire staffs of The Azaleas at Woldenberg Village and Compassus Hospice for 
the excellent and loving care they provided.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home of 
Monroe, Louisiana or the Methodist Children's Home of Ruston, Louisiana are 
preferred.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Pursuant to her 
wishes, her ashes will be scattered with those of her husband in the Gulf of 
Mexico.

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