Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....LEIBOWITZ, LESLIE ABRAMS June 3, 2010
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News Star World - Jun 05, 2010
LESLIE ABRAMS LEIBOWITZ

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA.

Funeral services for Leslie Abrams Leibowitz, 87, of Monroe, LA will be held 
at 2:00 PM Sunday, June 6, 2010 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, 
Sterlington Road, Monroe with Rabbi Marshall Klaven officiating. Private 
family graveside services will follow at the Jewish Cemetery.

Mrs. Leibowitz was born in 1923 and passed away Thursday, June 3, 2010 at home 
surrounded by her loved ones. She will be remembered, as the co-founder with 
her husband, of the first fabric specialty shop that originated in the Ark-La-
Miss area in January of 1948, and which was known as the Famous Fabric Shops 
of Monroe until she retired in 1985. She also helped operate fabric shops in 
Bastrop, Ruston, and West Monroe, LA. She counted her many customers among her 
many dear friends.

She was a member of the Congregation B'nai Israel in Monroe, LA since 1927 and 
also belonged to its Sisterhood. Additionally, she was a member of the Lotus 
Club and was also active in helping various service organizations over the 
years she lived in Monroe.

Leslie will be remembered for her very kind heart, unselfish manner, good 
humor, and unaffected ways. She had friends everywhere she went and loved to 
be on the go. Her love of entertaining and many friendships were her 
trademarks in her full life. To know her was to love her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Molly and Jacob Abrams; husband, 
Irving S. Leibowitz; daughters, Linda and Claire Leibowitz; and son, Phillip 
Leibowitz.

Survivors include her son, Richard Leibowitz and wife Ruth of Baton Rouge, LA; 
sister, Florence Waldman of Kilgore, TX; niece, Carol Waldman of Dallas, TX; 
nephew, Dr. Mark Waldman of Dallas, TX; and longtime caregiver and friend, 
Mary Hall.

Pallbearers will be Jimmie Laudenheimer, Donnie Laudenheimer, Jay Marx, Mel 
Cohen, Paul Spillers, Don Marcus, Ansel Smith, Charles Masur, Sack Marx, and 
Maurice Raphael.

Visitation will be 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Mulhearn 
Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Congregation B'nai Israel 
Endowment Fund or the Ouachita Council on Aging Meals on Wheels Program.

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