Spoonts obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Spoonts, Georgette Dufresne       30 Mar 2008    Apr 2008    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/30/2008

SPOONTS, GEORGETTE DUFRESNE
Georgette Dufresne Spoonts, 89, of San Antonio, died on Wednesday, March
26, 2008, after a long illness. Mrs. Spoonts was born in Wallace on Dec. 8,
1918, to Ulysse and Ida Marie Dufresne. She received an R.N. degree at
Hotel Dieu School of Nursing and worked as a public health nurse until 1943
when she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She served as a first lieutenant
at the 7th Field Hospital in the Central Europe and Rhineland Campaigns.
After the war, Mrs. Spoonts lived a life of service devoted to her family,
church and community. Mrs. Spoonts was predeceased by her mother and
father, four sisters, a brother and husband of 54 years, Lt. Col. Leslie
Spoonts Jr., U.S. Air Force, Ret. She is survived by a sister, Ethel
Dufresne, of LaPlace; a brother, Ulysse J. Dufresne, of Ponchatoula; a son,
Leslie Spoonts III and a daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" Horn, both of Fort
Worth, Texas; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Visitation
will be held at Mission Park Funeral Chapels South, San Antonio, on Sunday,
March 30, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. A memorial service is scheduled for Monday,
March 31, at 10 a.m. at Air Force Village I. Burial will follow at 1 p.m.
at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. In lieu of flowers,
the family requests memorials be made to the Air Force Village Foundation
in San Antonio. For personal acknowledgement you may sign the guest book at
http://www.missionparks.com in the obituary section. 

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