Donald Louis Schwartzenburg

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• Obituary: 28 Jan 2005, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Obituary:
Donald Louis Schwartzenburg
“I have fought the good fight, I have run the good race, I have finished the course.” St. Paul
Funeral services for Mr. Donald Louis Schwartzenburg, 62, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Sibille Funeral Home Chapel in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Angelo Cremaldi will conduct the services.
Mr. Schwartzenburg, a native and resident of Opelousas, died at approximately 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, in M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. He graduated from Menard High School in Alexandria and attended USL, now the University of Louisiana. Mr. Schwartzenburg was a long-time salesman for Vermillion Wholesale Drug Company and later became co-owner of the company that was started by his father and two uncles. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Schwartzenburg enjoyed the outdoors with friends and family. He enjoyed cooking whenever possible and truly loved to be with his wife, children and grandchildren. His family meant everything to him, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him and loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Dufilho Schwartzenburg, of Opelousas; his mother, Mary Ethel Guilbeau Schwartzenburg, of Opelousas; one daughter, Mrs. Donna Lynn Breaux and her husband, Greg, of Kenner; one son, Andrew L. Schwartzenburg, and his wife, Pen, of Lafayette; five sisters, Mrs. Becky Tucker and her husband, Danny, Mrs. Jennie Ledoux and her husband, Leonard, and Mrs. Patsy Bullara and her husband, Jimmy, all of Opelousas; Mrs. Connie Benoit and her husband, Curt, of Washington, and Mrs. Peggy Bambrick and her husband, Bill, of Austin, Texas; one brother, Carl Schwartzenburg and his wife, Patricia, of Opelousas; and five grandchildren, Kayla and Kacey Breaux, and Connor, Carter and Rachel Carolyne Schwartzenburg. Mr. Schwartzenburg was preceded in death by his father, Vernon Schwartzenburg.
Pallbearers will be Andy Schwartzenburg, Carl Schwartzenburg, Benny Nele, Jan Ledoux, Shane Tucker, Corey Schwartzenburg and Bobby Savoy. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Dufilho, Danny Tucker, Leonard Ledoux, Curt Benoit, Jimmy Bullara, Bill Bambrick and Dr. Frederick Zaunbrecher.
Visiting hours will be observed from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Saturday until time of the services. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today.

["Donald Louis Schwartzenburg," obituary, Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 28 January 2005, p. 6-A, cols. 3-4]

Family/Spouse: Kathleen Dufilho. Kathleen (daughter of Alvin Michael Dufilho, Sr. and Mary Lou Chachere) was born on 18 Oct 1942 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 5 Jan 2009 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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