Dolores V. Faust, born on March 21, 1929, passed away on May 25, 2019 at the age of 90. Beloved mother of Jacquelyn Savoy and Susan McCloskey. Grandmother of Vickie Smith, Melissa Savoy, Kelly Soroe, Jeffrey McCloskey and Terry Cannon. She also leaves behind seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Emile Terry, and by her second husband, Walter Faust; her parents, Wallace M. Vega and Inez L. Landry; and her siblings, Carmen Brady, Inez Kaul, Wallace Vega Jr., Juanita Powe and Joseph Vega. Dolores was a bookkeeper, spending several years at the architectural firm of Walk, Haydel and Associates, as well as several years with Grishman and Stern Wholesale Distributors. She was a onetime member of the St. Mark Choir, and she took great delight in spending time with her friends in the Versailles Homemakers Club and the St. Bernard Association for Family and Community Education. Dolores was dearly loved by her family and friends, and will be missed by all who knew her. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the staff of LA Hospice and Palliative Care, as well as to the The River Forest Home in Covington, for their unwavering and dedicated care of Dolores, or as they called her, “Mrs. Dee.” Relatives and friends attended a visitation and funeral mass held at St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home, 701 W. Virtue Street, in Chalmette on Thursday, May 30, 2019. She was laid to rest in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens. To view and sign the Family Guestbook, please visit www.stbernardmemorial.com.
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