Barbara Dielenschneider Alfonso passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the age of 89. Barbara was born on June 11, 1931 to the late, Victor J. and Isabella Rodriguez Dielenschneider and raised in New Orleans, LA and was a resident of St. Bernard Parish for 57 years. Barbara was the loving and devoted wife of her late husband, Sidney “Boogie” Alfonso for over 50 years. She was also preceeded in death by two brothers, Walter Dielenschneider and Lionel (Bonnie) Dielenschneider; one Sister, Jeanne Ruth Dielenschneider; two Sister-in-laws, Evelyn “Wee Wee” Gonzales and Veronica “Ronnie” Serigne; two Brother-in-laws , Rudy Alfonso and Walter “Inky” (Gertrude “Gerdie”) Alfonso ; two Nieces , Anita Alfonso and Ingrid Pomes and one Nephew, Eric A Dielenschneider. Barbara is survived by a loving surrogate “Daughter”, Anna Alfonso (Richard) Schmidt , whom she raised from the age of 9. She was the surrogate “Grandmother” of Jeannine (Will) Santos and Richard (Taylor) Schmidt IV and surrogate “Great-grandmother” of Joshua Anderson and Chloe Raye Schmidt. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Ruth Alfonso; two brother-in-laws, Ronald L “Rock” Serigne and Larry Gonzales; seven Nieces Susan (Richard) Thorne, JoAnn (Brian) Bernard, Natalie (Mathew) Meyer, Lucille Alfonso, Shelia (David) Morales, Christine Menner and Cassandra Dielenschneider and a Nephew, Ronald “Rock” Serigne. Barbara will be remembered as a kind and loving soul who never met a stranger. She loved entertaining family, spending time with as well as teaching her nieces and nephews to play board games, swimming, cooking and trips to the casino. She especially loved using her intellect and daily pitted her wits against contestants of Wheel of Fortune, Cash Cab, and, her all time favorite, Jeopardy. She will be sorely missed by family and friends of which there are many. Our family would like to express our sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses at Tulane Medical Hospital Neurological Stroke Center for their excellent care of Barbara during her convalescence. Family and friends attended a visitation and funeral service in Barbara’s memory to be held at St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home, 701 Virtue St., Chalmette, LA 70043 on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. She was laid to eternal rest in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens. To view and sign the Family Guestbook, please visit www.stbernardmemorial.com.