Henrietta Alma Dalme

Funeral services for Henrietta Alma Dalme will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA with Rev. Perry Webb and Rev. Thomas Rush officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on April 13, 2012 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA. Henrietta Dalme, 86 years of age, passed away April 8, 2012. She was born September 25, 1925 to the late Lawrence Dalme, Sr. and Lillie Futrell Dalme in Natchitoches, LA. Henrietta attended and graduated from Natchitoches High School in 1944, and afterwards attended Northwestern State University. She was employed at Natchitoches Parish Library for over 30 years. She drove the Book Mobile for many years, and came to know "just about everyone" in Natchitoches Parish. She was devoted to her family and friends, and was a caregiver to many family members throughout the years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Natchitoches. She enjoyed taking care of her yard, traveling, and visiting with her friends and relatives. She is survived by her brother Ted Dalme and wife Louise of Crosby, TX and Joe Pat Dalme of Grover City, CA; one sister-in-law Linda Dalme of Crosby, TX; her aunt Kathleen Kennedy of Arizona; one niece, Laura Jeffcoat of Natchitoches, LA; four nephews, James Dalme, Leslie Dalme, Gary Dalme, and Joey Dalme, all of Texas; and numerous cousins, who loved her very much. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Dalme, Sr. and Lillie Mae Futrell Dalme; her maternal grandmother, Josephine Stacy Futrell, with whom she lived with and cared for, for over fifty years; her brother, Lawrence Dalme, Jr.; and her nephew, Kenny Dalme. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Winston Cedars, Leslie Dalme, Gary Dalme, Jr., James H. Dalme, Curtis Johnson, and John Gongre. Honorary pallbearers will be John Millar, Harvey Allen, Douglas Lee, Billy Scroggins, James Reed Stacy, Buddy Maggio, John Laborde, Harvey Futrell, Roy Cedars, Gary Jeffcoat, and Dain Wirt. Many thanks go to Dr. Manish Dhawan and his excellent and loving staff at the Northwest Louisiana Cancer Center, the doctors and nurses at the Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, the Courtyard of Natchitoches Nursing Home, and the staff at Natchitoches Hospice.