LOUISE ROSE BONE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON APRIL 7, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH "BOSS" AND NEALIE (DEAN) COURTOIS. LOUISE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE ST. JOSEPH KIRKWOOD HOSPITAL IN KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 29, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
LOUISE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOSEPH FENWICK WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH AS AN ACTIVE MILITARY PERSON IN WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS THEN MARRIED TO BERNIS "BUBBY" BONE ON MARCH 3, 1951 IN POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS. BUBBY PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON DECEMBER 23, 1987.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, LEROY FENWICK OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ONE STEP-SON, JOHN BONE OF FORTWORTH, TEXAS, TWO SISTERS, ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MISSOURI AND ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE BROTHER, HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, ONE GRANDSON, KEVIN JAMES FENWICK, TWO STEP- GRANDSONS, JASON AND JOHN BONE, AND DEAR FRIEND, LOWELL BAY. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, DALE FENWICK, TWO SISTERS, STELLA BOEHN AND LUCILLE EVANS, THREE BROTHERS, LILBURN (JACK)COURTOIS, GEORGE COURTOIS AND BERNARD COURTOIS.
LOUISE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, OLD MINES, MISSOURI. SHE ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MUSIC AND PLAYING THE PIANO. LOUISE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA FOR HER ABILITY TO SPOT AN ANTIQUE AT AN AUCTION OR SALE. LOUISE PRIDED HERSELF ON HER ANTIQUE PROFESSIONALISM BUT ALSO ON HER LOVE AND ABILITY TO DEAL IN REAL ESTATE. PRIOR TO HER HUSBANDS DEATH THEY OWNED THE POWDER SPRINGS AREA WERE THEY ENJOYED HAVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS LAKESIDE. LOUISE WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2002 AND 8:30 AM TO 9:45 AM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE TONY COURTOIS, TOM COURTOIS, RICHARD WALTON, NEIL COOPER, JOHN COURTOIS, KEVIN FENWICK AND BURL PORTELL.