Obituary for Donna Swinnen
Memorial services for Donna Swinnen will be at 11AM, Saturday, March 4, 2023 at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Alexandria, LA. Interment will follow at Alexandria Memorial Gardens cemetery, Woodworth, LA. Reception will follow interment service at Cabrini Parish Hall, Alexandria, LA.
Donna was called to Heaven in the early morning hours Ash Wednesday February 22, 2023. She began her worldly journey on October 11, 1950 as the treasured daughter of Felix Joseph and Lois Deen Bruyninckx. She enjoyed her childhood on Rapides Bayou with her friends and animals along with her brother, Joe, and sisters, Glenda, Mary Ann, Cindy, and June. At Our Lady of Prompt Succor she attended grammar school and received her first Communion and Confirmation. She finished high school with the class of 1968 at Bolton High School. Her career included working with several state organizations from the Rapides Parish health unit in the early 1970s until her retirement from the Louisiana School of Math and Science and Arts in Natchitoches in the late 1990s. We will miss her smiles and those gorgeous dimples that come with them. We will miss the kisses and hugs that brought such life into our lives. Most of all we will miss the precious, encompassing love she shared so freely.
She is preceded in death by her parents; Felix Joseph Bruyninckx and Lois Deen Verzwyvelt Bruyninckx, previous husband; Ronald Clayton Luneau, nephew; Felix Joseph Bruyninckx III, brother-in-law; Lanis Dell Carpenter.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband; Gary Swinnen, son; Shawn Luneau, granddaughter; Kiersten Jolie Luneau, daughter; Holly Dunn, sisters:
Glenda Melton (Wayne), parents of Holly Carpenter Wahl (Brent A Wahl) and children Rowan Wahl and L. Reed Wahl; and John Carpenter (Jennifer F. Carpenter)
Mary Bigler (Randy), parents of Kelleigh Trepanier (Scott) and children Christopher and Michael Trepanier; Laurie Bigler; Renee Lloyd (Steve) and children Maggie and Jake Lloyd; James Bigler (Amy) and son David Bigler; and Mary Moorhead (Cory) and children Nicholas and Caroline
Felix Joseph Bruyninckx III (Mary Lynn Bruyninckx), parents of Jason Bruyninckx (Emily) and children Meg and Debra; Kyle Bruyninckx (Jodee) and children Joe V, Mary Rose, Becca, and Sam; and Mary Spicer (Matt) and children Eli and Laura.
Cindy Tammen (David), parents of Paul Cutter (Kelly) and Brian Cutter (Jennifer)
June Whitney (Daniel) parents of Jennifer Bland (Michael), and Scott Whitney (Crystal) and children Connor, Lorelei, Elijah, and Ophelia
Donna was called to Heaven in the early morning hours Ash Wednesday February 22, 2023. She began her worldly journey on October 11, 1950 as the treasured daughter of Felix Joseph and Lois Deen Bruyninckx. She enjoyed her childhood on Rapides Bayou with her friends and animals along with her brother, Joe, and sisters, Glenda, Mary Ann, Cindy, and June. At Our Lady of Prompt Succor she attended grammar school and received her first Communion and Confirmation. She finished high school with the class of 1968 at Bolton High School. Her career included working with several state organizations from the Rapides Parish health unit in the early 1970s until her retirement from the Louisiana School of Math and Science and Arts in Natchitoches in the late 1990s. We will miss her smiles and those gorgeous dimples that come with them. We will miss the kisses and hugs that brought such life into our lives. Most of all we will miss the precious, encompassing love she shared so freely.
She is preceded in death by her parents; Felix Joseph Bruyninckx and Lois Deen Verzwyvelt Bruyninckx, previous husband; Ronald Clayton Luneau, nephew; Felix Joseph Bruyninckx III, brother-in-law; Lanis Dell Carpenter.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband; Gary Swinnen, son; Shawn Luneau, granddaughter; Kiersten Jolie Luneau, daughter; Holly Dunn, sisters:
Glenda Melton (Wayne), parents of Holly Carpenter Wahl (Brent A Wahl) and children Rowan Wahl and L. Reed Wahl; and John Carpenter (Jennifer F. Carpenter)
Mary Bigler (Randy), parents of Kelleigh Trepanier (Scott) and children Christopher and Michael Trepanier; Laurie Bigler; Renee Lloyd (Steve) and children Maggie and Jake Lloyd; James Bigler (Amy) and son David Bigler; and Mary Moorhead (Cory) and children Nicholas and Caroline
Felix Joseph Bruyninckx III (Mary Lynn Bruyninckx), parents of Jason Bruyninckx (Emily) and children Meg and Debra; Kyle Bruyninckx (Jodee) and children Joe V, Mary Rose, Becca, and Sam; and Mary Spicer (Matt) and children Eli and Laura.
Cindy Tammen (David), parents of Paul Cutter (Kelly) and Brian Cutter (Jennifer)
June Whitney (Daniel) parents of Jennifer Bland (Michael), and Scott Whitney (Crystal) and children Connor, Lorelei, Elijah, and Ophelia