Mary Diane Schwartz

SCHWARTZ – M. Diane Bonura Schwartz, a native of New Orleans and a resident of the Northshore since Hurricane Katrina, was born on January 9, 1944, and died on January 12, 2025.

Beloved wife of Rolla Francis Schwartz, III, for over fifty-six years. Mother of Christopher Rolla Schwartz (Susan) and Mary D. Schwartz Cooper. Grandmother of Donald Greg Cooper, Jr., Sister of Doris Bonura Liukkonen and the late JoAnn Bonura Steiner. Daughter of the late Doris Hechler Bonura and Joseph Bonura. Special niece of Hilda J. Hechler and Corinne B. Lococo.

Graduate of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary grammar school, Mount Carmel Academy of New Orleans, and attended the University of New Orleans. Retired after 20 years as residential mortgage loan specialist for major financial institutions and mortgage brokers in Dallas and New Orleans. Gold Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League. Lady Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.

A private service and burial was held at Saint Joseph Abbey, Saint Benedict, Louisiana.

“Glory to God for all things.”