A native and lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Bernice passed away on Friday, February 23, 2018. She was 91, a retired Dow Chemical USA Environmental Coordinator and retired rectory secretary at St. Agnes Catholic Church. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St, on Wednesday, February 28, from 5 pm until 8 pm and resumes at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 749 East Blvd, on Thursday, March 01, from 9:30 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 am celebrated by Rev. J. Clifton Hill and Msgr. Robert H. Berggreen. Recitation of the Rosary at St. Agnes at 11 am Thursday. Entombment will follow at Greenoaks Mausoleum. Bernice is survived by seventeen nieces and nephews as well as numerous great and great-great-nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Pearl DeJohn Dispenza; her sisters, Antonina D. Mills and husband Bill, and Mamie A. Dispenza; her brothers and their spouses, Vincent Joseph, Sr. and Katie Dispenza, Sam, Jr. and Edna Dispenza, and Lawrence T., Sr. and Kitty Dispenza; and her godchildren, Pearl Dispenza Leger and Mary Dispenza Potts. Bernice was a lifelong member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and a member of Legion of Mary, Holy Name Society, Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Marie Louise #60, Mother Theresa's Co-Workers, Marian Movement of Priests, St. Agnes CCD program and the Dow Retirement Club. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to St. Agnes Catholic Church, The Missionaries of Charity or The Legionaries of Christ. Please share condolences at www.rabenhorst.com.
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Rest in Peace my friend
JOHN HIGDON
March 1, 2018
May the Angels lead you into Paradise, and may the Perpetual Light shine upon you!
Carla Landry
March 1, 2018
Please know we are praying for your family .
Gerald & Linda Cook
February 28, 2018
REST IN PEACE
JOHN GABEL
February 27, 2018
Dormi con gli angeli, dear Bernice!
Margaret Lovecraft
February 26, 2018
My Dear Bernice: You leave us with such wonderful memories. You had an Air of Holiness and Love in all your ways. Your Prayer Poems of so many of Family and friends spoke of the goodness you saw in each of them. The Greatest Love of your life was in attending Holy Mass every day for over 50 years. So many of us were in your Prayers. Our weekly visits in these later years were filled with Love and laughter and Sweet Thoughts of Family and friends. I Cherish the Prayers and moments we shared. You were my Angel on earth. Rest in Peace, Dear Loving Friend. You live in our Hearts and Prayers.
Bob DuBos
Judy and Bob DuBos
February 26, 2018
Condolences & Prayers to the Family ... "She was a Special Lady ... we loved her," - Maria P. Horcasitas
Keith J Horcasitas
February 25, 2018
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