Services for Mary Violet Picard, 81 of Converse will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Zwolle. Celebrant will be Father Timothy C. Hurd, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Catherine Catholic cemetery in Noble.
Mrs. Picard was a native of Converse. She was born on December 6, 1933 to George and Pauline Manshack and entered into rest on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at L.S.U. Medical Center in Shreveport.
Mrs. Picard was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Johnny Picard, Son, Kim Picard, sisters, Ellen Childress, Zula Davis, Oleda Strickland, Eula Newman, brothers, Thomas and Clarence Manshack. She is survived by son, John R. Picard, daughters, Vickie Sepulvado Myer and husband Terry, Shreveport, Maren Picard Reese and husband John, Biloxi, MS, Karen Cooper and husband James, Slaughter, La., sister, Renay Etheridge, Hemphill, Texas, brothers, George Manshack, Jr. and wife Gayla, Converse and Mayo Manshack and wife Shirley, Converse, 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were Dustin Groce, Christopher Groce, Timothy Sepulvado, Roger Manshack, Chad Michael Carmadelle and Ervin Wayne Parrie, Sr.