Betty Mary Hippler Laurent

November 30, 1929 - August 26, 2019

Please join us in celebrating the life of Mrs. Betty Mary Hippler Laurent. Mrs. Laurent passed away at age 89, on Monday, August 26, 2019. Mrs. Laurent will be dearly missed by family and friends. Mrs. Laurent was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 30, 1929. She was raised in New Orleans and attended Sacred Heart High School for girls. She graduated from high school in May of 1946 and began taking night classes at Loyola University in September of 1946. She graduated from Loyola in May of 1957. Betty married C. Charles Laurent, Jr. on June 18, 1960 and moved to Lexington Kentucky where Charles served in the Army in medicine. She and Charles moved to Alexandria in June of 1962 and has resided in Alexandria for the past 57 years. Mrs. Laurent began a life in tax preparation in 1969 where she worked for H & R Block for 10 years during tax season and taught tax during the off-season. In 1979, she resigned from H & R Block and opened her own tax preparation business. She enjoyed a 31-year career in tax preparation. Mrs. Laurent had a love of genealogy. She volunteered at the Alexandria Historical & Genealogical Library in the areas of bookkeeping and teaching others how to research their ancestry. She spent hours and hours discovering her own ancestors’ and recording details to pass on to her future generations. She was an active member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church where she served as a Lector during weekend services. Mrs. Laurent was preceded in death by her husband, C. Charles Laurent, Jr.; her parents, Wallace and May Hippler; and her sister, Dorothy “Dottie” Papania. Mrs. Laurent is survived by two sons, C. Charles Laurent, III of Houston, Texas and Michael G. Laurent of Alexandria, Louisiana; two daughters, Claire E. Lacombe of Georgetown, Texas, and Anne E. Laurent of Houma, Louisiana; five grandchildren, Amber N. Lush, Rachel A. Henning, Laura E. Lacombe, Nicholas C. Laurent, and Karen E. Lacombe; and three great grandchildren, Caden J. Henning, Charlotte G. Henning, and Atlas J. Lush. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2019, at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church with the Rev. Phillip Michiels and Rev. Dan O’Connor officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, under the direction of John Kramer & Son. Friends and family are asked to visit from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2019, at John Kramer & Son Funeral Home, 2905 Masonic Drive in Alexandria, La. Visitation will resume from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, August 30, 2019, at the funeral home. A Christian Wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2019, in the Kramer Chapel. The family has requested memorials be sent to The Arc of Rapides/John Eskew Training Center at 1700 Ashley Avenue, Alexandria, La, 71301. To extend online notes of condolence to the Laurent Family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.