Lucille "Lucy" Robertson

Lucille ‘Lucy’ Mae Robertson, 91, a native of Marksville, LA and a resident of Bossier City, LA for the past 66 years. She peacefully passed on March 12, 2025, at Willis Knighton Pierremont Hospital in Shreveport, LA.

Visitation will be held at Hillcrest Funeral Home, 601 US-80, Haughton, LA on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM with funeral services to follow immediately at the Hillcrest mausoleum at 1:00 PM. Father Fidel Mondragon, Pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Bossier City, LA will be officiating the funeral proceedings.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Dennis Robertson, who passed away in 2020 and her brothers, sisters, and spouses, Verdie Lemoine, (Alonzo) Arthur Bielkiewicz, Jr. (Wava), Sylvan Bielkiewicz, Bertha Gagnard (Tillman), and Wilbert Bielkiewicz (Joanna – still living).

She is survived by her three children. Stephen Earl Franklin (Patty) of Bossier City, LA, Martha Lynn Cathey (Thomas) of Shreveport, LA, and David Arthur Franklin (Laura) of Indianapolis. She is also survived by stepson D.R. Robertson of Shreveport, LA.

She was the grandmother of Timothy Franklin, Christine Franklin Romagossa (Garrett), Stephen Franklin deceased, (Celena), Robert Franklin (Jessica), Andrea Franklin Schaff (Tim), and Ashley Franklin. Great grandchildren are Joseph Franklin, Jr., Laney Franklin deceased, Cole Allen, Emma Romagossa, Garrett Romagossa III, Brennan Romagossa, Ava Franklin, Adelyn Franklin, Reece Franklin, Brooks Franklin, Michael Franklin, Dillion Franklin, Sameul Schaaf, Miles Schaaf, and Kenneth Steadham. She is Aunt to her nephews and nieces, Burnelle Lemoine, Glenda Curole (Welton – deceased), John Lemoine (Nancy), Glenn Gagnard (Sonya), Debra Ann Bielkiewicz Juneau (Kenneth), Darren Bielkiewicz (Darleen), and Shontell Bielkiewicz Manuel.

Lucy was born in 1933 in Cajun dominated Marksville, LA to the late Arthur ‘Butch’ and Elvira Bielkiewicz. Cajun French was her first language, and she had to learn English in the second grade by Catholic Nuns. She was born near the height of the Great Depression where food and money were scarce. Despite this tremendous hardship, her family was able to maintain a close relationship that persisted throughout all their lives. Lucy was the last surviving sibling of the Bielkiewicz family and carried on the family legacy of love and laughter that was the cornerstone of their family. If smiles and laughter were currency, they would have been billionaires. As her nephew Burnelle Lemoine would say, “We had laughter, but we had even more love’.

In 1950 she married her first husband, the late Robert Dixon Franklin, and settled in Dallas, TX. The family moved to Bossier City, LA in 1957 and except for a short resettlement in Bellevue, NE from 1973 to 1976, Lucy called Bossier City her home.

After divorcing Robert Franklin in 1976, she worked various jobs to support herself and graduated from a local Shreveport Beauty School. Lucy operated “Hair by Lucy” hair salon for many years providing hair care that specialized in hair styling for mature women. For many years she also was a school bus driver for the Bossier Parish School Board and thousands of Bossier City school age children were driven by her to schools in south Bossier Parish.

Through her beauty shop business, she was able to make hundreds of friends who literally became family. Lucy was an extreme extrovert who thrived on two things. Good food and friends.

It is extremely difficult to think that we can live in a world where Lucy isn't here anymore, but although she will not be here in body, she most definitely will be here in spirit. She loved life but when you reach the age of 91, most of your friends have already passed away and you're left alone with nothing except memories to see you through your day.

This is a loss that will be insurmountable. God was most merciful to allow us to have her for so many years but eventually her body gave out and God called her home. Her children will wait anxiously for the day that we will all be reunited. Praise be to our God and our Lord, Jesus Christ for giving us a wonderful person, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sibling, and aunt for so long. She set an example for us on how to love our children. She was a pure blessing in the lives of everyone she touched. Rest in peace Lucy. The Kingdom of Heaven is so much richer today with you in it and we will always love you and about you every day with complete adoration.

Special thanks to the medical staff at Willis Knighton Pierremont for the kindness and professional care they provided Lucy in the last days of her life. They were true professionals and made a profound contribution to her end-of-life struggles. Also of note is the assistance to the family, Jessica Maddox, who helped navigate the Catholic Church to arrange for Father Fidel Mondragon to perform the Anointing of the Sick and arrange for a Catholic burial ceremony. Also, special thanks to Kaya Walek, caregiver.