Jacqueline Brumfield

Jacqueline Brumfield, age 89, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, passed away on July 16, 2025. She was born on August 19, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey. She is survived by her loving children and their spouses, Richard H. Schulze Jr., Linda and Gene Monaco, and John and Rajean Schulze; grandchildren, Ashlee Williams, Adriane Anderson, Christopher Keefer, Stuart Keefer, Julianna Schulze, and Emma Schulze; and great-grandchildren, Gabriel Cleveland, Jacob Cleveland, Samuel Williams, Oliver Keefer, and Eloise Keefer. She is also survived by her many extended family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 32 years, Byron Butler Brumfield and her parents, John and Miriam Van Luppen. Jacqueline was born in Trenton, NJ, and was an only child. However, she was doted on by her loving parents and her childless Aunt Betty and Uncle Fred Harm, who lived nearby. She shined in high school as a baton twirling majorette and briefly attended the University of Pennsylvania after graduation. She married Richard H. Schulze Sr. on November 2, 1957 and gave birth to Richard, Linda, and John in the years that followed. In the early 1970s, Jacqueline applied her artistic talents and worked at Anderson Studios in Dallas, TX, where she became an Interior Decorator and subsequently earned accreditation by the American Society for Interior Decorators (ASID). By 1980, she was divorced, remarried, and relocated, first to New Orleans and then Mandeville. There, with an entrepreneurial spirit, she opened her own firm as an Interior Decorator, Van Luppen Interiors. She and Byron lived happily in the Mandeville area until his passing in October of 2002. Jacqueline remained in Mandeville afterwards, and she returned to college at the age of 67. With great determination and fortitude, she completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at Tulane's City College in 2006. In 2007, she decided to move to Texas to be closer to her oldest son, Richard. She lived in McKinney Texas until 2012, and then she moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to be closer to her daughter Linda and son-in law Gene. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mrs. Brumfield may be made to the Northshore Humane Society, 20384 Harrison Avenue, Covington, LA 70433, 985-892-7387; https://www.northshorehumane.org/give. Jacqueline loved her many dogs and was always eager to offer a home to animals that had been abused or neglected. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 11:00 AM at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, Louisiana, with visitation beginning at 9:00 am until service time. Interment will follow at Mitchell Cemetery, Mitchell Cemetery Road, Ponchatoula, Louisiana. E. J. Fielding Funeral Home of Covington, Louisiana, is honored to be entrusted with Mrs. Brumfield's funeral arrangements. Her family invites you to share thoughts, memories, and condolences by signing an online guestbook at https://www.ejfieldingfh.com.