Mildred Daulton Pundt of Lake Charles (Moss Bluff) La., passed away peacefully at age 94, on Aug. 8 2024 at The Atrium in Hot Springs, Ark. During her final year and a half of life, she enjoyed her time in assisted living and was cared for and loved by the staff and fellow residents at The Atrium and was visited regularly by her daughter Linda who lived nearby.

Mildred, born Nov. 4, 1929 in Oklahoma City Okla., grew up in Patagonia, Ariz. and in 1952 graduated from Good Samaritan Nursing School in Phoenix, Ariz. While in nursing school she met her husband, Ralph Carl Pundt, a navy sailor, on a blind date. They married in 1952 and in 1954 moved to Lake Charles where they enjoyed a wonderful life together raising their children and traveling the country and camping in their RV. She spent her career as a Registered Nurse and was a blessing to her patients beyond the hospital doors. A few years after Ralph’s death on Aug. 8, 1994, she rekindled a friendship at a high school reunion with Verne Steen who had also lost his spouse. They became companions and enjoyed their golden years together for 20 plus years before his passing in April 2022.

She is also predeceased by her parents, Claudia Lee Bradburn Bradsher and Luther Franklin (Frank) Daulton; stepfather, John Bradsher and three siblings, Richard, Glenna Patricia and Robert Leonard Bradsher. She is survived by three children, Daniel Carl Pundt (Mary Ann Pundt), Gary Lee Pundt (Cassandra Pundt), and Linda Pundt Shields (David Shields); four grandchildren, Christy Pundt, Bryan Pundt, Sara Shields and Michael Shields, and two great-grandchildren, Ella and Evan Pundt.

She always acknowledged God’s blessings in her life and lived her life in a way that she was a blessing to many. She will be greatly missed but is now at peace in God’s loving arms and reunited with many loved ones and friends.

A celebration of her life will be held Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. in the pavilion at Sam Houston Jones State Park where years of memories were created with family and friends.

Online condolences at www.caruth-hale.com.