Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HUENEFELD, ELIZABETH JEAN November 20, 2015
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ELIZABETH JEAN HUENEFELD


Funeral services for Elizabeth Jean Gentry Huenefeld will be held at 10:00 
A.M., Monday, November 30, 2015, at First United Methodist Church of Monroe, LA 
with Rev. Lynn Malone and Rev. J. Roddy Taylor officiating. Interment will 
follow at Riverview Cemetery in Monroe, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home of Monroe.

Jean Gentry Huenefeld, born in Monroe, LA on February 23, 1930, was the oldest 
child of Jean Littleton Gentry and Herschel A. Gentry, Sr. Jean passed away on 
November 20, 2015. Jean lived all her life in the Twin Cities attending Milsaps 
Grammar School, Crosley Elementary School, and Ouachita Parish High School. 
Jean and Fred were high school and college sweethearts. Their senior year in 
high school, Jean was the Homecoming Queen while Fred was the Captain of the 
Ouachita Parish football team. She attended LSU, graduating with degrees in 
Sociology and Psychology. At LSU, she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority and 
served in the campus Senate where she was a Co-Ed Vice-President. Jean was also 
a long time member of the Review Club, Monroe Garden Club, Monroe Junior League 
and Republican Women's Club. Since 1990, she served as the Program Chairman and 
the secretary of the Monroe Branch of the English Speaking Union of the U.S. 
She also was on the Cooley House Foundation Board and worked in the Book Room 
for the Monroe Symphony League. Jean joined the Fort Miro Chapter of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution in 1965, having been recently recognized 
as a fifty year member. Jean also worked as a realtor for over 30 years before 
retirement in 2010.

She was predeceased by her parents, Jean and Herschel Gentry, and her precious 
daughter, Sylvia Jean Huenefeld.

Jean was an excellent wife and helper to her husband of sixty-four years, Fred 
W. Huenefeld, Jr. A lady of strength and dignity, Jean passed along these 
traits together with her love for family to her children, Stella Rebecca 
Huenefeld Harrod and husband, Chet, Frederick William Huenefeld, III and wife, 
Tonja and Rachel Littleton Huenefeld. One of her greatest joys was living near 
her brother, Herschel A. Gentry, Jr. and wife, Lillian, and sister, Sylvia 
Gentry Wilkins and husband, Charles.

Her joys and delights were her grandchildren and great grandchildren, Geoffrey 
Chandler Harrod, Dr. Christopher Chambliss Harrod and wife, Rebecca, William 
Bennett Harrod and wife, Kellyn, Thomas Frederick Huenefeld, Maggie Grace 
Huenefeld, Hannah Barbara Huenefeld, James Calvin Huenefeld, Mary Emma 
Huenefeld, Sadie Jackson Huenefeld, Abby Rea Huenefeld, Naomi Rose Huenefeld, 
Katherine Mae Huenefeld; George Chesterfield Harrod, III, Richard Wait Harrod, 
Anna Charles Harrod, Liam Bennett Harrod, Christopher Chambliss Harrod, Jr. and 
one grandchild and one great grandson to be born in the spring.

Aunt Betty was cherished by her nieces and nephews, John Stewart Gentry and 
wife, Wendy, Laura Ashley Wilkins Willhite, Sylvia Jean Wilkins Sharplin, and 
husband, Dan, Elizabeth Diana Gentry Breen and husband, Mike, and their 
children and grandchildren.

Jean left her imprint upon her many friends, who cherished her friendship as 
did she.

Pallbearers will be Geoffrey Chandler Harrod, Dr. Christopher Chambliss Harrod, 
William Bennett Harrod, Thomas Frederick Huenefeld, James Calvin Huenefeld, 
John Stewart Gentry, Michael Scott Breen, Edward Overton Cailleteau, and John 
Haste.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., Sunday, November 29, 
2015, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.

Memorials may be made to either First United Methodist Church, 3900 Loop Rd, 
Monroe, La 71201 or Ouachita Parish Public Library, 1800 Stubbs Ave, Monroe, 
La, 71201.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Monroe, LA 

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