Obituary of Elsie Marie Coenen  of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, September, 2001
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/14/2004



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Elsie Marie Coenen


Funeral services for Elsie Marie Kersog McClendon Coenen,80,
of Rayville, LA. were held at 10 A.M. on September 19,2001
at the First Baptist Church in Rayville, with the Rev. Ray
Spiller officiating.

Mrs. Coenen passed away Monday, September 17, 2001, after a 
lengthy illness. She was a graduate of Louisiana Tech University 
and a respected educator and nursing home administrator. She 
was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority, and a long time
member of the Rayville United Methodist Church.

She was preceeded in death by her parents, O.W. and Valley
O. Getchell; her first husband, B.B. McClendon; her husband
William R. Coenen Sr., her son-in-law, Jeffrey Lynn Holdiness;
And her granddaughter, Lisa Ann Holdiness.

Survivors include her children, John R. “Ricky” McClendon and
his wife, Odwina F., of Tulsa, OK.; Ann Coenen Holdiness, of
Alto, LA.; Carol Coenen Christie of Houston, TX; William R.
Coenen Jr. of Rayville, LA.; Stephen F. Coenen of New Orleans,
LA. and Thomas R. Coenen of LaPlace, LA.; her grandchildren-
Leigh Holdiness Davis and her husband James of Baton Rouge,
LA.;her great grandchildren- Mary Caroline Davis and Benton
James McClendon Davis of Baton Rouge, LA.; and a brother
Edward Loserog and his wife, Jean.

The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made
to the ULM Cancer Research center, or to another charity of 
one’s personal choice.