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Evelyn Delucenay
January 26, 1927 — December 28, 2019
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Evelyn Delucenay
Evelyn DeLucenay, 92, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 in Plano, TX.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Saturday, Jan 4th at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 9820 Chapel Road, Waco TX.
Interment will follow in Waco Memorial Park.
Rosary will be recited at 6:00 pm Friday January 3, 2020, at Oakcrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX. Visitation with the family will follow the Rosary which lasts for about 30 minutes.
Evelyn was born in Thorndale, TX to Joseph and Cora Wilder. She was one of eight children: two sisters, a brother, a half-sister, and three half-brothers, all deceased. She graduated from Thorndale High School, then moved to Austin where she worked for the State Health Department as a Secretary for 2 years. She met Herbert DeLucenay at Camp Swift, a U.S. Army base near Bastrop. After his return from the war, they married on July 10, 1946 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin, TX.
They moved to Indiana and resided in Bristol, IN until 1982 when they moved to Waco TX. She was a member of St. Mary’s parish in Bristol, IN for many years and then St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Waco, TX.
She was preceded in death by her youngest son, David, and husband of 68 years, Herbert.
She is survived by five of her six children, Linda Hale of San Diego, CA, Gary and Ronald DeLucenay of Elkhart, IN, Debra Fox of Oklahoma City, OK, and Rebecca Stone of McKinney, TX; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Saturday, Jan 4th at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 9820 Chapel Road, Waco TX.
Interment will follow in Waco Memorial Park.
Rosary will be recited at 6:00 pm Friday January 3, 2020, at Oakcrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX. Visitation with the family will follow the Rosary which lasts for about 30 minutes.
Evelyn was born in Thorndale, TX to Joseph and Cora Wilder. She was one of eight children: two sisters, a brother, a half-sister, and three half-brothers, all deceased. She graduated from Thorndale High School, then moved to Austin where she worked for the State Health Department as a Secretary for 2 years. She met Herbert DeLucenay at Camp Swift, a U.S. Army base near Bastrop. After his return from the war, they married on July 10, 1946 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin, TX.
They moved to Indiana and resided in Bristol, IN until 1982 when they moved to Waco TX. She was a member of St. Mary’s parish in Bristol, IN for many years and then St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Waco, TX.
She was preceded in death by her youngest son, David, and husband of 68 years, Herbert.
She is survived by five of her six children, Linda Hale of San Diego, CA, Gary and Ronald DeLucenay of Elkhart, IN, Debra Fox of Oklahoma City, OK, and Rebecca Stone of McKinney, TX; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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OakCrest Funeral Home
Deacon Greg George will lead the Rosary at 6 p.m. Visitation with the family will follow the Rosary which usually lasts about 30 minutes.
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