Elaine Schexnyder, age 83, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away at her residence, on Monday, November 28, 2022. Visitation for family and friends will be held at Dorman Funeral Home, on Friday, December 2, 2022, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Services will be held at Dorman Funeral Home, on Friday, December 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM; John Guedry officiating. Rite of committal and interment will immediately follow at Saint Mary's Cemetery, in Orange, Texas.
Elaine was born on July 19, 1939, in Crowley, Louisiana, to parents Forestier and Elda Monceaux. On April 12, 1957, Elaine married Walter Schexnyder, and together they moved to Texas. Elaine loved working in her garden and had a true green thumb, everything she planted flourished under her care. She also loved to cook, especially Cajun food and desserts crafted from scratch like her delicious pecan praline. She also enjoyed playing cards and going to the casino, with her grandson, Derrick. Elaine valued life and was known for her care of others. She was a very elegant lady, with a beautiful, warm smile, who loved music and dancing; which is how she met her husband of 38 years. Elaine loved her family immensely. She will be deeply missed by them and by all that knew her.
Preceding Elaine in death are her husband, Walter Schexnyder; parents, Forestier and Elda Monceaux; brothers, Lloyd Monceaux and Alvin Monceaux; sons, Joseph Wayne Schexnyder and Linc Jason Schexnyder; and daughter, Ronda Lea Cormier.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Darlene Schexnyder, of Beaumont, Texas; grandchildren, Derrick Eastman, of Fredricksburg, Texas, Devon Price and husband, Trey, of Orange Grove, Texas, and Aaron Schexnyder and wife, Rebecca, of Beaumont, Texas; and five great-grandchildren, Logan Price, Deacon Price, Lincoln Price, Leah Price, and Judah Schexnyder.
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