Rena Marie Price
March 14, 1923 -
January 6, 2013
ELTON – Funeral service for Rena Price, 89, will be held Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at 10 a.m. in St. Paul Catholic Church of Elton. Father Marshall Boulet will officiate the service, and burial will follow in St. Paul Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin Funeral Home of Kinder.
Visitation will be held in Ardoin’s Chapel of Elton beginning today, Tuesday, January 8, 2013, from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., with a rosary being recited at 6 p.m.. Visitation will continue at Ardoin’s Chapel at 8 a.m. Wednesday until time of service.
Rena Price danced through the gates of Heaven on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Lake Charles.
She was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, where she served as a Eucharist Minister for many years. She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Financial Committee, Adoration Adorer and Evangelist Team.
She was also a member of the Red Hat Society and The Cadillac Club. She was employed for many years at Best Tax System. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Left to cherish her memory are three daughters, Betty (Billy) David of Welsh, Nannette (Joseph) Park of Lake Charles and Linda (Ricky) Istre of Elton; 11 grandchildren, Brigitte (Keith Chaisson) Courville of Hathaway, Barbie (David) Reed of Jennings, Byron (Janelle) Courville of Lake Charles, Brent (LaTasha) Courville of Sulphur, Bentley (Paul) Courville of Memphis, Tenn., Billy (Aimee) David Jr. of Jefferson, Ga., Scott Park of Lake Charles, Angela (Paul) Grives of Clifton, Va., John Istre of College Station, Texas, Wendy (Duane) Langley, Monica (Lee) Fontenot and Wilber (Aletha) Istre, all of Kinder; 22 great-grandchildren, Justin (Amberly), Erica, Rebecca, Jessica, Heather, Kristi, Ashley, Alexandra, Samantha, Jessica, Chassidy, Rickey, Kendra Avreigh, Darian, Michael, Ashley, Angelica, Alexis, Arden, Harli, Wilber Jr., Charlee; three great great-grandchildren, Miles, Trindon and Brick; and two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Frey Meyers of Eunice and Emmarette Price of Mississippi.
Rena was preceded in death by her husband, Wilber Price; her father, Angelos Myers; her mother, Etienne LeBert; two sisters; and six brothers.
Pallbearers will be Justin Johnson, Byron Courville, Brent Courville, Bentley Courville, Wilton Johnson and John Istre.
The family wishes to thank St. Patrick Hospital and Southern Home Health for their care.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Paul’s Catholic Church of Elton.
Words of comfort may be sent to www.ardoinfuneralhome.com.
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