Marjorie Lois (Vincent) Ellender, 91, beloved wife and mother of five, passed on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. She was born Oct. 20, 1931, and raised in Lake Arthur, La., to Nicomel and Eloise (Benoit) Vincent. She graduated valedictorian from Lake Arthur High School in 1950 and performed locally in a singing trio. She also graduated from Lake Charles Business College.
She resided in Sulphur since 1950 and was a parishioner of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church. The family always identified how someone knew our mother by the endearing name they called her. If it was Punkie or Aunt Punkie, they were family or childhood friends. If they called her Mrs. Ellender, they probably knew her as the long-time secretary at WT Henning Elementary School in the 60s and 70s. And if Marge, they were good friends from her golfing days.
Marjorie is survived by her husband of 71 years, Henry D Ellender; her loving children, Kenneth Ellender (Karen), Donald Ellender (Melinda), Richard Ellender (Elaine), Christine Brannon (Duke), and Susan Dorrill (Robert); her grandchildren, Stash Ellender, Derrick Ellender (Bethany), Landon Ellender (Ruth), Lindsay Ernst (Joel), Rebecca Fleisher (Ethan), Lizzie Brannon, Jack Dorrill, Cade Dorrill, and nine great grandchildren. As the last surviving Vincent sibling, this matriarch was very close to her nieces, nephews, and great nieces. Her family will always be grateful for the love and support given to her as Aunt Punkie.
Besides her parents, Marjorie was preceded in death by her grandson, Chad Dorrill; her sisters, Pearlise Etie (Sonny), Laurise Beck (Ebbie), Thelma Fontenot (Pete), Anna May Ellender, Joyce Gilbreath (Claude); and brothers, Leroy Vincent (Peggy), and Norbert Paul Vincent (Pat).
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Sulphur, La., on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at 10 a.m. Father Eddie Richard will officiate. Visitation will be at Hixson Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 6 p.m. Visitation will resume at the funeral home on Thursday, from 8 a.m. until the procession to the church. Burial will follow at Mimosa Pines South in Carlyss, La.
The family would like to extend special thanks to Marge’s caregivers, Joyce Logue, Cassie Clark, Lisa Anderson, Patsy McFarlain, and the others who provided care over the years. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest donations to be made the Chad Dorrill Scholarship Fund, 147 Wentworth Dr, Winston Salem, NC 27107-6169.
Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonsulphurmemorial.com.