Janae Elizabeth Borel

She was a resident of Orange where she attended Little Cypress Intermediate School. Janae was involved in Girl Scouts, OCARC tournament fishing, played softball, and loved animals and cars. She was looking forward to playing basketball in the fall.

Survivors include her parents, Andy and Michelle Borel; siblings, Ann Borel and Austin Borel; grandparents, Danney and Shelley Borel, all of Orange, Texas; great-grandparents, Alvin and Florence Weidner of Sulphur, and Annie Borel of Orange, Texas; aunts and uncles, Kimberly McCullough and husband, Truxton, Emily Weidner, Joe and Ally Weidner, Rebecca and Robert Weidner, Eric and Shellie Borel, and Eric and Donna Murphy; cousins, Grace, Kolin, Hannah and Luke McCullough, Sydney, Claire, Drew, Tanner, and Grant Weidner, Aniken and Ericashae Borel, Becca Hobbs, Erica and Emma Murphy, and Courtney and Jeff McConnell. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Carl and Beneva Weidner, L.A. Borel, and Eliate Badeaux; and great-grandparents, Geraldine Simon, and Sidney and Shirley LeBlanc.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24, in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. The Rev. Luong Q. Tran, J.V. will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Orange under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Vinton and Claybar Funeral Home of Orange. Visitation is from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday and 8-10 a.m. Thursday, all in Claybar Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to http://www.gofundme.com/bi8hlo. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.