Louann Hoover Feuille (nee Louann Johnston Hoover) surrendered her mortal frame to the Lord Jesus Christ on December 15, 2023, at the age of 96. She is survived by daughter Louann Feuille Sanders and her husband William D. Sanders, their five children Richard Sanders, Pablo Sanders and his spouse Rocio, Marianna Sanders, Amy Sanders O’Rourke and her spouse Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, and Christina Sanders Manice and her spouse Nicholas Manice, and twelve grandchildren, Joshua, Benjamin, Anna, Oliver, Ulysses, Molly, Henry, Mateo, Nicolas, Tomas, Matthew, and Pierre; son Richard Harlan Feuille, Jr. and his wife Jane Larson Feuille, their three daughters Joyce Feuille, Margaret Feuille Bockrath and her spouse Neil Bockrath, and Elizabeth Feuille Grealish and her spouse Adam Grealish, and four grandchildren Linus, Dean, Adelaide, and Arwen; son Robert Renick Feuille, and his two sons, Joseph Feuille and his spouse Analicia and James Feuille and his spouse Megan, Robert, Jr.’s widow Aimee Cameron Barnes and her husband Luke, and several grandchildren Ethne, Emeline, Egan, Abree, Avabelle, Remmie, Brax, Perla, Jack, Teddy, Annie, Conrad III, and Lindsey; son James McDowell Preston Feuille and his wife Nancy Murray, their four children, Colin Feuille, Connor Feuille and his spouse Alexandra Piarino, Catherine Feuille and Claire Feuille; daughter Margaret Feuille Leachman and her husband Russell D. Leachman, and their three children Benton Leachman and his spouse Kathleen, Boone Leachman, and Elizabeth Leachman. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Anne Feuille Simpson and Sandra Schwartz Hoover, as well as many cousins, nephews, nieces, other relatives, and dear friends. She is preceded in death by her husband Richard Harlan Feuille, parents Robert Thompson Hoover and Louisiana Livesay Hoover, brothers Robert Thompson Hoover, Jr. and Joseph Renick Hoover, sons Joseph Livesay Feuille and Patrick Farnham Feuille, nieces Molly Hoover Smith and her son Reed and Betsy Hoover Miller, and grandchildren Robert R. Feuille, Jr. and Conrad D. Waggener, Jr. and many other close relatives.
Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Louann attended Dudley Elementary School, Radford School for Girls, and Hollins College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Physics. In 1947, Louann was selected and served as the El Paso Sun Carnival Association’s Sun Queen, serving as an ambassador for the City of El Paso. Then, after graduating from college, Louann was soon engaged to and married the love of her life, Richard H. Feuille in 1948. Louann and Rickie shared 65 years of their love together until Rickie’s death in 2013. Louann bore seven children and became very involved in serving the community through numerous organizations.
In 1972, at the age of 45, she was admitted to the College of Nursing at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and graduated in 1974 as a BSN. She then became a Registered Nurse and worked for many years as a Pediatric Nurse at Providence Memorial Hospital. Louann then worked as a school nurse at Vilas, Douglass and Lamar Elementary Schools for a number of years, during which she would regularly purchase and supply the students and their families with needed clothing, food, medications, medical supplies and prescription glasses and handicap aids.
Louann was a lifelong member of the Church of St. Clement, where she served on the Altar Guild, the Women’s Bible Study, hosted and led Extended Family and Cell Groups, helped to organize Prayer and Praise services, Faith Alive outreaches, Summer Harvest convocations and Prayer Teams, participated in hospital visits, acted as an unofficial greeter, helped organize Meals on Wheels and enchilada suppers, hosted youth group meetings, and supported a number of missionaries. Louann was active in Young Life, worked with Father Richard Thomas in his outreaches to the poor in Juarez and El Paso, assisted David and Mary Pytches and Richard and Prudence Bedwell with Gifts of the Holy Spirit seminars in Great Britain and all over the United States, supported orphanages in Juarez, and served many other religious organizations.
Louann was active in the El Paso Symphony Guild, the Junior League of El Paso for which she served as President, the El Paso Historical Society, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the Young Women’s Christian Association for which she served as President, the Pan American Roundtable, the El Paso Visiting Nurses Association, worked to establish the El Paso Community Foundation, and faithfully served and supported many civic and charitable organizations in El Paso and throughout the nation. Her contributions to the El Paso community are so numerous that it is not possible to recount them.
She was a loving, devoted wife to Rickie, a tender, loving, compassionate mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, and constant in prayer and in service, and she remains a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
A funeral service, honoring Louann, will be held on Friday, January 5, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at the Church of St. Clement, 810 North Campbell Avenue, El Paso, Texas, with the Reverend William Cobb officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations in Louann’s honor may be made to the Church of St. Clements or the UTEP College of Nursing.
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