Edna Laverne (Hughes) Trevena

EDNA LAVERNE (HUGHES) TREVENA, 90, PASSED AWAY IN SHENANDOAH TX ON 04/15/2022. EDNA WAS BORN 12/05/1931 TO MATTIE LEE AND DEWEY ORBUS HUGHES IN TIMPSON TEXAS. HER EARLY YEARS WERE SPENT ON THE FARM HELPING HER MOTHER, BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. SHE ATTENDED TIMPSON SCHOOLS UNTIL HER PARENTS DECIDED TO MOVE TO ORANGE AND FINALLY TO HOUSTON WHERE SHE BECAME A STUDENT AND GRADUATE OF MILBY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949. THE LAST TWO YEARS AT MILBY WAS WHERE SHE MET LEROY TREVENA AND BECAME HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. THEY MARRIED IN 1950 AND LATER HAD TWO CHILDREN, DARWIN IN 1954 AND DONALD IN 1960. DURING THESE ENSUING YEARS, MOTHERHOOD WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER; HOWEVER, FINANCES DICTATED THAT SHE SEEK EMPLOYMENT TO ENSURE A SOUND FINANCIAL FUTURE FOR HER FAMILY. SHE WORKED FOR GREAT SOUTHERN LIFE UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO BUY A HOME AND HAVE HER SECOND CHILD, DONALD RAY. HER HOME IN SPRING BRANCH WAS PURCHASED IN 1959 AND REMAINED HER HOME UNTIL THIS VERY YEAR.

SHE STARTED HER LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LORD BEFORE HER MARRIAGE IN 1947 WHILE ATTENDING MAGNOLIA CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND LATER MARRIED TO LEROY. IN 1959, THEY BECAME LIFETIME MEMBERS OF SPRING BRANCH CHRISTIAN CHURCH UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1991. SPRING BRANCH CHRISTIAN TRANSITIONED INTO CROSSBRIDGE CHRISTIAN AND SHE CONTINUED HER LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP WITH THEM. SHE DECIDED THAT BEING A STAY HOME MOTHER WAS A GODLY CHOICE AND DID NOT GO BACK TO WORK UNTIL 1969. BEING A CONSTANT CAREGIVER, SHE BECAME A FULL TIME NURSE’S ASSISTANT FOR THE SPRING BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE SHE WORKED AT WOODVIEW ELEM. AND FINALLY AT SPRING WOODS HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL 2002 RETIRING WITH 33 YEARS OF SERVICE, TAKING CARE OF SICK CHILDREN. THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS PROVED TO BE FRUITFUL AS SHE ENJOYED STEADY WORK FOR BLUE GRAY ELECTRIC, WORKING FOR HER NIECE, DEBBIE (PETERS) BURTON. DURING THESE YEARS, SHE WAS AFFORDED THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL ABROAD, TO LONDON, THE BAHAMAS AND CONTINENTALLY, LAS VEGAS.

EDNA IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, LINDA (HUGHES) ROGERS AND CHILDREN, DARWIN TREVENA AND DONALD TREVENA; GRANDCHILDREN, SHANDA ILLERT, JARED TREVENA, KIRK TREVENA, MEGAN HOGAN, ROBERT MUNIZ AND BRANDON YBANEZ; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ETHAN ILLERT, CALEB ILLERT, ENDER TREVENA, RAITH TREVENA, TREVOR OBERG, KAEDENCE NICHOLSON, SCARLETT TREVENA AND LITTLE ROBERT ALLEN JR. AND WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND, LEROY TREVENA, MOTHER, MATTIE HUGHES, FATHER, DEWEY ORBUS HUGHES, SISTER, MARY ELIZABETH PETERS AND BROTHER, ORBUS HUGHES.

VISITATION WITH THE FAMILY WILL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 FROM 5:00 PM UNTIL 7:00 PM AT EARTHMAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 8303 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022 AT 12:00 IN THE HUNTER CREEK CHAPEL AT EARTHMAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 8303 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TEXAS 77024. GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY 1101 ANTOINE DR. HOUSTON, TEXAS 77055, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE ANY MEMORIAL DONATIONS IN CARE OF DARWIN TREVENA TO COVER FUNERAL EXPENSES.