Hensel

Marie Hensel, 89, died Dec. 3, 2021, at her home in La Grange.

Born on Oct. 12, 1932, in Brenham, she was the daughter of Lad and Martha (Dusek) Janes. She married Ernest “Joy” Hensel on June 8, 1952, in Wesley. She was a secretary for the State Department of Health and Human Services, and retired in June 1988, to live out her life on the farm. She was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church and served on the Senior Citizen’s board. She also organized domino games for many of the senior citizens.

Survivors include son, Russell J. Hensel, and wife Kathy, and daughter, Sandra J. Hensel, all of La Grange; five grandsons, Mike Hensel and wife, April, Jim Hensel and wife Michelle, Greg Rosier and wife April, Nathan and Alex Glaiser; and seven great-grandchildren: Blake, Cole, Brenna, Camdyn, and Cade Hensel, and Reagan and Reese Rosier; one brother, Alvin “Buddy” Janes, brother-in-law Luther Schwettmann.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joy Hensel, her parents, and her sister, Margaret Schwettmann, and sister-in-law, Vivian Janes.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Fayette Memorial Funeral Home in La Grange.