Janetha June Dunahoe

Funeral services for Janetha Dunahoe, the former Janetha June Walton, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Natchitoches with the Rev. Doug deGraffenried and the Rev. Tommy Rush officiating. Committal will follow in Memory Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, Aug. 20, from 5-8 p.m., in the chapel of Blanchard–St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches. Mrs. Dunahoe, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 18, at Natchitoches Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Shive, TX, and a resident of Natchitoches, Mrs. Dunahoe graduated valedictorian from Pascal High School in Ft. Worth, TX, and Summa Cum Laude from Texas Christian University. She was one of the first female chemical engineers hired by Humble Oil Company. She also taught chemistry at Pelican High School. She retired as a supervisor for the Office of Family Services and Human Development. Mrs. Dunahoe was a member of First United Methodist Church, Maude Barr Circle,the Thursday Morning Prayer Group, Chapter AP of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Geronomo Book Club, Lesche, Natchitoches Genealogy and Historical Association, Natchitoches Historic Foundation, and the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches. She was an avid reader (over 60 books a year), artist, and a world traveler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Edwin Dunahoe Sr.; her parents,William Embrey and Pansy Ragsdale Walton Sr.; her brother, William Embrey Walton Jr., and her mother-in-law, Lillian Young Dunahoe. Mrs. Dunahoe is survived by her son, Otis Edwin Dunahoe Jr., and his wife, Lola; her daughter, Kathleen Dunahoe Hinton Cush and her husband Dr. Ray Cush; her grandchildren, Bradley Hinton and his wife, Rhonda; Donovan Hinton and his wife, Lani, Ashley Dunahoe Reynolds and her husband, Jason; , Jason Dunahoe and his wife Lexie; and Jared Dunahoe and his wife, Danielle; her great-grandchildren, Sadie Cooper; Lily, Sydney, and Abby Reynolds; Paige Hinton and Jenna Hinton; Marshall and Barrett Dunahoe; and Jefferson and Ann-Marie Dunahoe; her sister, Nan Walton Bland and her husband, Lonnie; a half-brother, Paul Walton and his wife Susan; a half-sister, Emily Minnich and her husband Brad; a nephew, Alan Walton and his wife, Danna; and a niece, Janelle Brown her husband, Billy; and several cousins and friends. Pallbearers will be Bradley Hinton, Donovan Hinton, Jason Dunahoe, Jared Dunahoe,Jason Reynolds, Dr. Steve Brown, Dr. Steve Horton, Dr. Randall Keator, and Mayor Lee Posey. The family is grateful to Dr. Archie Breazeale, Dr. Manish Dhawan, and the staff of Natchitoches Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for their kind care of our mother. Memorials may be made to the Janetha June Walton Dunahoe Art Scholarship at Northwestern State University (NSU Foundation), Natchitoches, LA 71497, and the First United Methodist Church, 411 Second St., Natchitoches, LA 71457.