Beneva Katherine Miller Langlois, 79, died on March 8, 2014.
She was is the fourth child out of six born to Ben and Eva Miller of Eunice, LA. She was a graduate of St. Edmunds High School, class of 1952. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1962. She obtained her Master’s degree in Education in 1968. She began her teaching career in 1955 at Eunice Elementary and retired in 1990 at Rummel Creek Elementary in Houston. Her teaching career spanned 35 years, 20 of which were at Rummel Creek, as a first-grade teacher. She was awarded Spring Branch Teacher of the Year in 1980. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Retired Teachers Association and is listed in the Who’s Who Among American Teachers.
Beneva met and married her loving husband of 58 years, F.J. (Stoche) Langlois of New Roads, Louisiana in 1955.
Survivors include her three children, Michael, Mark and Mary and her husband, Marc Drummond, all of Houston; three grand children, Justin Langlois and Travis Drummond of Houston and Taylor Langlois of Conyers, Ga.; and one great-grandchild, Leland Langlois of Houston.
A visitation will be Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 6:00 To 8:00 pm with a Rosary at 7:00 pm in Memorial Oaks Funeral Home Chapel.
A Mass celebrating her life will be Friday, March 14, 2014 at 10:30 am, St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 625 Nottingham Oaks Trail, Houston, Tx.77079. Burial will be in Memorial Oaks Cemetery.