Ray Joseph Schexnider

Henderson - A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm, on Monday, July 13, 2015, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in Henderson, for Ray Joseph Schexnider, 70, who passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2015. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 8:00 am until 12:45 pm on Monday, July 13, 2015, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Henderson. Rev. Gary Schexnayder will officiate at the Memorial Service. Inurnment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Henderson. Mr. Ray Joseph Schexnider is survived by: Loretta Sieber, his companion; loving daughters, Kellie DuBose-Radu and husband, Byron and Megan Williams and husband, Morgan; 7 grandchildren, Raven, Collyn, Jaice, Lea, Lauren, Jackson and Hudson; Brothers, Ernest Schexnider and wife, Patsy; Raymond Schexnider and wife Dorothy (Dot); William Schexnider and wife Melinda; Joseph Sam Schexnider and wife, Sandra; Sisters, Lydia Schexnider; Barbara Schexnider and companion, Joe Theriot; and Linda Frelich and husband Paul; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by parents, Fernest and Eugenie Schexnider of Henderson and his son, Gerard Schexnider of Cecilia. Ray was a military veteran having served his country in the US Army as a young man in the '60's. Mr. Schexnider began working early in life with C.F. Bean and other Dredging and Boating Companies. On some occasions, he was overseas working in Africa and the Bahamas as well as in the waters of this country. He worked both with his father and also alone as a rice farmer, a crawfish farmer, and a hay farmer. He is known for having some of the most desirable hay available in the Acadiana area. He loved horses and racing and usually had something in training or on the track most of the time, a passion he inherited from his father and participated in with other family members. He was also a regular at Little Capital in Cecilia where he enjoyed spending time with his friends drinking coffee and discussing the racing business and other interests. Ray was devoted to his children and worked hard to provide for them in every way he could, even if it meant going into the wilds or dangerous lands and being away from family for extended periods of time. Pellerin Funeral Home of Henderson, 1120 Huval St., Henderson, LA, (337-228-2218) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com