Eugenie “Nonie” J. Planchard was born on July 10, 1886, to Joseph and Flora Barbin Planchard, in Marksville, Louisiana.
She married Frederick “Fritz” Joseph Hofheinz on May 12, 1908, in Beaumont, Texas. They lived on Wall Street in Beaumont with Nonie’s sister Itha and her husband Walter Bell. Also living with them was her sister Louise. Fritz worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo & Company Express.
On April 10, 1912 they had a son, Roy Mark. In the mid 1920s, they moved to Houston. Nonie’s husband fractured his skull on August 11, 1928 and died 4 days later on August 15. His son Roy was just 16, and began working to support his mother. Nonie did alterations at a ladies shop and Roy worked as an advertiser at a radio station. Son Roy then became “boy mayor” in 1935 at the age of 23, acted as campaign manager for Lyndon B. Johnson, built a network of radio stations, and built the Astrodome, the world’s first domed stadium. In 2006, Nonie’s son Roy was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nonie moved back to Beaumont where she lived until she died in 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston.
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Friday, September 21, 1945
Port Arthur News
Mrs. Jule Naquin's Sister Succumbs
Mrs. Nonie Hofheinz, 59, of Houston, sister of Mrs. Jules Naquin and Mrs. Louis Valentine of Port Arthur, died in a Houston hospital Thursday at 5:40 p.m. after an illneess of several months.
Mrs. Hofheinz, wife of the late Fred J. Hofheinz, was a long-time resident of Beaumont.
Surviving are a son, former County Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston; a brother F. J. Planchard of Beaumont; and three sisters Mrs. Naquin, Mrs. Valentine and Mrs. W. S. Overstreet of Shreveport, La.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements awaited the arrival of her son, who was in New Orleans, La., at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church of Houston Saturday at 9 a.m. Burial, in charge of Fogel-West Funeral home, will be in a Houston cemetery.
Mrs. Naquin and Mrs. Valentine are in Houston for the funeral.
She married Frederick “Fritz” Joseph Hofheinz on May 12, 1908, in Beaumont, Texas. They lived on Wall Street in Beaumont with Nonie’s sister Itha and her husband Walter Bell. Also living with them was her sister Louise. Fritz worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo & Company Express.
On April 10, 1912 they had a son, Roy Mark. In the mid 1920s, they moved to Houston. Nonie’s husband fractured his skull on August 11, 1928 and died 4 days later on August 15. His son Roy was just 16, and began working to support his mother. Nonie did alterations at a ladies shop and Roy worked as an advertiser at a radio station. Son Roy then became “boy mayor” in 1935 at the age of 23, acted as campaign manager for Lyndon B. Johnson, built a network of radio stations, and built the Astrodome, the world’s first domed stadium. In 2006, Nonie’s son Roy was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nonie moved back to Beaumont where she lived until she died in 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston.
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Friday, September 21, 1945
Port Arthur News
Mrs. Jule Naquin's Sister Succumbs
Mrs. Nonie Hofheinz, 59, of Houston, sister of Mrs. Jules Naquin and Mrs. Louis Valentine of Port Arthur, died in a Houston hospital Thursday at 5:40 p.m. after an illneess of several months.
Mrs. Hofheinz, wife of the late Fred J. Hofheinz, was a long-time resident of Beaumont.
Surviving are a son, former County Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston; a brother F. J. Planchard of Beaumont; and three sisters Mrs. Naquin, Mrs. Valentine and Mrs. W. S. Overstreet of Shreveport, La.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements awaited the arrival of her son, who was in New Orleans, La., at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church of Houston Saturday at 9 a.m. Burial, in charge of Fogel-West Funeral home, will be in a Houston cemetery.
Mrs. Naquin and Mrs. Valentine are in Houston for the funeral.
Eugenie “Nonie” J. Planchard was born on July 10, 1886, to Joseph and Flora Barbin Planchard, in Marksville, Louisiana.
She married Frederick “Fritz” Joseph Hofheinz on May 12, 1908, in Beaumont, Texas. They lived on Wall Street in Beaumont with Nonie’s sister Itha and her husband Walter Bell. Also living with them was her sister Louise. Fritz worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo & Company Express.
On April 10, 1912 they had a son, Roy Mark. In the mid 1920s, they moved to Houston. Nonie’s husband fractured his skull on August 11, 1928 and died 4 days later on August 15. His son Roy was just 16, and began working to support his mother. Nonie did alterations at a ladies shop and Roy worked as an advertiser at a radio station. Son Roy then became “boy mayor” in 1935 at the age of 23, acted as campaign manager for Lyndon B. Johnson, built a network of radio stations, and built the Astrodome, the world’s first domed stadium. In 2006, Nonie’s son Roy was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nonie moved back to Beaumont where she lived until she died in 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston.
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Friday, September 21, 1945
Port Arthur News
Mrs. Jule Naquin's Sister Succumbs
Mrs. Nonie Hofheinz, 59, of Houston, sister of Mrs. Jules Naquin and Mrs. Louis Valentine of Port Arthur, died in a Houston hospital Thursday at 5:40 p.m. after an illneess of several months.
Mrs. Hofheinz, wife of the late Fred J. Hofheinz, was a long-time resident of Beaumont.
Surviving are a son, former County Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston; a brother F. J. Planchard of Beaumont; and three sisters Mrs. Naquin, Mrs. Valentine and Mrs. W. S. Overstreet of Shreveport, La.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements awaited the arrival of her son, who was in New Orleans, La., at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church of Houston Saturday at 9 a.m. Burial, in charge of Fogel-West Funeral home, will be in a Houston cemetery.
Mrs. Naquin and Mrs. Valentine are in Houston for the funeral.
She married Frederick “Fritz” Joseph Hofheinz on May 12, 1908, in Beaumont, Texas. They lived on Wall Street in Beaumont with Nonie’s sister Itha and her husband Walter Bell. Also living with them was her sister Louise. Fritz worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo & Company Express.
On April 10, 1912 they had a son, Roy Mark. In the mid 1920s, they moved to Houston. Nonie’s husband fractured his skull on August 11, 1928 and died 4 days later on August 15. His son Roy was just 16, and began working to support his mother. Nonie did alterations at a ladies shop and Roy worked as an advertiser at a radio station. Son Roy then became “boy mayor” in 1935 at the age of 23, acted as campaign manager for Lyndon B. Johnson, built a network of radio stations, and built the Astrodome, the world’s first domed stadium. In 2006, Nonie’s son Roy was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nonie moved back to Beaumont where she lived until she died in 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston.
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Friday, September 21, 1945
Port Arthur News
Mrs. Jule Naquin's Sister Succumbs
Mrs. Nonie Hofheinz, 59, of Houston, sister of Mrs. Jules Naquin and Mrs. Louis Valentine of Port Arthur, died in a Houston hospital Thursday at 5:40 p.m. after an illneess of several months.
Mrs. Hofheinz, wife of the late Fred J. Hofheinz, was a long-time resident of Beaumont.
Surviving are a son, former County Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston; a brother F. J. Planchard of Beaumont; and three sisters Mrs. Naquin, Mrs. Valentine and Mrs. W. S. Overstreet of Shreveport, La.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements awaited the arrival of her son, who was in New Orleans, La., at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church of Houston Saturday at 9 a.m. Burial, in charge of Fogel-West Funeral home, will be in a Houston cemetery.
Mrs. Naquin and Mrs. Valentine are in Houston for the funeral.
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Juditha Josephine "Itha" Planchard Bell
1879–1942
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Lydwina Louise Planchard Valentine Legnon
1882–1963
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Arthur Joseph "AJ" Planchard
1888–1939
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Banita Planchard
1890–1898
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Fillmore Joseph Planchard
1893–1966
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Idele "Dellie" Planchard Overstreet
1895–1968
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Adrian Georgette "DeDe" Planchard Naquin
1898–1994
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