LaNell Stuchlik

LaNell Stuchlik, 84, of Nederland, died Friday, October 26, 2018. She was born on November 24, 1933 in Center Point, Louisiana to Sattie O. McCann Hines and Edom R. Hines. She graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1952. She then attended what is now Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, graduating in 1956 with a B.S. in Home Economics. She worked as an extension agent in training in Louisiana until she married Johnny C. Stuchlik in 1957 and relocated to southeast Texas. She taught school at C.O. Wilson Junior High and Nederland High School from 1958 until 1961. After she started her family, she became a stay-at-home mom. She was an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She also enjoyed shopping, gardening, and vacations with her family.

LaNell was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1973 and stayed active in the ministry until her death. She particularly enjoyed showing people that God’s name in the Bible is Jehovah. For several years, she and her son John volunteered at the Senior Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center in Port Arthur, where they conducted a weekly Bible study with residents who wished to attend.

Survivors include her daughter, Elissa Lynn Plank of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; son John Kell Stuchlik of Nederland, Texas; brother Omer Hines of Center Point, Louisiana; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Johnny Cyril Stuchlik, sisters Audrey Hines and Lois Hines Morgan; and brothers Elvin Hines and Earlis Hines.

A gathering of Mrs. Stuchlik’s family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2018, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. Her funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Broussard’s, Nederland, with her entombment following at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.