Maudie Louise Kensing Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

On May 22, Louise Kensing reached up and touched the face of God. Louise would have been ninety-seven years old on July 10. She was the kind of person we all want to be - happy, caring, strong, smiling, loving, honest beyond all question, determined, dependable as the rising of the sun, an easy laugh that you wanted to hear again, a sense of humor that made her fun to be around...and with the unique quality of having the most positive attitude ever known to man. Everyone loved her, from her family to her friends and later to the doctors and the nurses and health care staff...and if you didn’t, it somehow had to be your problem not hers. Even in her nineties, she stayed active by volunteering at the Heart of Texas Country Music Museum, of which she was proud to share a part. Her mind was sharp until the end and she embraced convenient modern technology such as ‘texting’ on her iPhone! She sometimes got mixed up with the FaceTime button and accidentally showed herself in her robe, but it made for a good laugh! She was born Maudie Louise Haley on July 10, 1924 to A.J. and Maud Haley in Colorado City, Texas. She had two older brothers (Alton and Tommy) and later her ‘baby brother’ (Donald “Huncy” as she called him). Louise spent most of her early years near Wimberley, Texas where she met and later married L. V. (Pete) Jennings in February 1943. Their life’s road eventually led to Brady in 1960, where many will remember their owning and operating Brady Oil Company. Pete and Louise were married for 63 years before Pete’s passing in 2006. She later married Buford Kensing in January 2009 before his passing in April 2010. It was joked that Louise had outlived all her survivors! Among her living family members are Joyce Haley, widow of the late Van Haley, children of the late Van Haley, Mary and Sam Wright, Carla Haley and the children of the late Greg Haley, Don and Ida Haley and Revrie and Steve Shelton and family. A childhood illness left Louise unable to have children, but God had saved some of the best for last. From the rest of her family, it is known and honored that Revrie and Steve Shelton became the daughter and son she never had, and all the meaning and love that holds, and this truly made her later life complete, happy and full. From all of us who now miss her, she knew she was loved. Rest in Peace in Heaven Louise...thank you for a life well lived and a life well loved... Donations in memory of Louise Kensing appreciated to The Salvation Army at P.O Box 181 Brady, Texas 76825. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Heritage Funeral Home of Brady.

Maudie Louise Kensing

July 10, 1924 - May 22, 2021