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Louanna Granger, 77, of The Woodlands and formerly of Orange, passed away Dec. 13, at her home.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, Dec. 19th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Eddie Blankenstein of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Granger Cemetery in Orangefield. In honor and remembrance of Mrs. Granger, her family has asked that those who attend the funeral please wear something purple.

Visitation will begin at 4:00 pm Thursday with the Rosary and wake service beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home.

She was born in Abbeville, La., Feb. 17, 1937 to the late Savoy and Paula Theriot Simon. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, was a devout Catholic who was at Mass every morning and enjoyed collecting Madonna’s. Mrs. Granger was a Dallas Cowboys fan, loved the home shopping networks, watched the rodeos on TV - she especially enjoyed the bull riders and John Cena was her favorite professional wrestler. Most of all she loved being with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald “Curly” Granger and her brothers and sisters.

Louanna is survived by her daughter, Elaine Fay Dobbins, and husband, James, of San Leon, grandchildren, Brandy Kinder-Hanson and husband, Scott, Heather Kinder, David Dobbins, Cody Dobbins and wife, Elizabeth and Tanya Sterling; great-grandchildren, Kaylee Rodriguez, Kirsten Hanson, Gunnar Nunn, Gage Hanson, Logan Dobbins, Chloe Dobbins and Corbin Sterling. She is also survived by her beloved dog, Molly.