"A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Phyllis Rae Walden Gernand passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at her home in Prairieville at the age of 91. Phyllis was born in Winnsboro, LA, the first child of Robert Butler Walden and Lillian "Pud" Cordill Walden. She was a graduate of Baton Rouge High School in 1942 and LSU in 1946 with a degree in Commerce. Phyllis was married for 64 years to Martin Ottomar Gernand, and was a long-time resident of Baton Rouge. She was a loving mother of three, a homemaker, and an accomplished artist. Phyllis was a member of First Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and served in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. She was a member of a Baton Rouge garden club and was in the LSU chapter of the Delta Zeta sorority. Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband Martin, and by her sister, Janet Walden Martin, of Shreveport. Phyllis is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Gernand, of Jena, and Patricia Gail Russell and her husband Rodney, of Jena, and a son, Robert M. Gernand and his wife Judy, of Prairieville; five grandchildren, Leslie Russell Serna, Daniel Russell, Lauren Gernand Banet, Jennifer Gernand Lusted, and Rachel Gernand; and three great-grandsons, Noah and Jonah Serna and J.D. Banet; brother-in-law, Dr. Jerard R. Martin. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday, August 18, at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. in Baton Rouge. Visitation will resume on Friday, August 19, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5990 Perkins Road, from 9:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 10:00, conducted by Rev. Dr. Paul Anderson. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens on North St in Baton Rouge. Pallbearers will be Rodney Russell, Daniel Russell, Ricardo Serna, Dr. Luke Lusted, Justin Banet, and Gregory Martin.
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