Ellen Margaret Gimon

Ellen Margaret Gimon passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at Baylor Saint Luke’s Hospital in Houston, Texas surrounded by family. She was 74 years old.
Ellen was born first daughter of Lola Mae and Charles Simon Louvier in Port Arthur, Texas on January 26, 1941. She had one sister, Patricia Louvier Dent.
Ellen graduated co-valedictorian of Port Neches-Groves High School in 1959 and then from Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1963 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics and a secondary and vocational certificate. At Sam Houston she ranked in the top five percent of her graduating class and belonged to Alpha Chi, Kappa Delta Pi and the Kappa Delta sorority. The very next year she married her high school sweetheart, Walter Allen Gimon. Ellen started her teaching career as a homemaking teacher at Groves Junior High School. She took a break from teaching to have her two daughters, Mary and Jennifer. After earning her elementary certificate, she began teaching at Port Neches Elementary School in 1974. Ellen taught all subjects in the fifth grade for many years eventually specializing in science. She retired after twenty-two years of teaching at Port Neches Elementary School in 1996.
Ellen was a member of the First Baptist Church of Nederland, though her health had prevented her regular attendance for several years.
Ellen was a best friend, loving wife, caring mother and compassionate teacher. She could draw and paint with water colors. Her daughters remember the beautiful bulletin boards she created for her classroom. Ellen enjoyed her flowers and house plants, sewing and crocheting. She made her daughter Mary’s wedding dress. Ellen was also an avid reader and always had a crossword puzzle close by – though she would not do a sudoku.
Ellen is survived by her husband of fifty years, Walter Allen Gimon of Nederland, Texas; her sister, Patricia Louvier Dent and her husband, Ted of Nacogdoches, Texas; her daughter, Mary Kinsel and her husband, Gary of Carbondale, Illinois; and her daughter, Jennifer Gimon of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Ian and Aubrey Kinsel.
Ellen was preceded in death by her parents, Lola Mae and Charles Simon Louvier.
A memorial service will be held at Melancon's Funeral Home in Nederland on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 2:00PM.