Eunice Marie LePori

Eunice Coellner LePori passed peacefully in the presence of family on October 5, 2025. Eunice was born in St. John, Michigan on March 25,1940 to Frederick and Lenore Coellner. She was raised in the Lutheran faith in Mount Pleasant, MI. After overcoming childhood polio, Eunice graduated from Mount Pleasant High school. She attended Central Michigan College for 2.5 years until she decided to trade the winter snow for the desert sun and moved to Arizona. Eunice took a position as secretary for the agricultural department at the University of Arizona. She met the love of her life, Wayne LePori, there while he was attending the university for his master’s degree. They married in August 1965 and were blessed with a son a year later. The couple moved to Bryan, TX where Wayne accepted a position at Texas A&M. Wayne’s pursuit of his PhD would briefly take them to Oklahoma before settling back in College Station in 1973 where they would remain for the next 50 years. Their family expanded to five after the addition of two daughters. Eunice filled her days caring for her family. She was an active member of Bethel Lutheran Church. Many of her days would be spent serving the Lord as a volunteer at her church. Eunice was selfless, always giving her time to her family or her community. Her volunteer work extended beyond the church to the Twin City Mission, serving the homeless in the area. In her role as the wife of a professor, she took great joy in caring for the students as well. Eunice welcomed the ag department’s international students and would help them get settled in by finding lodging for them and locating furnishings. If home was too far to travel for a holiday, they would be offered a place at her family table for a meal. Despite not speaking another language, she volunteered her time at the University Lutheran Chapel hosting classes for the wives of the international students to help them learn conversational English. Wayne’s work brought opportunities for travel for the couple. Eunice accompanied her husband for a summer on a sabbatical to Silsoe, England in 1988. Later the couple would travel to Mexico for a year, while Wayne worked with the University of Guanajuato on a student exchange program. Eunice formed many friendships with the exchange students and was very active in hosting and entertaining them while they were at TX A&M. Even when her mobility became a challenge in later years, she never lost her passion for helping others. She remained a faithful servant of the Lord and her family for all her days. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Wayne LePori and sister Elaine Gewirtz and husband Fred, her children, son Brian LePori and wife Maura and their children Edward, Henry and Emma, her daughters, Lisa LePori and Kimberly Strack and husband Duwayne and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions can be made to: https://www.nextsteptz.org/donate/ or https://www.twincitymission.org/ Funeral Services are as follows; Caydance Assisted Living 24802 Kingsland Blvd Katy, TX 77494 Saturday October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Eunice Marie LePori

March 25, 1940 - October 5, 2025