Ella Radenz of Thornton passed away Wednesday night, September 18, 2013, at the age of 87. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 23, 2013, at Cole Chapel, 304 Eighth Street, Moody with Reverend Billy Anderson officiating. Private interment will be in Moody Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 P.M. Sunday at Cole Chapel.Mrs. Radenz was born July 4, 1926, in Ezell, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Dillard Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Pierce. She began her education in Germantown, Ohio and was a 1944 gradate of a high school in Wayne Township, Ohio. She continued her education at the University of Houston where she earned a degree in nursing. For many years, she practiced nursing at hospitals in Houston; Methodist Hospital, Houston Heights Hospital and Sam Houston Memorial Hospital. On July 28, 1944, she married Joe Gus Radenz in Middletown, Ohio. After sixty-three years of marriage he preceded her in death June 1, 2008. Following Joe's retirement in 1995, she moved to Eddy where she made her home until moving to Thornton in 2006. She was a former member of Bruceville-Eddy United Methodist Church and more recently Victory Baptist Church in Groesbeck. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, Dillard Franklin Pierce, Jr., Bill Pierce; a great grandson Daniel Radenz and a sister Rena Dale Oglesby.Survivors include three sons, Joe Thomas Radenz of Cleburne, Gordon Edward Radenz of Brookshire, David Wayne Radenz of Madisonville; two daughters, Patricia Ann Radenz of Thornton, Pamala Sue Hall of Wortham; ten grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.