Wanda Gail Redd Kedinger

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Aug. 27, at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne for Wanda Gail Redd Kedinger, 72, who died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at her residence in Rayne.
Interment was in the St. Joseph Cemetery #2 in Rayne.
Rev. Samuel Fontana of St. Joseph Catholic Church was the celebrant of the Funeral Mass and conducted the funeral services.
Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Paul Loren Kedinger of Rayne; three sons, Victor Kedinger of Shreveport, Greg Kedinger of Rayne, and Daniel Kedinger and Anna of Lafayette; six grandchildren, Andrew Lemoine, Victoria Kedinger, Ada Kedinger, Abigail Kedinger, Jonah Kedinger and Lydia Kedinger; a step-sister, Claudia Hudgins Colquette of Oakdale; and a step-brother, Harold H. Hudgins III and wife Pam of Arlington, Texas.
Wanda was a long-time journalist and educator, the co-owner and publisher of the Oakdale Beacon and a member of LBWA (LA Business Women’s Association).
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Tracey Anila Kedinger; her mother, Ida Mae Blass Hudgins; her father, George William Redd; her step-father, Harold Hudgins II.
A Rosary was prayed Friday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m. in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne.
At the request of the family, visitation was observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne on Friday, Aug. 26, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc., of Rayne, (337) 334-3141.