Marie Annette Hensley Koenig

Marie Annette Hensley Koenig passed away on Sunday, March 5, at Medical City Hospital in Dallas.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, at First Baptist Church Denton with Dr. John Beck officiating.  Interment will follow at Prairie Mound Cemetery in Argyle.  Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, at Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home in Denton.

Marie Annette Hensley Koenig was born on Sept. 8, 1936, to Floyd Jackson Hensley and Marie Ana Fiala Hensley.  Ann was born in San Diego while her father served in the navy.  Ann was the second oldest of her parents’ five children and her childhood was spent in farming communities in the Denton area.   Ann attended schools in Green Valley, Decatur and graduated from Krum High School in 1954.  She was attending nursing school at St.Paul’s Hospital in Dallas on scholarship when she met her future husband, Leon Koenig, on a blind date.  Leon proposed to her on the beach of Lake Pontchartrain and they married at Junius Heights Baptist church in Dallas on Feb. 1, 1957. 

Ann and Leon spent early years of their married life in Cameron and Robstown. They moved to San Antonio in 1961 where they made their home for the next 37 years and raised their four children.  During those years, Ann worked in various jobs- teaching, driving a bus, and serving as librarian at Highland Hills Baptist School. She also spent several years as an office assistant for well-known photographer E.O. Goldbeck. Ann’s true vocation was her family and her greatest joy was serving them and sharing in her children’s lives.  During her years in San Antonio, Ann was active at Highland Hills Baptist Church.  She served in many positions there- teaching children and adults, participating in the youth ministry with her children, serving as a deacon’s wife,  leading missions activities, superintending vacation Bible school, preparing Wednesday night dinners, as well as cleaning up after all the above.  She was a force to be reckoned with and was often referred to as “Sarge” by her children and their friends. 

Upon Leon’s retirement in 1998, Ann and Leon moved to Argyle and began a new chapter in their lives.  With Leon by her side, Ann continued to serve a second generation of family and church members at Grace Temple Baptist Church and later at First Baptist Denton. They especially enjoyed working at Camp Copas and for several summers volunteered at the Baptist conference center at Glorieta, N.M.  Ann was a leader and participant in Bible Study Fellowship for many years and was an avid student of the Bible.  She was a voracious reader and never went anywhere without a book.  Ann loved to travel and especially enjoyed camping with her family and later with her grandchildren around her.  Gardening was a passion and she was a master of the lost art of canning and preserving.  She enjoyed hosting family parties and was never happier than when she was cooking for a crowd.

Ann was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Jeanette Hensley Huey; and a brother, Richard Hensley. 

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Leon Max Koenig; her children, Larry and Gwen Koenig of Spring, Michael and Luwana Koenig of Highland Village, Daphyne and R.J.  Miller of Argyle, and Stephen Koenig of Idaho Falls, Idaho.  In addition, Ann is survived by her grandchildren, Thomas and Jenifer Koenig of Granite Falls, Wash., Jacob and Beth Koenig of Highland Village, John and Jessi Koenig of Fallbrook, Calif., Luke Koenig and Andrew Koenig, both of College Station, Marianne Koenig of Lubbock, David and Tiffany Miller of Minot, N.D., Daniel and Tina Miller of Denton, and Rachel Miller Beckwith of Argyle. Great-grandchildren include Emily Koenig, Zachary Koenig, and Alora Beckwith.  Surviving siblings include Charlette Hensley Eads of Denton, Edward and Pat Hensley of Bedford, and her sister-in-law, Wilda Hensley of San Angelo.  She was much loved by Leon’s brothers and their wives, Floyd and Rosalie Koenig, Clyde and Rejane Koenig, and her sister-in-law Pat Koenig.  As well as her immediate family, Ann leaves behind 17 nieces and nephews and numerous friends.

Ann will be greatly missed by all who knew her and will be remembered for her servant’s heart, her sense of humor, and most of all for her love for the Lord.