Sheila Lednicky

Sheila (Clay) Lednicky, age 76, of Chalk Bluff, passed away late Sunday morning, March 20, 2022 at Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. A rosary will be recited and Mass of Christian Burial celebrated 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2022 at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours, with Rev. Ed Karasek as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery near West. the family will receive visitors from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Aderhold Funeral Home in West. Sheila was born March 17, 1946 in Nacogdoches with her twin sister, the daughter of John and Helen (Popejoy) Clay. She attended schools in Kosse and Marlin. She worked for the Thigpen Cattle Company in Chilton, the Pure Milk Company in Waco and Dameron Oil Company in Waco. On March 30, 1992 she was united in marriage to W.E. "Gene" Lednicky in Waco. Sheila was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waco. Sheila enjoyed traveling with her husband to Marine Corps Board Meetings and Reunions all over the country including Washington D C, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Pensacola and Denver. She personally got to meet two Commandant's of the Marine Corps and had lunch with the 4th Marine Division General in New Orleans. She thoroughly enjoyed being called on stage by Larry Gatlin at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. She loved seeing other states and being the "pick up driver" when Gene was delivering a new fire truck. Sheila was a life member of the Marine Corps League of Women, the VFW and American Legion Ladies Auxiliaries, both in West. Sheila is preceded in death by her parents; her stepfather, Curtis Adams; her brother, Bobby Higgins; and a sister, Barbara Harrison. Survivors include her beloved husband of 30 years, Gene Lednicky of Chalk Bluff; her children, LaDell Blackburn-Skiff of Ft. Worth, Bob H. Leach of Ft. Worth, Clay and Nicole Lednicky of Crawford, Regina and Mark Nix of Bruceville-Eddy, and Jeff and Sara Beth Lednicky of College Station; her grandchildren, Nicole and Wayne Weber, Devin and Lauren Blackburn, Bailey Skiff, Clay Skiff, Savanna Lednicky and Stephen Lednicky; her great grandchildren, Brinley, Wyatt, Flint, Sonora, Reagan, and Cason; her twin sister, Sherry Dell Farney; special friends, Sue Craig and Sheriff Parnell McNamara; her loving Chihuahua's, Nicky, Kissie and Baby; and nieces, Beverly Higgins, Stacy Blackman, Renee Coker, and Michelle Henson; nephews, Rodney Farney, David Roach, and Randy Higgins; and many other relatives and friends. Pallbearers are Clay Lednicky, Devin Blackburn, Clay Skiff, Wayne Weber, Jeff Lednicky and Jake McDaniel. Her favorite saying was, "I don't need to become a Marine, I married one; Semper Fi". In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to West Volunteer Ambulance Association, St. Mary's School Endowment Fund or OCC 41/TBS 3-67 Scholarship Fund, 909 N. Washington St. Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314.