Coydell Pleasant Obituary (1929

Mrs. Coydell Rentz Pleasant was born May 29, 1929, in Grambling, Louisiana, to Father Roosevelt Rentz, Sr. and Mother Magnolia Bennett Rentz. She departed this life, Monday, May 11, 2015, at Harborview Medical Hospital in Seattle, WA. Mrs. Pleasant moved with her family to Yakima in 1943 where they attended Mount Hope Baptist Church. She later met, fell in love and married Andrew Denny Pleasant, Sr. She worked at Del Monte Cannery and Parkside Nursing Home for several years. She and Andrew eventually bought a neighborhood grocery store and named it "Pleasant Shoppers." As co-owner, she worked tirelessly in the store for thirty-eight years. During those years she knew all her patrons and called them by their first names and the adults called her "Ms. Shoppers" and the children called her "grandmother." When her patrons were unable to pay for their groceries, she would "carry them on the books". She showed compassion for families who fell on hard times. She loved "fishing." As a family, she and Andrew took their children out to fish regularly and sometimes hunting rabbits around the Yakima valley. Later, she and Andrew bought a camper that allowed them to explore better fishing holes in Oregon with comfort She loved to travel and kept her bags packed and passport ready as she explored Las Vegas, Mexico, Hawaii, North Carolina, Kansas, Washington D. C., Louisiana and Minnesota with family members. In her younger years she loved to dance and listened to Jazz. Her favorite gospel singer was Mahalia Jackson and when she met her idols, Eartha Kitt and BB King, that was a highlight of her life. Coydell's greatest accomplishment was her family and friends. She was loyal, dependable and responsible. She is the mother of six children: Shirley Pleasant Sutton, Andrew Denny Pleasant, Jr., Angelo Danny Pleasant, Anthony Dennis Pleasant, Sybil Lynn Pleasant, who reside in Yakima, and Sabrina Joyce Pleasant Stevenson of Federal Way; and two sisters: Elnora Green, Seattle; Claudia Mae Santifer, Los Angeles; one son-in law; Archie M. Sutton. She was preceded in death by her father Roosevelt Rentz, Sr., mother Magnolia Rentz, two brothers: Roosevelt Rentz, Jr., Rev. Monroe Rentz, and one grandchild, Sherdawn Lee Pegram. She also leaves thirteen grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, and one great, great, grandchild; a host of other relatives and friends. All who benefitted from their involvement with her will miss her. However, she leaves her legacy and commitment for each one of us. May her faith and her light guide us. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m., Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors. Funeral service is at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 22 at Shaw and Sons Chapel. Internment follows at Terrace Heights Memorial Park.