Margaret "Margo" Meynier Loeffler

Margaret "Margo" Meynier Loeffler
1938-2018
Margo Loeffler, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away on Thursday, the 25th January 2018, after a courageous three-year battle with heart disease and cancer.
Margo was born on the 21st of March 1938, in Houston, to Dr. Maurice Joseph Meynier, Jr., and Charlotte Mosle Meynier. She attended Lamar High School in Houston where she made many lifelong friends, including her "birthday group" who have gathered for a lunch to celebrate each other's birthdays for over sixty years. After high school, she enrolled in and attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts for two years before transferring to The University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated in 1960 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
She met her future husband, James Joseph Loeffler, on a set-up for a debutante party and they later married in 1962 at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Houston. They had two children, Charlotte Bowe Loeffler (Hickey) and James Joseph Loeffler, Jr.
Margo was an avid equestrian whether it was riding the Salt Grass Trail in 1955 with a group of friends or participating in western riding or dressage while in high school. Her love of animals extended to dogs, whose company she enjoyed her entire life-from her childhood dog Dandy, the German Shepherd, up until her beloved Corgi named Sherlock who survives her.
She was also an enthusiastic traveler. She caught "the travel bug" early from her parents; and the list of places she went with family, friends, and even one-on-one trips with grandchildren would exhaust this space. Her six grandchildren cherished their time with her on these excursions as well as the simple times with her, like coming over for breakfast for her famous French toast. They loved, as did all her family and friends, "Nana" dearly.
Margo was a member of the Houston Country Club as well as the Junior League, The River Oaks Blossom Club, The Brown Thumb Garden Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also a long time parishioner of St. Michael Catholic Church.
Preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 44 years James Loeffler, her brother Maurice Joseph Meynier III and her infant son Mark Charles Loeffler, she is survived by daughter Charlotte Loeffler Hickey and her husband Patrick, son James Loeffler, Jr. and his wife Stephanie; and grandchildren Patrick Hickey, Caroline Hickey Strake and her husband Brad Strake, Kate Hickey, James Hickey, Madeline Loeffler, and Henry Loeffler.
The family would like to express their deepest thanks to her wonderful caregivers who helped Margo through these last years, namely Kimberly Jackson, Denise Lane, Corliss Ambo, Tanzanual Roberts, Terri Simon, Paulette Robinson, and Ruby Cowan.
The memorial service will be conducted at one o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, the 31st of January, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 1801 Sage Road in Houston, where Rev. Leon Streider is to celebrate, with a reception following.
Prior to the service the family will have gathered for a private interment at Forest Park Westheimer in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests that memorial contributions be directed to the Food Bank of Houston, 535 Portwall St., Houston, TX, 77029; or to the charity of one's choice.

Published in Houston Chronicle from Jan. 28 to Jan. 31, 2018

Sharon Smith Robertson

Sharon Smith
Robertson
1938-2017

Sharon Smith Robertson went to be with the Lord Friday, December 29. She was a great mom, wife, grandmother, sister, and friend. 

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 12, 1938, Sharon later moved with her family to Ft. Stockton, Texas, where she attended her early school years. Then the family moved to Houston, where she graduated from Lamar High School. During those years, Sharon was very active in the South Main Baptist Church youth group.
 

She graduated from Baylor University, where she was President of her sorority, Pi Phi, and an officer in the Baylor Student Council. As an Education major, she went on to teach middle school classes for 35+ years, in California, Colorado, Seattle, and Katy. She loved teaching. Numerous students have written that she was their favorite teacher.
Sharon was a committed Christian. She and her husband, Jim, were members of Tallowood Baptist Church, where they were active in the Praisers Sunday School Department. They made many friends there. They also loved to entertain at their home on Lake Livingston. Sharon and Jim also went on numerous cruises, all over the world. 

Sharon was predeceased by her daughter, Tammy Adamson. She is survived by her husband (Jim), her son and his family (Rob and Eva Adamson and daughters Katherine and Jordan), her sister (Susan Smith Bateman and husband, Clint), and her nieces (Stacie Bateman Crowson and daughter Hailey; Dr. Robyn Bateman Driskell and husband Will, and children Blake and Rachel; and Kara Bateman McDuffie and husband Michael, and sons Marshall and Matthew.) She is also survived by a number of cousins.

Memorial service will be at Tallowood Baptist Church, 555 Tallowood Drive, Houston, Texas, on Friday, January 5, 2018, at 11:00 AM. Contributions in memory of Sharon can be made to Tallowood Baptist Church.

Published in Houston Chronicle from Jan. 3 to Jan. 4, 2018