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
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