[PAA-Discuss] Mary K Merriman obituary

[Bill Crosier]

From Stan -- see below.

Note that family is requesting no flowers, but if you'd like to send a donation, please send it to The Gathering Place, http://www.gplace.org/  5310 S. Willow Drive or P.O. Box 35561, Houston 77035, (713) 729-3799.  This is an organization which aids adults with mental illness.

My deepest sympathies and thoughts are with Stan and his family.

Bill


>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
>From: STANLEY MERRIMAN <stan.merriman at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Hoping this can post on PPC and PAA discussion and/or web sites
>To: aimee turney <aimee.turney at earthlink.net>, paa at crosierbiomed.com
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>MERRIMAN
> 
>Mary K Merriman, 69, suddenly passed on Tuesday, June 6.  A resident of Houston since 1968, she is survived by her husband, Stan and children Gregory, Julia, Timothy and Moira, grandchildren Graham, Kaetlin, Emma and Hadley, and great grandson Jake.   She made her mark on her community with a positive, winning personality and keen intellect.  She was an avid advocate of social justice expressed through activism with the civil rights and women’s movements. She served her community by offering herself as a candidate for the State Board of Education and volunteer organizer for the school integration movement called Citizens For Good Schools.  Over the years she has served on a variety of boards and held offices with such groups as the League of Women Voters, Houston Works,  the Museum of Fine Arts Guild, the Theresians, volunteered with the Museum of Natural Science and the Heritage Society of Houston. She was loved as a teacher with HISD, much of her tenure served at Travis Elementary from which she retired in 2003.  She also distinguished herself as a grassroots activist and precinct worker with the Democratic Party. Her life made a difference. She got results. She is widely loved for her respect for all people. She was an unequaled mother, grandmother and loving marriage partner for 46 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 5:30 pm. on Tuesday, June 13 at The Rice University Catholic Student Center, 1714 Rice Blvd. Friends and family will gather to celebrate her loving, giving life. Come early and stay after to visit with family and her many friends. Parking at clinic nearby, in alley and paid parking at entrance 21 on the Rice Campus.  No flowers, please. Donations might be made to the Gathering Place serving the mentally ill.
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>to every man who is capable of reflexion.
>Thomas Paine 1776


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