Mary Frances, affectionately called “Mare”, graduated from Lamar High School and attended Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, Virginia and Rice University. She was a member of the Junior League of Houston, the Garden Club of Houston, and the Assembly. She served on the Board of Rice University’s Fondren Library and was an active member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church where she helped serve many Lenten Service breakfast meals for the church.
She was a loving wife and mother and a doting grand-mother and great-grandmother. Mare was an avid sports fan and loved to play bridge and mahjong. She particularly enjoyed gardening and dove hunting at the family ranch in Salado, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Marjorie Dorrance; her husband, Edgar Monteith; her sister, Peggy Powers; and her brother-in law and sister-in-law, Bill and Carolyn Clarke.
She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Walter and Cheryl Monteith and Dorrance and Lynn Monteith; grandchildren, Allison Monteith Evans and husband, William, Nelson Monteith and wife, Mary, Stuart Monteith and wife, Sydney, and Colin Monteith; great-grandchildren, Sloane Evans, Frances Evans, Eleanor Evans, Mac Monteith and Davis “Davie” Monteith; her brother and sister-in-law, George (Bubba) and Margie Dorrance; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service is to be conducted at half-past two o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, the 22nd day of March, at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road, in Houston, where the Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., Rector and the Rev. R. Wesley Arning, Associate for Riverway and Discipleship Ministries, are to officiate.
Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a reception to be held in the adjacent Bagby Parish Hall.
At a later date, the family will gather for a private interment in the family cemetery at Monteith Ranch in Salado.
In lieu of customary remembrances, contributions in her memory may be directed to St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road, Houston, TX, 77056; or the charity of one’s choice.
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