Patricia Joyce Hewitt

Patricia Joyce Hewitt (Casey) entered peacefully into eternal rest with our Lord, Jesus Christ on November 10, 2017. In her 82 years on this earth, Patricia led a very full and active life filled with pursuing her many interests and lovingly caring for her husband, Paul and their three children. She will forever be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor, her “ young at heart” attitude and her “can do” spirit. She was elegant and beautiful inside and out and had a generous and giving heart of gold. Patricia and Paul were soul mates and to be in their company was always so delightful and fun and interesting. They glowed with deep love for one another and so, to know they are again united in Heaven is a joyful and comforting thought.

Patricia was born on December 6, 1934, in Houston Texas at St. Joseph Hospital to parents, John Joseph “Jack” and Thelma Eulalia Casey. She attended and graduated from high school at St. Agnes Academy, Class of 1952, and the University of Houston with a degree in Home Economics. In her youth, she excelled in music, singing and theater performance. At the University of Houston, she was president of the Home Economics Club, historian of the Women’s Student Association, and a member of Pi Delta sorority, the Newman Club and the Student Assembly. She earned “Home Economics Girl of the Year” as a junior at U of H. She was awarded “Outstanding University Home Economist of 1955” at age 20.

Pat could be heard on some weekends on the local radio shows on KTRH. She was a member of Pi Delta sorority, and a regular performer at U of H’s Frontier Fiesta where she was discovered by Jack Valenti and other talent scouts. Turning down a career in radio and TV, she fell madly in love with and married J. Paul Hewitt, Jr. in 1955 who was also studying mechanical and petroleum engineering at U of H and was a member of the Cavaliers (now Sigma Nu). After graduation they moved to Venezuela where Paul was a Petroleum Engineer for Creole Petroleum Corporation part of Standard Oil of New Jersey and the number one oil producer in the world until 1951. Pat delighted in her role as a teacher in the Creole camp.

In 1963, they moved to Waltham, Massachusetts where Paul went to Harvard Business School and Pat raised two children and started investing funds earned in the oil fields. After Paul’s graduation in 1965, the family moved for a short time to Perryton, Texas where Paul co-founded Western Well Operators and Pat started raising pure-bred Great Danes.

Thereafter, the family moved to Houston where Paul worked as Vice President for CAMCO, INC. The family settled into Nottingham Forest VIII where they lived for many years. Pat continued her work raising Great Danes and then breeding horses for racing. She also invested in real estate. Always at her husband’s side, they were the recognizable couple at dinner and on the dance floor as they were members of the Artillery Club (Galveston), The Petroleum Club of Houston, and the former Warwick Club.

The couple enjoyed homes at the Galvestonian in Galveston, Texas, Columbia Lakes, and in Bailey’s Prairie, Texas and had cattle ranches in Needville and Damon, Texas. They also loved their penthouses of The Beaconsfield Apartments on Main Street.

Pat loved theater arts and was a past Co-Chairman of the Advisory Committee, board member and a patron to the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston. Pat and Paul spent a week annually in New York attending theatrical performances with the Club of 25 from Galveston. She was an ardent supporter of the theater and would stay at their apartment at The Beaconsfield many weekends for dinner at the Petroleum Club and Sunday matinees at the latest musicals in Houston. It was Pat’s unrealized dream to renovate the garden level suite at The Beaconsfield’s second door, 1702 Main Street, which was the first contemporary arts gallery in Houston.

Pat continued singing her entire life and loved being a part of church choirs. She was so thrilled when she was asked to sing Schubert’s Ave Maria at the wedding of Jess and Rochelle Hewitt. She also supported a French-run charity called Afrique Couleur d’Enfance that is building an orphanage in Benin, West Africa. What started with Pat’s first donation of a large tent from America is now adjoined by the first permanent structure to house and teach the children of Benin.

She is survived by her three children, John Rex Huston Hewitt, his children Jack, Allyn and Corbin; her daughter Holly Ann Currie and husband Robert Currie, and granddaughters Abbey and Audrie Linton-Davis and her children, JoJo, Jaxon and Lexie; and by her son Jess P Hewitt, III and his wife, Rochelle and grandchildren Jess Paul IV and Lauren Amiton and husband Rian Amiton and their children, Sonja, Isaac and Felix. She is also survived by her sister Sue Olivier and husband, Eddie, and children Jerry Olivier, Darrell Olivier, Aaron Morrow and Stan Morrow.

A Rosary Service for Patricia will take place from 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM on Sunday November 19 at the Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, followed by a visitation from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

A Requiem Funeral Mass will be said at the Co-cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston, officiated by The Reverend Lawrence Jozwiak, on Tuesday November 21, 2017 at 10 AM with a graveside service following the Mass and reception at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers you may contribute to “Afrique Couleur d’Enfance” by check or credit card and send in care of Jess Hewitt ([email protected]), 2726 Bissonnet St #240 Houston Tx 77005.