Mary Jane House Mizwa, born in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 16, 1936, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2015, after a long, courageous battle with ovarian cancer. As a daughter of Rev. Garnet House and Johnnie Rhae Simons House, Mary Jane lived in many parsonages in and around south and east Texas. Moving every four years, she learned how to make new friends fast, a skill which identified her. She graduated from Brazosport High School and attended Lon Morris College and The University of Texas. Mary Jane worked as a legal assistant in San Antonio and later at McClain & Harrell in Conroe, Texas. She became editor of Western Outfitter Magazine, Vice President of Circulation for Southwest Art Magazine, Circulation Director for Golfer Magazine, Circulation Director for Spin to Win Rodeo Magazine, Boulder, Colorado, and owner of Antique Panac he in Houston, Texas with business partner Behrooz “Allen” Alamdari. Upon “retiring,” she moved to her family roots in Leona, Texas, where she became co-owner of Pecan Grove Café with brother Dr. Jerry House, and was the greeter/cashier of the Leona General Store & Steakhouse.

Mary Jane was predeceased by her parents Rev. Garnet and Johnnie Rhae Simons House, brothers Garnet Reed House, Jr., Billy John House and James Arthur House, and sister Judy House Lumpkin Moran. She is survived by her husband of fifty plus years, Tad S. Mizwa, son John T. Mizwa, son Michael B. Mizwa and wife Mary Johnston Mizwa, daughter Michelle Mizwa Eutsler and husband Robert W. Eutsler, and son Stephen R. Mizwa and wife Delia Escalante Mizwa, all of Houston, Texas. Also surviving are her sister Martha Ann House Lehman and husband David Lehman of Bryan, Texas, her brother Dr. Jerry F. House, Sr. and wife Cynthia Oualline House of Leona, Texas, and her sister-in-law Karen House Morrison and husband Al Morrison of Katy, Texas, together with grandchildren Rob B. Eutsler, Mary Elizabeth Browne Attwood, Baird W. Eutsler, J ohn R. Browne, III, Will Johnston, Hannah Rhae Mizwa, Kayla Nicole Mizwa, Holly Marie Mizwa and John Thaddeus Mizwa, and her beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Mary Jane loved sharing her home and her gifts with everyone.