Mary Angela Joerger McNutt passed away peacefully at her home (in her sleep) Saturday, May 3, 1996. Age 82 years, 6 months, and 17 days. She was born in Rosenberg on October 17, 1913. She was married to Guy L. McNutt of Rosenberg. Her survivors include her four children, Sandra Sullivan of Sugar Land and her daughters Deborah Sullivan, Shelly Sullivan Essex and her husband Chad. James Francis "Jim" McNutt and his wife, Carol of Rosenberg. Darrell McNutt, his wife Sue of Southlake, Texas and their three children, Molly, Ashley, and Clay. Connie Stone and her husband Mike, and their son Steven, of Richmond. A sister, Kathleen Joerger Lindsey and her husband, Robert Wesley of Rosenberg. Mrs. McNutt was preceded in death by her father, Judge F. X. Joerger and her mother Mary Elizabeth Kennedy Joerger of Rosenberg. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Guy L. McNutt. Mrs. McNutt was a graduate of the University of Texas, married Guy L. McNutt on December 26, 1936. She retired from teaching when her first child (Sandra) was born. She was Founder of the George Memorial Library. She was past President of the Share a Book Club, Vice President of the Texas Exes, and President of the Rosenberg Garden Club. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters, Holy Rosary Alter Society, Parkinson Foundation and Ft. Bend Country Club and Woman's Club. She had been active with the American Heart Association, Cancer League, and March of Dimes. She was a PTO president and worked with various Lamar ISD Schools and Holy Rosary School. Pallbearers will be her nephews: Paul McNutt of Dallas, Scott Wyatt of Austin, Tom McNutt of Richmond, Gary McNutt of Bryan, Al McNutt of Columbus, Tim McNutt of Bryan, and her Grandson-in-law, Chad Essex of San Diego, California. The funeral will be at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Rosenberg at 4 P.M. Tuesday, May 7. A rosary will be said at Garmany and Carden Funeral Home in Rosenberg on Monday, May 6, at 7 P.M. The family suggests memorials be made to Holy Rosary Church for Mass Intentions, Holy Rosary School, or a charity of your choice.
Guy and Angela loved to be surrounded by family. All of the holidays were spent at their house and they spent many nights hosting "Poker Dinners" and other events with their friends! They were very popular!
DeDe Sullivan said: "I remember Grandma was always dressed up, even if she was at home all day. She also always wore lipstick and claimed that Grandpa had never seen her without it! When I was little and we were at the farm, Grandma tell Grandpa to stop and she would get out of the car in her heels and go pick a piece of cotton. She would bring it back to the car and show me how cotton grew. It was really cute! God, I miss her!"
"Remember how we always had to sit at the kid's table at Christmas and Thanksgiving when we were little? When you grew up, you still sat at the kid's table and wondered when you would ever make it to the big table?"
"I remember the night before she died, I called her on the phone. My Grandma Sullivan had died 2 days before and I was dreading the whole death/funeral thing. I never had handled it well at all. We talked about it for quite a while. She said when she died (one day), she wanted X,Y, and Z and to not have an open casket...The next day when Shelly, Chad and I got home from Grandma Sullivan's funeral, there were groceries all over the kitchen counter and a note from Mom saying to call her at Grandma's house. We called, Chad talked, paused and I screamed... worst day of my life. I still have not gotten over it. Very ironic to talk to her about death the night before she died. She was in good health, went to sleep and that was it."
Gaye McNutt said: "Anytime I didn't know what to do, I always knew to follow Angela's lead because she always knew the right thing to do!"
Linda McNutt Wyatt said: "Aunt Angela was an elegant, graceful, and kind lady. We were always welcomed into her home and there was always lots of food on the table. A beautiful lady."
DeDe Sullivan said: As a small child, grandma would keep me sometimes. When we went to the ironing lady's house, she would zoom through "The Dip" in her Cadillac as fast as she could go! "The Dip" was a very popular spot in Richmond where the road dipped down really low and the car would zoom through like a roller coaster! Good times!!
DeDe Sullivan said: "Back when we lived on Cadawac, grandma was at our house and Shelly was little. Shelly had gotten a red "fire hat" with a flashing light on top. Grandma put on the hat and told us that she wanted to be an ambulance one day. When I asked her why, she said, "Because I can make a lot of noise and people will hear me!!"" I have a picture of her with that hat...I sure need to find it!!
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Mrs. McNutt was one of a small group of Rosenberg ladies who were members of the Share-a-Book Club. In 1947, the group decided to undertake the establishment of a library for Fort Bend County. Earlier attempts toward that goal had been made by other organizations, but none were successful. The Share-a-Book Club felt that county roads were, by 1947, adequate to support a bookmobile, and that a library to benefit the entire county could be founded.
The ladies in the book club, which had been organized in 1945, numbered 12: Mrs. Mayde Waddell Butler, Mrs. Emma Lee Schawe Dickerson, Mrs. L.D. (Doris) Erwin, Mrs. John (Fern) Garmany, Mrs. Alvin E. Hockmuth, Mrs. Maude Wallace Knipling, Mrs. Kathleen Joerger Lindsey, Mrs. Angela Joerger McNutt, Mrs. Ruth Beckmann Schult, Mrs. Marjorie Balke Vogelsang, Mrs. Viola Yates, and Mrs. Lillian Hruzek Meyer.
Share-a-Book Club members visited a number of libraries in neighboring areas to familiarize themselves with library operations. The group then divided into teams of two and contacted every community in Fort Bend County--every civic organization, all of the ministers and priests in Fort Bend County, and all civic-minded people who would be interested in the establishment of a library. Some of the groups were asked to write letters to the county commissioners expressing approval of the project.
Each of the groups was asked to send a representative to a meeting with Commissioners' Court. The ladies hoped to impress on the court the interest of county residents in the creation of a library. On May 12, 1947, the date set for the Commissioners' Court meeting, the people of Fort Bend County responded magnificently to the appeal; at least 50 people, from every part of the county, were present. The court granted the group's petition, and the library was founded.
Fort Bend County Libraries is now a $9M-dollar library system (2012), with ten locations around the county; it also manages the County Law Library.
Her legacy to the people of Fort Bend County is remembered each and every time a library book is checked out.
Guy and Angela loved to be surrounded by family. All of the holidays were spent at their house and they spent many nights hosting "Poker Dinners" and other events with their friends! They were very popular!
DeDe Sullivan said: "I remember Grandma was always dressed up, even if she was at home all day. She also always wore lipstick and claimed that Grandpa had never seen her without it! When I was little and we were at the farm, Grandma tell Grandpa to stop and she would get out of the car in her heels and go pick a piece of cotton. She would bring it back to the car and show me how cotton grew. It was really cute! God, I miss her!"
"Remember how we always had to sit at the kid's table at Christmas and Thanksgiving when we were little? When you grew up, you still sat at the kid's table and wondered when you would ever make it to the big table?"
"I remember the night before she died, I called her on the phone. My Grandma Sullivan had died 2 days before and I was dreading the whole death/funeral thing. I never had handled it well at all. We talked about it for quite a while. She said when she died (one day), she wanted X,Y, and Z and to not have an open casket...The next day when Shelly, Chad and I got home from Grandma Sullivan's funeral, there were groceries all over the kitchen counter and a note from Mom saying to call her at Grandma's house. We called, Chad talked, paused and I screamed... worst day of my life. I still have not gotten over it. Very ironic to talk to her about death the night before she died. She was in good health, went to sleep and that was it."
Gaye McNutt said: "Anytime I didn't know what to do, I always knew to follow Angela's lead because she always knew the right thing to do!"
Linda McNutt Wyatt said: "Aunt Angela was an elegant, graceful, and kind lady. We were always welcomed into her home and there was always lots of food on the table. A beautiful lady."
DeDe Sullivan said: As a small child, grandma would keep me sometimes. When we went to the ironing lady's house, she would zoom through "The Dip" in her Cadillac as fast as she could go! "The Dip" was a very popular spot in Richmond where the road dipped down really low and the car would zoom through like a roller coaster! Good times!!
DeDe Sullivan said: "Back when we lived on Cadawac, grandma was at our house and Shelly was little. Shelly had gotten a red "fire hat" with a flashing light on top. Grandma put on the hat and told us that she wanted to be an ambulance one day. When I asked her why, she said, "Because I can make a lot of noise and people will hear me!!"" I have a picture of her with that hat...I sure need to find it!!
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Mrs. McNutt was one of a small group of Rosenberg ladies who were members of the Share-a-Book Club. In 1947, the group decided to undertake the establishment of a library for Fort Bend County. Earlier attempts toward that goal had been made by other organizations, but none were successful. The Share-a-Book Club felt that county roads were, by 1947, adequate to support a bookmobile, and that a library to benefit the entire county could be founded.
The ladies in the book club, which had been organized in 1945, numbered 12: Mrs. Mayde Waddell Butler, Mrs. Emma Lee Schawe Dickerson, Mrs. L.D. (Doris) Erwin, Mrs. John (Fern) Garmany, Mrs. Alvin E. Hockmuth, Mrs. Maude Wallace Knipling, Mrs. Kathleen Joerger Lindsey, Mrs. Angela Joerger McNutt, Mrs. Ruth Beckmann Schult, Mrs. Marjorie Balke Vogelsang, Mrs. Viola Yates, and Mrs. Lillian Hruzek Meyer.
Share-a-Book Club members visited a number of libraries in neighboring areas to familiarize themselves with library operations. The group then divided into teams of two and contacted every community in Fort Bend County--every civic organization, all of the ministers and priests in Fort Bend County, and all civic-minded people who would be interested in the establishment of a library. Some of the groups were asked to write letters to the county commissioners expressing approval of the project.
Each of the groups was asked to send a representative to a meeting with Commissioners' Court. The ladies hoped to impress on the court the interest of county residents in the creation of a library. On May 12, 1947, the date set for the Commissioners' Court meeting, the people of Fort Bend County responded magnificently to the appeal; at least 50 people, from every part of the county, were present. The court granted the group's petition, and the library was founded.
Fort Bend County Libraries is now a $9M-dollar library system (2012), with ten locations around the county; it also manages the County Law Library.
Her legacy to the people of Fort Bend County is remembered each and every time a library book is checked out.
Mary Angela Joerger McNutt passed away peacefully at her home (in her sleep) Saturday, May 3, 1996. Age 82 years, 6 months, and 17 days. She was born in Rosenberg on October 17, 1913. She was married to Guy L. McNutt of Rosenberg. Her survivors include her four children, Sandra Sullivan of Sugar Land and her daughters Deborah Sullivan, Shelly Sullivan Essex and her husband Chad. James Francis "Jim" McNutt and his wife, Carol of Rosenberg. Darrell McNutt, his wife Sue of Southlake, Texas and their three children, Molly, Ashley, and Clay. Connie Stone and her husband Mike, and their son Steven, of Richmond. A sister, Kathleen Joerger Lindsey and her husband, Robert Wesley of Rosenberg. Mrs. McNutt was preceded in death by her father, Judge F. X. Joerger and her mother Mary Elizabeth Kennedy Joerger of Rosenberg. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Guy L. McNutt. Mrs. McNutt was a graduate of the University of Texas, married Guy L. McNutt on December 26, 1936. She retired from teaching when her first child (Sandra) was born. She was Founder of the George Memorial Library. She was past President of the Share a Book Club, Vice President of the Texas Exes, and President of the Rosenberg Garden Club. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters, Holy Rosary Alter Society, Parkinson Foundation and Ft. Bend Country Club and Woman's Club. She had been active with the American Heart Association, Cancer League, and March of Dimes. She was a PTO president and worked with various Lamar ISD Schools and Holy Rosary School. Pallbearers will be her nephews: Paul McNutt of Dallas, Scott Wyatt of Austin, Tom McNutt of Richmond, Gary McNutt of Bryan, Al McNutt of Columbus, Tim McNutt of Bryan, and her Grandson-in-law, Chad Essex of San Diego, California. The funeral will be at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Rosenberg at 4 P.M. Tuesday, May 7. A rosary will be said at Garmany and Carden Funeral Home in Rosenberg on Monday, May 6, at 7 P.M. The family suggests memorials be made to Holy Rosary Church for Mass Intentions, Holy Rosary School, or a charity of your choice.
Guy and Angela loved to be surrounded by family. All of the holidays were spent at their house and they spent many nights hosting "Poker Dinners" and other events with their friends! They were very popular!
DeDe Sullivan said: "I remember Grandma was always dressed up, even if she was at home all day. She also always wore lipstick and claimed that Grandpa had never seen her without it! When I was little and we were at the farm, Grandma tell Grandpa to stop and she would get out of the car in her heels and go pick a piece of cotton. She would bring it back to the car and show me how cotton grew. It was really cute! God, I miss her!"
"Remember how we always had to sit at the kid's table at Christmas and Thanksgiving when we were little? When you grew up, you still sat at the kid's table and wondered when you would ever make it to the big table?"
"I remember the night before she died, I called her on the phone. My Grandma Sullivan had died 2 days before and I was dreading the whole death/funeral thing. I never had handled it well at all. We talked about it for quite a while. She said when she died (one day), she wanted X,Y, and Z and to not have an open casket...The next day when Shelly, Chad and I got home from Grandma Sullivan's funeral, there were groceries all over the kitchen counter and a note from Mom saying to call her at Grandma's house. We called, Chad talked, paused and I screamed... worst day of my life. I still have not gotten over it. Very ironic to talk to her about death the night before she died. She was in good health, went to sleep and that was it."
Gaye McNutt said: "Anytime I didn't know what to do, I always knew to follow Angela's lead because she always knew the right thing to do!"
Linda McNutt Wyatt said: "Aunt Angela was an elegant, graceful, and kind lady. We were always welcomed into her home and there was always lots of food on the table. A beautiful lady."
DeDe Sullivan said: As a small child, grandma would keep me sometimes. When we went to the ironing lady's house, she would zoom through "The Dip" in her Cadillac as fast as she could go! "The Dip" was a very popular spot in Richmond where the road dipped down really low and the car would zoom through like a roller coaster! Good times!!
DeDe Sullivan said: "Back when we lived on Cadawac, grandma was at our house and Shelly was little. Shelly had gotten a red "fire hat" with a flashing light on top. Grandma put on the hat and told us that she wanted to be an ambulance one day. When I asked her why, she said, "Because I can make a lot of noise and people will hear me!!"" I have a picture of her with that hat...I sure need to find it!!
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Mrs. McNutt was one of a small group of Rosenberg ladies who were members of the Share-a-Book Club. In 1947, the group decided to undertake the establishment of a library for Fort Bend County. Earlier attempts toward that goal had been made by other organizations, but none were successful. The Share-a-Book Club felt that county roads were, by 1947, adequate to support a bookmobile, and that a library to benefit the entire county could be founded.
The ladies in the book club, which had been organized in 1945, numbered 12: Mrs. Mayde Waddell Butler, Mrs. Emma Lee Schawe Dickerson, Mrs. L.D. (Doris) Erwin, Mrs. John (Fern) Garmany, Mrs. Alvin E. Hockmuth, Mrs. Maude Wallace Knipling, Mrs. Kathleen Joerger Lindsey, Mrs. Angela Joerger McNutt, Mrs. Ruth Beckmann Schult, Mrs. Marjorie Balke Vogelsang, Mrs. Viola Yates, and Mrs. Lillian Hruzek Meyer.
Share-a-Book Club members visited a number of libraries in neighboring areas to familiarize themselves with library operations. The group then divided into teams of two and contacted every community in Fort Bend County--every civic organization, all of the ministers and priests in Fort Bend County, and all civic-minded people who would be interested in the establishment of a library. Some of the groups were asked to write letters to the county commissioners expressing approval of the project.
Each of the groups was asked to send a representative to a meeting with Commissioners' Court. The ladies hoped to impress on the court the interest of county residents in the creation of a library. On May 12, 1947, the date set for the Commissioners' Court meeting, the people of Fort Bend County responded magnificently to the appeal; at least 50 people, from every part of the county, were present. The court granted the group's petition, and the library was founded.
Fort Bend County Libraries is now a $9M-dollar library system (2012), with ten locations around the county; it also manages the County Law Library.
Her legacy to the people of Fort Bend County is remembered each and every time a library book is checked out.
Guy and Angela loved to be surrounded by family. All of the holidays were spent at their house and they spent many nights hosting "Poker Dinners" and other events with their friends! They were very popular!
DeDe Sullivan said: "I remember Grandma was always dressed up, even if she was at home all day. She also always wore lipstick and claimed that Grandpa had never seen her without it! When I was little and we were at the farm, Grandma tell Grandpa to stop and she would get out of the car in her heels and go pick a piece of cotton. She would bring it back to the car and show me how cotton grew. It was really cute! God, I miss her!"
"Remember how we always had to sit at the kid's table at Christmas and Thanksgiving when we were little? When you grew up, you still sat at the kid's table and wondered when you would ever make it to the big table?"
"I remember the night before she died, I called her on the phone. My Grandma Sullivan had died 2 days before and I was dreading the whole death/funeral thing. I never had handled it well at all. We talked about it for quite a while. She said when she died (one day), she wanted X,Y, and Z and to not have an open casket...The next day when Shelly, Chad and I got home from Grandma Sullivan's funeral, there were groceries all over the kitchen counter and a note from Mom saying to call her at Grandma's house. We called, Chad talked, paused and I screamed... worst day of my life. I still have not gotten over it. Very ironic to talk to her about death the night before she died. She was in good health, went to sleep and that was it."
Gaye McNutt said: "Anytime I didn't know what to do, I always knew to follow Angela's lead because she always knew the right thing to do!"
Linda McNutt Wyatt said: "Aunt Angela was an elegant, graceful, and kind lady. We were always welcomed into her home and there was always lots of food on the table. A beautiful lady."
DeDe Sullivan said: As a small child, grandma would keep me sometimes. When we went to the ironing lady's house, she would zoom through "The Dip" in her Cadillac as fast as she could go! "The Dip" was a very popular spot in Richmond where the road dipped down really low and the car would zoom through like a roller coaster! Good times!!
DeDe Sullivan said: "Back when we lived on Cadawac, grandma was at our house and Shelly was little. Shelly had gotten a red "fire hat" with a flashing light on top. Grandma put on the hat and told us that she wanted to be an ambulance one day. When I asked her why, she said, "Because I can make a lot of noise and people will hear me!!"" I have a picture of her with that hat...I sure need to find it!!
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Mrs. McNutt was one of a small group of Rosenberg ladies who were members of the Share-a-Book Club. In 1947, the group decided to undertake the establishment of a library for Fort Bend County. Earlier attempts toward that goal had been made by other organizations, but none were successful. The Share-a-Book Club felt that county roads were, by 1947, adequate to support a bookmobile, and that a library to benefit the entire county could be founded.
The ladies in the book club, which had been organized in 1945, numbered 12: Mrs. Mayde Waddell Butler, Mrs. Emma Lee Schawe Dickerson, Mrs. L.D. (Doris) Erwin, Mrs. John (Fern) Garmany, Mrs. Alvin E. Hockmuth, Mrs. Maude Wallace Knipling, Mrs. Kathleen Joerger Lindsey, Mrs. Angela Joerger McNutt, Mrs. Ruth Beckmann Schult, Mrs. Marjorie Balke Vogelsang, Mrs. Viola Yates, and Mrs. Lillian Hruzek Meyer.
Share-a-Book Club members visited a number of libraries in neighboring areas to familiarize themselves with library operations. The group then divided into teams of two and contacted every community in Fort Bend County--every civic organization, all of the ministers and priests in Fort Bend County, and all civic-minded people who would be interested in the establishment of a library. Some of the groups were asked to write letters to the county commissioners expressing approval of the project.
Each of the groups was asked to send a representative to a meeting with Commissioners' Court. The ladies hoped to impress on the court the interest of county residents in the creation of a library. On May 12, 1947, the date set for the Commissioners' Court meeting, the people of Fort Bend County responded magnificently to the appeal; at least 50 people, from every part of the county, were present. The court granted the group's petition, and the library was founded.
Fort Bend County Libraries is now a $9M-dollar library system (2012), with ten locations around the county; it also manages the County Law Library.
Her legacy to the people of Fort Bend County is remembered each and every time a library book is checked out.
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