Marilyn Stockdale Sanders, 90, passed away on May 27, 2020, at her home in Chappell Hill, Texas, with family and long-time companion Inspector Clouseau (aka, Skeeter) at her side.
Marilyn was born on April 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Paul Hugh and Ruth Kent Stockdale. The daughter of a career military officer, Marilyn traveled extensively with her parents.
She graduated Valedictorian of Okinawa University School’s (now Kubasaki High School) first graduating class in 1946. She helped to create and edited the school’s first newspaper, the Typhoon. Alumnae respectfully called her “First Dragon” and have honored her at subsequent reunions.
Stateside, Marilyn attended Coker Women’s College in North Carolina before moving with her parents to Baton Rouge. She met Kenneth "Gus" Ivan Sanders while attending Louisiana State University and they were married at St. Alban’s Chapel on the LSU campus in 1951.
Marilyn and Gus moved to Houston in 1957 where they reared their family and became active in many charitable and civic causes. Marilyn supported her husband in his career and daughters in school and social activities. She was very active with the school and church of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Meyerland.
In 1981, Marilyn and Gus retired to Chappell Hill where they remained active and supported many civic associations. Marilyn served as president of the Chappell Hill Historical Society and was instrumental in keeping the Swearingen works of art on display at the Chappell Hill museum.
She was a dedicated member of St. Peter’s Episcopal altar guild in Brenham. She said she felt the angels commiserate with her as she hand cleaned and ironed the altar linen, which she did for 15 years. She took to her grave the names of the messiest priests officiating at St. Peter’s!
Over the years, Marilyn enjoyed many laughs with many friends in many clubs in Houston and Washington County; gourmet cooking, yoga, canasta, bunko, exercise, and coffee groups, just to name a few.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Gus; and her son, Thomas Paul.
Survivors include her daughters: Nancy Ruth Strebeck and her husband, Lonnie, of Streetman, Texas, Jane Kent Menefee and her husband, Len, of Houston, Julie Watson Edwards and her husband, Jack, of Houston and Chappell Hill, and Martha Lynn Jackson; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Z5
Marilyn was born on April 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Paul Hugh and Ruth Kent Stockdale. The daughter of a career military officer, Marilyn traveled extensively with her parents.
She graduated Valedictorian of Okinawa University School’s (now Kubasaki High School) first graduating class in 1946. She helped to create and edited the school’s first newspaper, the Typhoon. Alumnae respectfully called her “First Dragon” and have honored her at subsequent reunions.
Stateside, Marilyn attended Coker Women’s College in North Carolina before moving with her parents to Baton Rouge. She met Kenneth "Gus" Ivan Sanders while attending Louisiana State University and they were married at St. Alban’s Chapel on the LSU campus in 1951.
Marilyn and Gus moved to Houston in 1957 where they reared their family and became active in many charitable and civic causes. Marilyn supported her husband in his career and daughters in school and social activities. She was very active with the school and church of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Meyerland.
In 1981, Marilyn and Gus retired to Chappell Hill where they remained active and supported many civic associations. Marilyn served as president of the Chappell Hill Historical Society and was instrumental in keeping the Swearingen works of art on display at the Chappell Hill museum.
She was a dedicated member of St. Peter’s Episcopal altar guild in Brenham. She said she felt the angels commiserate with her as she hand cleaned and ironed the altar linen, which she did for 15 years. She took to her grave the names of the messiest priests officiating at St. Peter’s!
Over the years, Marilyn enjoyed many laughs with many friends in many clubs in Houston and Washington County; gourmet cooking, yoga, canasta, bunko, exercise, and coffee groups, just to name a few.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Gus; and her son, Thomas Paul.
Survivors include her daughters: Nancy Ruth Strebeck and her husband, Lonnie, of Streetman, Texas, Jane Kent Menefee and her husband, Len, of Houston, Julie Watson Edwards and her husband, Jack, of Houston and Chappell Hill, and Martha Lynn Jackson; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Z5
Marilyn Stockdale Sanders, 90, passed away on May 27, 2020, at her home in Chappell Hill, Texas, with family and long-time companion Inspector Clouseau (aka, Skeeter) at her side.
Marilyn was born on April 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Paul Hugh and Ruth Kent Stockdale. The daughter of a career military officer, Marilyn traveled extensively with her parents.
She graduated Valedictorian of Okinawa University School’s (now Kubasaki High School) first graduating class in 1946. She helped to create and edited the school’s first newspaper, the Typhoon. Alumnae respectfully called her “First Dragon” and have honored her at subsequent reunions.
Stateside, Marilyn attended Coker Women’s College in North Carolina before moving with her parents to Baton Rouge. She met Kenneth "Gus" Ivan Sanders while attending Louisiana State University and they were married at St. Alban’s Chapel on the LSU campus in 1951.
Marilyn and Gus moved to Houston in 1957 where they reared their family and became active in many charitable and civic causes. Marilyn supported her husband in his career and daughters in school and social activities. She was very active with the school and church of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Meyerland.
In 1981, Marilyn and Gus retired to Chappell Hill where they remained active and supported many civic associations. Marilyn served as president of the Chappell Hill Historical Society and was instrumental in keeping the Swearingen works of art on display at the Chappell Hill museum.
She was a dedicated member of St. Peter’s Episcopal altar guild in Brenham. She said she felt the angels commiserate with her as she hand cleaned and ironed the altar linen, which she did for 15 years. She took to her grave the names of the messiest priests officiating at St. Peter’s!
Over the years, Marilyn enjoyed many laughs with many friends in many clubs in Houston and Washington County; gourmet cooking, yoga, canasta, bunko, exercise, and coffee groups, just to name a few.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Gus; and her son, Thomas Paul.
Survivors include her daughters: Nancy Ruth Strebeck and her husband, Lonnie, of Streetman, Texas, Jane Kent Menefee and her husband, Len, of Houston, Julie Watson Edwards and her husband, Jack, of Houston and Chappell Hill, and Martha Lynn Jackson; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Z5
Marilyn was born on April 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Paul Hugh and Ruth Kent Stockdale. The daughter of a career military officer, Marilyn traveled extensively with her parents.
She graduated Valedictorian of Okinawa University School’s (now Kubasaki High School) first graduating class in 1946. She helped to create and edited the school’s first newspaper, the Typhoon. Alumnae respectfully called her “First Dragon” and have honored her at subsequent reunions.
Stateside, Marilyn attended Coker Women’s College in North Carolina before moving with her parents to Baton Rouge. She met Kenneth "Gus" Ivan Sanders while attending Louisiana State University and they were married at St. Alban’s Chapel on the LSU campus in 1951.
Marilyn and Gus moved to Houston in 1957 where they reared their family and became active in many charitable and civic causes. Marilyn supported her husband in his career and daughters in school and social activities. She was very active with the school and church of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Meyerland.
In 1981, Marilyn and Gus retired to Chappell Hill where they remained active and supported many civic associations. Marilyn served as president of the Chappell Hill Historical Society and was instrumental in keeping the Swearingen works of art on display at the Chappell Hill museum.
She was a dedicated member of St. Peter’s Episcopal altar guild in Brenham. She said she felt the angels commiserate with her as she hand cleaned and ironed the altar linen, which she did for 15 years. She took to her grave the names of the messiest priests officiating at St. Peter’s!
Over the years, Marilyn enjoyed many laughs with many friends in many clubs in Houston and Washington County; gourmet cooking, yoga, canasta, bunko, exercise, and coffee groups, just to name a few.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Gus; and her son, Thomas Paul.
Survivors include her daughters: Nancy Ruth Strebeck and her husband, Lonnie, of Streetman, Texas, Jane Kent Menefee and her husband, Len, of Houston, Julie Watson Edwards and her husband, Jack, of Houston and Chappell Hill, and Martha Lynn Jackson; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Z5
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