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Dr. Franklin King Eggleston, 78, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, July 25, 2021. Friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at ten o'clock in the morning in the sanctuary of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road.  A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. A more detailed obituary will appear in the Sunday, August 1st edition of the Houston Chronicle. You may view a livestream of the service...

Carolyn Josephine Botkin Mattax (1925-2020), an accomplished pianist, organist, and violinist, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 18, 2020 at Belmont Village in Houston. She was 94. Born the third of four children on November 25, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to William and Carol Botkin, Carolyn began her career as a professional musician at the age of 15. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Music and English from the University of Tulsa and Louisiana State...

Mary Lou Harris Roberts (1934-2021) passed away peacefully on July 22, 2021 at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in the presence of her son, John F. Higgins IV, and his wife, Whitney. She was 86. Born in Wenatchee, Washington on November 24, 1934, Mary Lou or “Lou” as her young friends once called her was the only child of Lewis P. Harris and Doris Mary Hardwick Harris. The Harris family moved around some, including to Bay Village, Ohio and Oakland, California before...

Rodger Carson Kelso died July 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas.  He was born May 13, 1949 in Lyons Kansas, the youngest son of Raymond and Jessie (Raulston) Kelso.  Rodger was raised in Chase, Kansas and graduated from Chase High School and Hutchinson Junior College before relocating to Houston, Texas in 1972 to attend Mortuary College.  He spent over 30 years in Funeral Service in the Houston area and after retirement, began a new career in Landscape Design until the time of his...

Irene T. (Cahill) McWeeney passed away on July 17, 2021 at the age of 93. Irene was born in Bronx, New York, to Vincent Cahill of Massachusetts and Mary (McLoughlin) Cahill of County Mayo, Ireland. Irene grew up during the Great Depression, attended part of high school in Wooster, Mass., and graduated from St. Pius Commercial in the Bronx. In 1952, she married William (Bill) Thomas McWeeney and they moved to San Diego, California, where their two daughters were born. In 1958 they moved to...

David Olgaard, 65 of Houston, TX, died at home on July 9, 2021. Dave was born in Cooperstown, ND on February 17 1956, to Ralph and Senora Olgaard.     He was a member of the class of 1978 of Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985. Following graduation, Dave went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich Switzerland on a fellowship. He...

Dr. Gauri Rajani Varadhachary passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, June 5th evening. She was surrounded by her husband and daughters and leaves behind a loving family and countless friends. Thank you to everyone who has showered her with love throughout her life and especially supported her these past two years.  Should you wish, please consider a charitable donation in lieu of flowers. Two organizations that were dear to Gauri’s heart were Pratham and the Food Bank....