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Louise “Wease” Neuhaus, the daughter of Marie Louise Lester Smith and Howard F. Smith Jr., was born on November 10, 1923, and died peacefully at home on September 25, 2023 at the age of 99. A native Houstonian, she attended The Kinkaid School, The Madeira School in Virginia, and Smith College. In 1948, she married Ben Neuhaus and they enjoyed fifty-one years of marriage. Ben and her daughter, Susan Derwae, preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter Karen Schneider...

Please check back soon for a detailed tribute.A livestream of the private memorial service can be viewed at this link, beginning at 5:30 p.m. CST on Wednesday, September 27, 2023: https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTY5NTc2NDI2OTI3MzYyNSZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==

Dr. Kamla Jivan Shah passed away peacefully on September 20, 2023.  She was born on May 23, 1928, in Victoria, Seychelles Islands.  She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, and sisters.  She is survived by her youngest sister, Dr. Bhagvanti Das, and numerous nieces and nephews.  Dr. Shah grew up in the Seychelles Islands and did her initial schooling including high school there.  She then went to Bombay (now Mumbai), India for her higher education and...

It is with profound sadness that we share that Jacob “Jake” Robert Howell Muth passed away September 13, 2023. The world lost the most beautiful, kind, intelligent, loyal, and funny soul this day.  Jake would not want anyone to walk in sadness at his loss but to remember the beautiful times you share it together and to remember, always, how much he loved you. This is a poem that Jake wrote to honor his grandfather, Bill Howell, after his passing.  ...

Belle Drye Schafer Petkas, loving wife, caring mother and grandmother, avid volunteer, and friend to so many, died on September 12, 2023.  Belle was born in New York City on January 23, 1946 to Robert and Virginia Lawler Drye, both native Texans. Shortly after her birth, her parents moved to Houston, intent on giving their daughter a Texas upbringing. Though born in New York, she was a Texan through and through, a descendant of Collin McKinney, signer of the Texas Declaration of...