Marjorie Matherne Stear

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at First United Methodist Church in New Iberia. Interment will follow at Beau Pre Memorial Park Cemetery in Jeanerette.

Loving wife, mother, grandmother and aunt, Marjorie was born on April 19, 1930, in Houma. Before meeting and marrying David Spring Stear, her husband of 57 years, Marjorie worked as a clerk and typist. She graduated from Terrebonne High School and attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

She worked intermittently during her married years, but her vocation was raising her five daughters Freda Anne of New Iberia, married to Charles Garrison Sr., Susan Spring of Dallas, married to Robin McGuire, Joan Elizabeth Stear of Abbeville, Ruth Allison of Grand Rapids, MI., married to Jeff Otterbacher, and Margaret Frances Stear of Amarillo, Texas. Affectionately known as Jay, Marjorie doted on her four grandchildren Charles Garrison Jr. of Clarksville, TN., and his wife, Jennifer; Katie of Spring, Texas, and her husband, Blake Habbit; David Garrison of Belton, Texas; and Gordon McGuire of New Orleans. Marjorie also leaves behind many nieces and nephews. She remained especially close to her niece Leita Ledet and her husband, Gerard Ledet, of Houma.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, Preva A. Matherne and Onelia Mary Savoie Matherne; and her siblings Viola Tollefson, Verna Caskey, Morris Matherne, Rita Traweek, Mildred Winders, Leroy Matherne and Merrill Pitre.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105.