Gerrie Y. Blair

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Winton Bowen Blair; two children Deborah Ann Drake and Ward Bowen Blair; one grandchild Clark Seiver; and one great grandchild Devon Blair, Jr. Survivors include her daughters Susan Seiver Sohl and Mary Catherine Blair; her sons Daniel Raymond, Martin Vincent, Thomas “Tommy” Eugene and Dominic “Nick” Joseph Blair; her sons-in-law Larry Drake and Mark Sohl; her daughters-in-law Jan Sisco Blair and Pamela Blair; and partner to Martin, Stanton Korn. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.

Gerrie graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in Psychology circa 1942 and was among the first Texas women to obtain an airplane pilot’s license. She mentored WWII soldier Win Blair in solo flights and they married, became Catholic converts, had two children and adopted six more, under the guidance of the Dominican Third Order. They had special devotion to the Blessed Mother of God through the Legion of Mary.

Gerrie remained intensely loyal to Traditional Catholic tenets even to hosting Saturday Rosary Parties for many years where up to 200 people arrived at the family backyard grotto.

Gerrie and Win Blair were activists in Conservative political issues, every church and charitable organization available and they were surrounded by a huge circle of friends and colleagues. These included numerous members of various religious congregations such as the Passionists Holy Name Retreat Center, Cenacle Retreat Center, Incarnate Word Religious, Religious of the Sacred Heart, Diocese of Galveston/Houston religious and many more.

In the 1960’s she joined the fledgling Jim West and Co. Realtors, where her skill in residential sales and listings brought national recognition and awards as Houston enjoyed unprecedented growth in an influx of a multitude of corporate headquarters. She then founded two new businesses in the 1970’s, Gerrie Blair, Inc. and Gerrie Blair Realtors, proudly proclaiming from billboards, “Gerrie Blair IS Real Estate.”

In 1983 she moved to Johnson City, Texas in to her hillside Log Cabin to “retire,” only to begin a new career working at the Blanco County Courthouse. She worked for Judges, the County Attorney and set up the Indigent Health Care Program.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Rosary at 7:00 pm in the Hunters Creek Chapel at Earthman Funeral Directors, 8303 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024. A Catholic Rite of Burial officiated by Father Stephen Zigrang of the St. Pius X Society of Priests will be on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 2:30 pm at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, 12800 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77077. Arrangements are under the care of Earthman Funeral Directors. A guest book is available at the funeral home and tributes and condolences may be written to the family on line at www.earthmanhunterscreek.com.

Memorial donations will be accepted in Gerrie’s name at the St. Pius X Society of Priests. Mail donations to Father Stephen Zigrang, SSPX, 11485 North Farley Road, Platte City, Missouri 64079 or donate online at www.sspx.org/donate.