Lane Mabray

Born in San Antonio, Texas on January 23, 1935, Lane was three years old when her mother Audrey was divorced of Lane’s biological father. Lane was then raised by Audrey, aunts Doris and Carolyn, and grandmother Josephine Winter in San Antonio. When Lane was 7, Audrey was transferred from Kelly AAF base in San Antonio to San Marcos AAF base; and Audrey and Lane moved to Lockhart, Texas, where they lived for the remainder of WWII. It was there that Audrey met Melin S. “Mel” Schultz of South Dakota, who immediately upon marrying Audrey in 1945, excitedly adopted Lane as his one and only adored child. Following the end of WWII; Mel, Audrey, & Lane moved to Bellaire, Texas. Lane graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston in 1952.

Lane married Thomas G. Mabray on July 11, 1953. Tom and Lane had 3 sons together – Mark, Mel, and Matt; and raised them in Houston. After Lane and Tom’s divorce, Lane became a residential Realtor in the late-1970s. In 1981, Lane moved to Junction, Texas to manage her own 660-acre purebred Limousin cattle and Appaloosa horse ranch.

In the late-1980s, Lane moved back to Houston and restarted her residential real estate career from scratch. Lane then took every course and seminar imaginable and tirelessly worked day and night to greatly build her business over the years. Inspired in 1991 by General Norman Schwartzkopf's Rule 13, she made "Do what's right" her team's motto for the next 25 years.

While her hard work, engaging personality, and talent bore Lane great success in her field; it was the associated multitude of relationships and lifetime friends borne that gave Lane joy from the fruits of her labor. If she met you once, you were never to be a stranger again or a mere acquaintance; rather, you were likely to become someone who Lane would care about deeply over her remaining lifetime. Her care for these enduring closely built bonds fueled Lane to gladly work well into her 80s. Audrey’s, Mark’s, Mel’s, and Matt’s close friends always became Lane’s close friends. Despite her hard work ethic and deep love for each of her hundreds of friends, Lane’s time and care for her loved and cherished family took priority. Independent, determined, exceedingly generous, cutting-edge yet traditional, protective of family, down-to-earth friendly, a straight shooter (both literally and figuratively), a gracious hostess & fantastic cook, with a large assortment of friends spread around the world; Lane was THE quintessential Texas woman.

Lane was a longtime member of Second Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her mother Audrey Schultz Ueckert, father Mel Schultz, stepfather Freeman Ueckert, close cousin Chris Todd, and half-brother Jim Manley.

Lane is survived by sons Mark, Mel, and Matthew Mabray; daughters-in-law Elaine and Jennifer Mabray; grandchildren Jackson, Daniel and Audrey Grace Mabray; cousins (each of which she truly considered to be a close brother or sister) Gary Todd, Susan Tondre, Bonnie Saur, Melissa Herren, and their supportive spouses & wonderful children; half-sister Kathleen Gillilan; sister-in-law Patty Schueneman Manley; and niece Samantha Manley.

A memorial celebration of Lane Mabray's life will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Kingsland Baptist Church, 20555 Kingsland Blvd., Katy, TX. For those unable to attend in-person, a live-stream of the service will be available starting at approximately 10:40 a.m. at the following link/webpage:

https://kingsland.online.church/

In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts be made in memory of Lane Mabray to:

- Pregnancy Help Center of West Houston (1450 E. Summitry Circle, Katy, TX 77449 or www.phckaty.org); or

- SIM USA (PO Box 7900, Charlotte, NC 28241 or www.simusa.org).