Lillie Josephine Cootes Navarre passed away peacefully in her sleep at Estia Care Residential Personal Care Home in Atascocita, TX on Monday morning, September 24, 2018 at the age of 87. She is preceded in death by her husbands, James Roland Navarre (Gueydan, LA) and Stefan Broinowski (Sydney, Australia). She is survived by her daughter, Terri Navarre and son-in-law, Kurtiss (Huffman, TX); her son Tim Navarre and daughter-in-law, Lisa (Houston, TX); and her daughter, Julie Kelley and son-in-law, Chris (Sugar Land,TX). She is survived by 3 grandsons, James and Nolan Navarre (Houston, TX); Brooks Kelley (Sugar Land, TX); and 2 step granddaughters, Sandra Fontenot (Aransas Pass, TX) and Emily Vidal (Oviedo, FL). She is also survived by one sister, Betty Hill (Dallas, TX) and preceded in death by her mother, Irene Cootes; her father, Nolan B. Cootes; brothers, Howard and Gene Cootes; and sister, Frances Sims. Her kindness and wisdom touched everyone who knew her, but most deeply, her family. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her in the knowledge that we will be together again someday.
Family and friends are invited to gather together at the Forest Park Funeral Home, 12800 Westheimer Road. Visitation is scheduled in the Chapel on Wednesday, September 26th from 5-8 pm with a rosary scheduled at 7 pm. Services will be held in the Chapel on Thursday, September 27th at 10 am with graveside to follow. A luncheon reception is planned for family and friends in the Forest Park Funeral Home immediately following graveside.
