Born in Riviera, Texas in 1934 during The Depression, Geraldine and her parents lived in a dugout in Oklahoma until the age of 2, when she and her parents hitchhiked to Houston. Their first ride took them home for a warm meal and a warm bed to sleep in. This Christian woman witnessed to her parents and prayed that they would find a ride to Houston. No sooner had she stopped praying, someone picked them up and took them all the way to Washington Ave. Another man stopped and asked if her father was looking for work. He took them to Spring Branch where her father went to work on a dairy farm. The job came with a house. The owner of the dairy farm attended Spring Branch Community Church and would take Geraldine to Sunday school with them. She came to know The Lord as her savior at the age of 12 and was baptized at Spring Branch Community Church. She graduated from Spring Branch High School in 1953 where she served on student council, Bruin Brigade, as secretary of FHA. She was a winner of The Interscholastic League in shorthand.
Her proudest and most special moments in life were when she met and married Allen, the birth of her four children and their weddings, watching Rhonda march in band and twirling, Melissa playing softball, Michele’s spiritual walk, Renee’s testimony of faith in The Lord while coping with the death of her son, reaching her 80th birthday, and celebrating her 50th anniversary with Allen, her dear husband and best friend. Her interests included making ceramics, fishing boating and sewing.
Geraldine passed away on May 22, 2018 in Shenandoah, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Edmond Wright and Louise Wright, and her grandson, Joshua Welch. She is survived by her husband, Allen Schindewolf; daughters, Renee Welch, Rhonda Ontiveros, Melissa Abshier, and Michele Paul; grandchildren, Jeremy Welch, Justin Ontiveros, Jared Ontiveros, Joseph Ontiveros, Mitchell Preusser, Maegan Wright, Zachary Nobles, Miah Pace, and Caleb Paul; Great-grandchildren, Nevaeh Welch, Remington Minchew, Graham Minchew, and Amiah Bass; Brother, Donald Wright; sisters, Carolyn Perry and Donna Toups, and other family and friends.
Geraldine says, “My family was such a blessing, but the greatest gift was Jesus dying on the cross, paying my debt for my sins, rising on the third day and ascending into Heaven to prepare a place for those who believe. Do you believe? I pray I will see y’all there!”.
Visitation will be held on Friday, May 25, 2018 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral Home. Her funeral service will take place on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 2 p.m. in The Chapel of Forest Park The Woodlands, with interment to follow in the Cemetery of Forest Park The Woodlands.
