Doris LeCroix

Doris LeCroix, 87, passed from life on Thursday, the 3rd of February 2011. Born the 10th of February 1923 in Abilene, TX, she moved to Austin with her family in 1953. A devoted mother and housewife, she volunteered her time to local hospitals. She was also an active member of the Retired Officers Wives Club and the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs. Doris was loved by many and will be deeply missed by her children, Maryln and Doug Ross, Janice Rizzo, Robert and Christie LeCroix, LeaAnne LeCroix and grandchildren, Jody, Jennifer, Chris, Andrew and Matthew. She was preceded in death by her husband, Art LeCroix. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from six o’ clock in the evening until eight o’clock in the evening on Monday, the 7th day of February 2011, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas 78752. A funeral service will be conducted at two o’clock in the afternoon, Tuesday, the 8th of February 2011, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Austin Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn, Attn: Development, Dallas, TX 75219.

Condolences may be made at www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com

She is Gone

You can shed tears that she is gone

Or you can smile because she has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back

Or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her

Or you can be full of the love you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday

Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember her and only that she’s gone

Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back

Or you can do what she’d want:

Smile, open your eyes, love and go on