Doris Marroquin Terry

Doris was born on November 5, 1926 to Frances Lucille Dunnick Galvan and Robert Anthony Galvan in Cook County, Illinois and raised by her beloved grandparents “Mama Maria” Galvan Gadea and Frank “Tata” Gadea in San Antonio, Texas before joining, as a teenager, her father and younger sister and brother Nancy Maria Galvan Smith McFadden and Anthony Robert Galvan in Detroit, Michigan. All have preceded her in death.

After moving with her family to southern California, Doris entered nursing school at UCLA and then entered a nursing program specifically recruiting for the armed services at the University of Texas-Galveston during World War II. While in nursing school, Doris met and married the late Luis Marroquin, Sr., M.D. After Doris graduated from nursing school and Luis completed medical school, Luis built a medical practice in Port Arthur, Texas, while Doris built what she regarded as her prime legacy—her faith and her family. Together, Doris and Luis were blessed with 13 children, and were known in Port Arthur for the size of their tribe and their devotion to their town and faith community.

Doris was a world traveler and well-read. She was a lover of the romantic arts and theater. She enjoyed family celebrations, and always joined everyone on the dance floor, most recently at her 90th birthday party. To her family, she was loved for her elegance and style, her strength of character and counsel, her fair and firm discipline, and her example of grace, forgiveness, joy and love. She devoutly practiced her Roman Catholic faith. She considered her faith to be her most precious treasure and she considered passing on this devotion to her children, grandchildren and great-children to be her most important endeavor.

Doris always said she was one of the lucky ones who was blessed with two true loves of her life: her first husband, Luis Marroquin, Sr., M.D. with whom she was married for 41 years, and her second husband, Douglas W. Terry, M.D. with whom she was married for 24 years. She was preceded in death by both.

She is preceded in death by her children Paul Marroquin (2002) and Sean Thomas Marroquin (1972). She is survived by her children Luis Marroquin, Jr. and spouse Margaret (Peggy) Marroquin, Marc Marroquin and spouse Janelle Marroquin, daughter-in-law Renee Marroquin, Eric Marroquin and spouse Patricia (Paprika) Marroquin, Robert Marroquin, D.D.S. and spouse Emily Marroquin, Timothy Marroquin and spouse Candice Marroquin, Mary Kathryn and spouse Daniel (Dan) Patrick Casey, Michael Gerard Marroquin, Maureen Ann and spouse William (Bill) Connors, Monique Maria and spouse James (Jim) Nabholz, Maura Roxanne and spouse Christian Theodore David, and Gregory David Marroquin and spouse Pamela Marroquin. She is also survived by her 40 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren, 4 nieces and nephews, 12 great-nieces and great-nephews and 3 great-great nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic Church, 4311 Small Dr., Austin, Texas. A rosary will begin at 12:30 p.m., followed by a funeral mass at 1:00 p.m. Then we will all gather for a celebration of Doris’s life at Balcones Country Club, 8600 Balcones Country Club Dr., Austin, Texas. On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., Doris will be laid to rest at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3900 Twin City Hwy, Groves, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to www.charitiesangels.org/donate for the benefit of UCSF’s The Kidney Project.