Elizabeth Mary Feild

May 25, 1912 in Taylor, Texas. Mrs. Feild was an Austin resident for over 70 years and is pictured above with her dog, “Tuggie”.

She grew up in Taylor, Texas and graduated from Taylor High in 1931. While she was attending the University of Texas, she met the love of her life, Erwin Gray Feild. After a brief courtship, they married in 1932. After receiving his pharmacy degree from the University of Texas, he persuaded her to leave college, family and friends and relocate to Beaumont, Texas, where he worked as a pharmacist. While there, Elizabeth attended classes at Durham’s Business College and later served as a teaching assistant in the business department.

While living in various Houston area locations including Beaumont and Richmond, she became business manager for her husband, who was a pharmacist at those locations. After their move to Austin, she assisted her husband in the creation of the E .G .Feild Physicians and Surgeons Supply Company. She also lovingly raised two boys, Eugene Feild and Thomas Feild while living in Austin.

Elizabeth was a long-standing member of Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin. She assisted with many activities there while her boys were growing up to become young men.

Mrs. Feild was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Green McConnell and Mary Elizabeth McConnell; her siblings, Edward McConnell, Thomas Grady McConnell, Cecilia Camp, Lucy Robinson, Ruth Wernli; and her husband, Erwin Gray Feild.

She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren: son, Dr. Eugene

Feild of Tulsa, Oklahoma and granddaughter Maryll Elise Spahn, great granddaughter Kyra Spahn, and great grandson Ronin Spahn of New York City, New York ; son, Thomas Grady Feild of Austin, Texas and granddaughter Catherine Elizabeth Hahn and great grandson Jacob Dylan Hahn of Houston. She is also survived by nieces Bettye Lumpkin of Plano, Texas and Cecile Camp of Houston, Texas and nephew Sam Camp also of Houston.

Elizabeth Feild will always be lovingly remembered for her Irish wit and her fun-loving spirit. She was a fiercely loyal friend and precious, honored and loving family member. In her honor, we cite one of her favorite Irish blessings:

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Mrs. Feild will lie in state from nine o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening on Friday, the 11th of November 2011, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas.

A graveside service will be held at two o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 12th of November 2011, in Austin Memorial Park, 2800 Hancock Drive, Austin, Texas under the direction of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas.

Condolences may be sent to www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com.