Mary M. Robson Marder

Mary Margaret Robson Marder, was born February 16, 1913 in Gulfport, Mississippi. She married the love of her life, John Blair Marder on Columbus Day, October 12, 1941 and their marriage lasted until John's death on March 1, 1977. Mary passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 at the age of 97 in a local hospital.

She grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana and moved with her family to Houston, Texas around 1924 and then Baytown in 1925. She was a 1931 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown and attended both Lee College in Baytown and a business school in Houston, where she learned bookkeeping, typing and shorthand. To help her family, she worked all through the great depression of the 1930's for the Baytown school district as personal secretary to the superintendent and handled most of the business office bookkeeping. She loved to travel, having extended visits to Vancouver, Canada, Manchester, England, Madison, Wisconsin, and New York City, New York, where she visited the ""Town of Tomorrow"" at the 1939 New York World's Fair to get design plans for her home that she later built in Baytown in 1942. She also visited most of the America's National Parks and cities in New England.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hattie and Robert Robson; brother, Dr. Robert E. Robson; sisters and brothers-in-law, Evelyn Robson, Grace and Norman Hargrave and Tom Price; and her only husband, John Blair Marder. She is survived by her sons, Robert B. Marder of Baytown and John B. Marder of Superior, Wisconsin; sister, Esther Price of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; grandchildren, Dawna E. Marder of Mesa, Arizona and Robert A. Marder of Baytown; and nieces and nephews, Tom Price, Pam Price, Mary Price, Linda Price, Carol Price, all originally of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Robert L. Hargrave, Norman R. Hargrave and Edward K. Robson, all of Baytown.

Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Monday, May 10, 2010 beginning at 3:30 p.m. and a funeral service will follow at 4:00 p.m. with Rev. Nancy Cobbs officiating. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at the Fields Chapel Methodist Cemetery in Anderson County.

Mary was a very kind person, always giving a lot to others. She always cared about the other person first. When her granddaughter's mother died of cancer, she took her in and helped raise her granddaughter as if she was her own daughter and she certainly cared a lot about her own two sons. She also took very good care of her husband, John in his finals days.

Now both Mary and John can be with each other forever, happily crossing the Bridge of Wings together, talking and laughing while seeing the sights through the Avenue of Pioneers, holding hands down Rainbow Avenue, finally reaching their destination, the ""Town of Tomorrow"", which they both visited way back in 1939.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, TX, 77521 (281) 422-8111.