Margaret "Peggy" Begien

Peggy was born on the 16th of November 1932 in Luling, Texas, to J.L. Latimer and Leone Hines Latimer. At a young age the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she graduated from Merici High School, now Ursuline Academy, in Dallas. She attended Fontbonne University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

In 1955, Peggy married Robert Sanborn “Bob” Begien, Jr., and in 1956 they moved to Houston where they raised their three children, Betsy, Meg and John. Peggy was a member of the Junior Forum and a Lifetime Member of the School Art Committee in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She was a longtime member of Saint Michael’s Catholic Church and served on the PTA of Saint Michael’s Catholic School when her children attended there.

Peggy was predeceased by her husband, the late Bob Begien, Jr.; daughter, Meg Begien; and son John Begien. She is survived by her daughter, Betsy Begien Coker of Houston; granddaughter, Megan Coker of Dallas; and grandsons, James Coker and Jeffrey Coker, both of Houston; sister, Betsy Latimer Garvey of Dallas; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, and her “wonderful neighbors” from whom she could never move away.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from two until four o’clock this afternoon, Sunday, the 29th of April, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where a recitation of the Holy Rosary is to commence at four o’clock, led by Deacon Jack Alexander, Liturgical Minister at St. Michael Catholic Church.

A Mass of Christian Burial is to be offered at ten o’clock in the morning on Monday, the 30th of April, at St. Michael Catholic Church, 1801 Sage Road in Houston, where the Rev. Douglas Guthrie, Parochial Vicar, is to serve as celebrant.

The Rite of Committal is to follow, via an escorted cortege, at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston.

In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that donations in Peggy’s name be directed to The Brookwood Community, 1752 FM 1489, Brookshire, TX, 77423; or to the Scholarship Fund of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, P.O. Box 20070, Houston, TX, 77225-0070.