Mary Kathryn Stewart

Mary Kathryn (Kat) Stewart passed away suddenly but peacefully on April 24, 2020 at 1:15 pm at The Heights of North Houston Nursing Facility. She was born November 24, 1933 in Huntsville, Texas and was the daughter of Joseph and Martha Brown. Mary graduated from Huntsville High School in 1951. She moved from Huntsville shortly thereafter to live with family in Houston, Texas. She went to work as a bookkeeper at South Star, however her dream was to one day become a nurse. She soon met Ann Freeman which would become her dear best friend. One day Ann suggested that she go on a blind date. She reluctantly agreed and that blind date would later become her husband, Charles Edwin Stewart on September 10, 1953! They were married for 50 years until he went to be with the Lord on October 26, 2003. They started their family immediately and their first child was born October of the next year and went on to have a total of four daughters… kept trying for that boy but gave up after 4 girls! Needless to say, she gave up her dream career of becoming a nurse. What a thrilling day it was when one of her granddaughter’s recently became a registered nurse … she was so very proud! After her girls were all grown up and started having children of their own, she was very much involved with the care of ALL her grandchildren … she also worked at a daycare facility for years. She deeply loved and was so blessed by all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brothers Joe Henry Brown, Bobby Earl Brown & Morris Eugene Farris and sisters Linda Gay Ocasio, & Fredna (Freddie) White. She is survived by her sister, Audrey Faye Ragusa and her daughters Susan Donaldson (husband Ashley), Terry Wilson (husband Richard), Donna Moseley (husband Ronnie) and Lisa Maenza (husband Robert), 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and an 11th great-grandson due in July. Per the family’s request, they ask that you please wear a mask, if you are coming to the visitation, due to concerns amidst the pandemic we are all enduring at this time. Masks will be provided by the family. Visitation at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Huntsville, Texas will be from 9am – 5pm, Thursday April 30, 2020. Graveside service will take place at Farris Cemetery at 11:00 am on Friday, May 1, 2020. Memorial condolences to the family may be made at www.shmfh.com

Mary Kathryn Stewart

November 24, 1933 - April 24, 2020