Myrtle Frances Landolt, 89, of Silsbee, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016.  She was born on September 10, 1926, in Sherman, to Martha Emma Gordon Livingston and John Peter Livingston. 

Mrs. Landolt was a 1944 graduate of Sherman High School and attended East Texas State Teachers College which is now known as University of Texas at Commerce.  She had worked as a bookkeeper for her husband’s company, Landolt Oil Company, for over thirty years.  She had been an active member of the Silsbee Woman’s Club, Silsbee Garden Club, Texas Gamma Epsilon Beta Sigma Phi, and a lifetime honorary member of Thyme for Herbs Society.  Mrs. Landolt and her husband were charter members of the First Presbyterian Church in Silsbee.

Survivors include her daughters, Emily Baize and Nancy Landolt, both of Beaumont; and nephew, Peter Livingston and his wife, Mary, of Dallas.  She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Edward “Pete” Landolt, Jr.; and brother, John Livingston, Jr.

Mrs. Landolt’s memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 15, 2016, at First Presbyterian Church, 845 Highway 96 South, Silsbee, with a reception at 3:00 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall. Her committal was held at Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 147, Silsbee, Texas 77656, Silsbee Public Library, 295 North 4th Street, Silsbee, Texas 77656, or Ice House Museum, 818 Earnest Avenue Silsbee, Texas 77656.

The family would like to express their gratitude to a special person, Martha Smith, who was Mrs. Landolt’s caregiver for over ten years, and the nurses and staff of Harbor Hospice for their exceptional kindness and care.