Dorothy Marilyn Sears, 71, of Houston passed away Friday, February 17, 2006 at Village Creek Nursing Home. Marilyn was born July 14, 1934 in Pineville, Missouri. She lived most of her youth in Beaumont where she graduated from Beaumont High School in 1951. She later graduated from The University of Texas. She then moved to Houston where she worked and retired from the Houston Chronicle.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Verlaine Sears of Lumberton; niece, Joyce Walters and husband Blake of Lumberton; nephew, Donald Peveto of Colmesneil; great-nephew, Cody Walters of Lumberton; great-nieces, Candice Pfleegor of Beaumont, and Kim Peveto of Beaumont; beloved cousins, Betty Kaye Heacker of Beaumont, Wayne Sears and wife Kitty of Beaumont, and Gene Sears and wife Lynn of Willis. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank andDorothy Sears; brother, Jerry Sears, and sister, Barbara Sears.
Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2006 at Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Broussard's, Cemetery Road at Highway 96 Bypass, Silsbee.