Margaret Mary Brou |
| Posted 2018-02-25 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - Margaret Mary Brou died at the Havasu Nursing Center, Lake Havasu City, Friday, Feb. 22, 2015. A Memorial Mass will be at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Margaret, the second of four children, was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, La. Her parents, Edward and Bertridge and brothers, Edward and Philip preceded her in death. Raised in New Orleans and Ocean Springs, Miss., she attended Ocean Springs High School. She received her BS from the Mississippi State College for Women in 1943 where she still holds swimming and diving records. Upon graduation, Margaret was a laboratory technician and taught high school science and mathematics until 1950 when she took over the family sporting goods business running it most successfully until retirement over 30 years later. Life on the Mississippi Coast forged her strong character and resiliency as Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 destroyed her homes. After Katrina, Mary Ellen Bromfield, drove to Ocean Springs, and moved her with her few pets and belongings to Lake Havasu City, where, with Mary’s help, she remade her life yet again. Margaret, an accomplished musician, was an organist and choir director for her Catholic Church on the coast and sang with Our Lady of the Lake choir. Margaret was active in the VFW, the American Red Cross and the Civil Air Patrol. She is survived by her sister, Claire Elizabeth Brou of Ocean Springs and her dearest friend, Mary Ellen Bromfield as well as nine nieces, nephews and two additional generations of their families, along with countless friends and acquaintances. In lieu of flowers, we request donations be made in Margaret’s memory to Catholic Charities or a charity of your choice. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home and Crematory. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to the Brou family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com. |
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