Merdith Marie "Pinky" Willbourn

Date:
August 22nd, 1937 - January 29th, 2007

Obituary:
Merdith Marie "Pinky" Willbourn passed away on January 29, 2007 in Houston, TX. She was born in Topeka, KS on August 22, 1937, the daughter of Russell and Alice Czirr Willbourn. She attended Quinton Heights and Sumner Elementary Schools in Topeka, and graduated from Wharton High School and Wharton Jr. College, in Wharton, TX. Merdith worked for many years for Credit Bureau Reports, Houston, and retired in 2002 from Teas Nursery, Houston, after fifteen years of service. Survivors include a brother, Russell "Jack" Willbourn and wife, Louise of Topeka, KS; nephew, Dr. Dieter Kuntz and wife, Anne of Montgomery Village, MD and their children, Emma Kuntz, of Washington, DC and Rudi Kuntz of Washington, DC/London, England; cousins, Joanne Hempel of Topeka, KS, Capt. Franklin Stephens, USN (Ret) of Canyon Lake, TX, and Colleen Winner of Tecumseh, KS; caring and dear friends, Trudy Burgeson, Bertha Greenberg and Bill Compton of Houston, TX and Lynn Day of Phoenix, AZ. She cherished the many friends she aquired through the years. Merdith was an active volunteer and supporter of the Houston Ballet, a life-time member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and she loved her "kitty cats". Ms. Willbourn was cremated and memorial services will be held at a later date in Topeka, KS.