Georganna Strake Parsley

GEORGANNA "GANA" STRAKE PARSLEY died on Thursday, June 20, 2002. A native Houstonian, she was born on January 20, 1932 at St. Joseph Hospital to George William Strake and Susan Kehoe Strake. She graduated from St. Agnes Academy. Gana enjoyed college and attended several, including Mary Mount College. Gana married Robert Horace Parsley, in 1953 and was the mother of ten children and grandmother of thirty-two grandchildren. She was actively involved in the lives of her children and their schools, which included St. Michael Catholic School, St. Agnes Acadmey, St. Pius X High School, and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, where she served as President of the Mother's Club. Additionally, she was a long time member of the Catholic Charity Guild, the Houston Junior League, the Newman Circle and the StrakeFoundation. She was an associate Member of the Houston Country Club. She is predeceased by her beloved "Foss", her husband of forty-eight years and is survived by her ten children and her "Out Laws: Bob and Louise Parsley, Sharon and Tom McNearney, Michele and Ronnie Johnston, Dr. Brian Parsely, Sandra and Ken Moffet, Sally and Dr. Hal Condara, David and Ginny Parsley, John and Jill Parsley, Dan and Allison Parsley, Jana and John McHenry; Thirty-two grandchildren: Elizabeth, Bayless and Garland Parsley; Katie, Allison, Michael and Patrick McNearney; Laura Russell and Austin Johnston; Catherine, Jennifer, Nan and Allie Parsley; Abbey and Hanna Moffet; Andrea, Erin, Susie, Christopher, Benjamin and Cameron Condara; Steven, Ashley and Caroline Parsley; Will and Stuart Parsley; Diana, Julia and Douglas Parsley; Georgia, Robert and Matthew McHenry. Other relatives include her brother, George W. Strake, Jr. and wife, Annette; brother-in-law, Robert Dilworth; sisters-in-law, Fannie Mae Parsley Cook of Erwin, TN; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.