Janey Ruth Morris Maeker's Obituary
Janey Maeker, a long-time resident of Richardson, Texas, passed away on June 15th, 2019, in Windsor, Colorado. Janey was born March 31, 1929, in Southland, Texas, to Marcus Earl and Mattie Elizabeth (Dyer) Morris. She graduated from Southland High School and married Delmer Trimble while attending Texas Tech. They had one daughter, Marilyn, and soon divorced. Janey married Charles Arden Maeker of Wilson, Texas, in 1949, and they had a daughter, Pam. Charles and Janey were married until his death in 1998.Janey worked in the insurance business for many years, at Huffhines-Murphy & Gatlin Insurance in Richardson, Texas and Insurance One in Addison. She was a former President of the Insurance Women of Texas. Janey’s greatest joys were in serving God and in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She and her husband Charles taught a two-year-old Sunday School class at First United Methodist Church of Carrollton, and Janey was active in evangelism ministries at the church.She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles, two sisters (Elizabeth and Mary), and two brothers (Maurice and Earl). She is survived by her two daughters, Marilyn Miller and Pam Payne and their husbands Mike and Tony, ten grandchildren (Michael, Michelle, Dawn, Scott, Jeremy and Caleb and Tana, Tony Jr, Timothy, and Rebecca), 30 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren, her brother Jimmy Morris, and numerous nieces and nephews.A memorial service will be held in Restland’s Event Center on Sunday July 14, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. The Event Center is located across Restland Road from Restland Funeral Home.Though we are all grieving at this time, we also celebrate the fact that we’ve had her in our lives for so long. She lived to be 90, she was married to a wonderful man for 49 1/2 years, she had really awesome grandchildren and great-grandchildren that she loved dearly, she had a fulfilling life that she loved, and she was close to all of her siblings. Who could ask for more than that?
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