Marilyn Sue Nicolaou's Obituary
NICOLAOU, MARILYN HIGGINS Born July 26, 1952 and passed away September 14, 2007. A native Texan, Marilyn was born in Fort Worth and spent her childhood in north Dallas. She graduated from Hillcrest High School and went on to attend The University of Oklahoma. While living in the Midwest with her first husband Scott Farber, she received the blessing of a daughter, Kelly Ann. After moving back to Dallas in the early 80’s, she re-kindled her high school friendship with Chris Nicolaou, which in turn re-kindled their love. They were married in 1984. Two years later, she was again blessed, this time with a son, Christopher Alexander. It was in the early eighties that Marilyn began her work as a travel consultant. In 1982 she opened her own agency, Travel Productions, working closely with the growing film and television production industry in North Texas. Later in her career, she dedicated much of her time and the resources of her agency toward the development of youth sports programs in the Dallas area, personally handling travel details for a number of youth hockey, volleyball and soccer teams. Kelly and Christopher learned to share Marilyn on many trips as she became ‘Travel Mom’ to high school seniors and hockey boys, touching dozens of lives along the way; the lives of her friends’ children and the lives of her children’s friends. Marilyn’s selflessness was seldom visible through her soft spoken personality, but during the past few years, she faced every day with endless courage, purpose, and determination. We learned that selflessness was her greatest gift to us. Some people ‘die’, some ‘pass away’, some ‘move on to a greater calling’; but on September 14th we ‘lost’ Marilyn; her gift will be in our hearts forever. She is preceded in death by her father and mother Lee and Lillie Higgins, brother Ronald Higgins and father-in-law George Nicolaou. She is survived by her husband Chris, and children Kelly and Christopher. She is also survived by her nephews Christopher, Sean, wife Brenna, & Ronald, wife Kylie, grand-niece Madison, grand-nephews Cole and Hudson, sister-in-law Mary, mother-in-law Irene, and all who knew and loved her. The family will receive friends on Monday, September 17, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Restland. Funeral Services held on Tuesday, September 18 at 1:00 pm at Restland, Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society, or to Gilda’s Club North Texas
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