Patricia Lucille Houston

Date of Death: March 4, 2015

Patricia Lucille Houston, nee Meyer, died gently on the evening of March 4th in Front Royal, Virginia. With her to the brink was Pat’s husband, Dan. They were to have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on March 28th. Pat was 77 years old.

Born at home in Anahuac, Texas, Pat was the daughter of Roy Adolphus Meyer (Roostown, TX, August 26, 1905) and Winnie Lucille Meyer, nee McDaniel (Bloomington, TX, April 16, 1913). After graduating in 1959 from UT-Austin with a bachelor’s degree in music performance (organ), she served for three years in the Methodist youth fellowship program A3, teaching choral music in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Shortly after returning to Texas, she began a nearly fifty-year career of teaching piano privately in Austin, in Houston, and since 1986 in Arlington, Virginia. Pat and Dan made many lifelong friendships in each city.

Pat is survived by her husband, Daniel Edward Houston, and their two daughters, Kari Houston Osborn and Melissa Anne Duvall. She had four granddaughters: Riley, Arden, Emily, and Zoë. Pat’s brother Michael Wayne Meyer survives her and their brother Pete.

Pat loved gardening, travel, and her dear friends. Music was the language of her life.

All services with Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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Patricia Lucille Houston Patricia Lucille Houston, nee Meyer, died gently on the evening of March 4th in Front Royal, Virginia. With her to the brink was Pat’s husband, Dan. They were to have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on March 28th. Pat was 77 years old. Born at home in Anahuac, Texas, Pat was theContinue Reading

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As I visited Pat and Dan on several occasions in 2005. I enjoyed Pat's thoughts of her music career. I regret that since their mountain home had not been completed at that time, her piano had not been moved their and I never got to hear her play. Condolences to Dan and his daughters.

I worked with Pat in various musical activities for Northern Va Music Teachers. Pat was a lovely person, always had a smile. She will be missed

On behalf of the many teachers of NVMTA who knew and appreciated Pat, I send this expression of our sorrow and sympathy to her husband and family. We grieve with you.

I always enjoyed seeing Pat who greeted everyone with a warm smile and a generous feeling of welcome and support. She made the world a much better place.

Mrs. Houston was my piano teacher. She will always be Mrs. Houston to me, even when I'm 45 years old. For 9 years of my childhood I saw her every week. She cut my fingernails, because my mother never remembered and neither did I. She taught me piano, but she taught me a lot more than that. She was a teacher who affected my entire cognitive make-up, the organization of my brain, my ability to self-discipline, to focus, to think. She was a parental figure in my life, she represented stability for me. She was someone who didn't change every year, like my classes, or my school, or my friends. She was a constant. Pat Houston made a big difference in my life. I am sorry we lost touch, and I am so sorry she's gone now. I know there are many children for whom she was a stabilizing and empowering force in their lives. She did a lot of good in this world, quietly and personally. She was a tower of strength. Bless her and her family.

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