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Death Notice:

BREMER, Mrs. Miami M., 69, of Wimberly, died Wednesday. Services pending at Forest Park Funeral Home in Houston. Survivors: husband, W.W. Bremer of Wimberly; brother, John LeBlanc of College Station; sister, Genevieve Davis of San Antonio; four grandchildren. (Pennington Funeral Home, San Marcos)

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on September 21, 1979)



Obituary:

HOUSTON, Texas - Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home in Houston for Mrs. W. W. "Miami" Bremer, 69, of Wimberly, Texas, who died Wednesday.

Burial was in the Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. Rev. J. B. Young officiated.

Formerly of Houston, Mrs. Bremer was the daughter of the late C. J. and Mary LeBlanc of Lafayette. She was a graduate of USL (SLI), class of 1932, a member of the First Baptist Church of Wimberly, the Zeta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Texas State Teacher's Association, and the National Education Association.

Survivors include her husband, W. W. Bremer of Wimberly; two daughters, Mary Naomi Scott of San Antonio and Janice Smart of Dallas; a sister, Genevieve Davis of San Antonio; a brother, H. John LeBlanc of College Station; and four grandchildren.

(Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on September 23, 1979)

Miami married Walter William Bremer 25 Oct 1936, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA. Walter was born 22 Jun 1909, Lorena, McLennan County, Texas, USA; died 19 Mar 1992, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; was buried 23 Mar 1992, Forest Park Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

M.N. married W.D. Scott [Group Sheet]

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Obituary:

Janice Bremer Smart of Conroe, Texas passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022 at the age of 81. She was born on May 9, 1941 in Houston, Texas, and spent her early years in the Galena Park area and graduated from Galena Park High School in 1959. Janice was active in school and church activities and enjoyed playing the piano, which she learned from her Father, Walter Bremer. Upon high school graduation she moved to Denton, Texas to attend Texas Women's University, where she majored in Art, graduating in 1963. During her time at TWU, she met and married David Smart in 1963.

Janice spent the next phase of her life as a wife, homemaker and mom to her two children, Robert and Sharon. She stayed active with church and community activities, teaching children's Sunday School, and later becoming involved teaching English with the International Friends Ministry of First Baptist Church, Grapevine, Texas. She had a host of friends, who she enjoyed sharing a good meal or a fun conversation with. She loved her family and moved to Conroe, Texas in 2020 to be closer to them. The time spent close to family were the ones she cherished most.

She is preceded in death by her parents Walter and Miami Bremer and her husband, David Louis Smart.

Janice is survived by son Robert Smart and wife Lori, her daughter Sharon Smart, her grandchildren John Smart and wife Lyndsey and Sara Ramirez and husband Connor, and her great grandchildren Emilyn Smart, Aiden Ramirez and Elijah Ramirez. She is also survived by her sister Mary Scott and husband W.D., and a host of other extended family and friends.

The family would like to thank Devotion Hospice for the care and compassion they showed our loved one in their final days.

Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Reception at First Baptist Church, Conroe, Texas in Herrington Hall on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 2:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in their honor to the International Friends Ministry of First Baptist Church, Grapevine, Texas or the Union Gospel Mission in Fort Worth, Texas. These two organizations were close to Janice's heart!

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.neptunesociety.com/location/houston-cremation for the Smart family.

(Published by Neptune Society Cremation Services)

Janice married David Louis Smart 18 Jan 1963, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA. David was born 29 Jan 1941, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; died 8 Oct 2006, Hurst, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

M.L. married R.P. Swain [Group Sheet]

W.D. married M.C. Hoffman [Group Sheet]

R.D. married L.L. Trader [Group Sheet]

W.C. married K.E. Hamilton [Group Sheet]

B.P. married K.L. Crouch [Group Sheet]

J.R. married L.M. Lee [Group Sheet]

S.M. married C. Ramirez [Group Sheet]