Gregory Fourticq

1936 - 2015

Gregory Edward Fourticq
1936-2015
Gregory Edward Fourticq, age 79, was born on the 14th day of September, 1936 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and passed away the 18th day of September, 2015, following a sudden stroke. Greg is preceded in death by his grandparents Edward and Amelia Fourticq, parents Colonel Edward J. Fourticq and Helen Fourticq, and his beloved daughter Dawn Marie Fourticq. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Patsy Stanley Fourticq, and his son Gregory Fourticq Jr., his brother Michael Fourticq and wife Janet, niece Jessica Fourticq Evans and husband Marc, nephews Michael Fourticq Jr. and wife Teresa, Ted Fourticq and wife Gretchen; and great-nieces Coco Fourticq, Mae Fourticq, Allison Evans, Ava Fourticq and Taylor Fourticq, and great- nephews Trey Fourticq, Miles Fourticq and Fletcher Evans. Greg's family moved to Houston from New Orleans in 1954 when Colonel Edward Fourticq retired from the United States Air Force. Greg graduated from San Jacinto High School in Houston, and received his BA from A & M University in 1959. Greg met his beloved wife Patsy when they were seniors at San Jacinto High school, and they married in 1957. Greg owned and operated Stanley Well Service in Liberty, Texas from 1961, where he and Patsy and their children lived until 1992, when he sold his company and the family moved to Houston.
Greg, along with Patsy, support financially and personally numerous charitable causes, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Texas Heart Institute. In 2006, the Fourticq family endowed the Dr. Norman Jaffe Chair at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Center; the annual Santa's Elves party kicks off the holiday season and raises funds for the Children's Cancer Center at MD Anderson. Greg also belonged to River Oaks Country Club, and Garden of the Gods Club and Broadmoor Golf Club, both in Colorado Springs.
Greg was a much-loved and admired husband, father, brother and uncle, and a strong and caring friend to so many. He and Patsy lived several months of the year in Colorado Springs, where they golfed and entertained close friends, and lived the remainder of the year in Houston close to family and friends. The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses for a superb level of care and kindness at Swedish Hospital, in the city of Seattle, where Greg's stroke occurred. Greg's care was overseen and guided by Dr. James T. Willerson, President and Director of Cardiology Research, and Co-Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories at Texas Heart Institute at CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor, who is a friend as well as primary physician.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from half-past five o'clock in the afternoon until half-past seven o'clock in the evening on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September, in the parlor and grand foyer of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at ten o'clock in the morning, on Thursday, the 24th day of September, at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2140 Westheimer Road, in Houston, Texas, where the Rev. Al Sinasac, Pastor will serve as celebrant. The rite of committal and interment will follow at the Liberty Catholic Cemetery (Corner of Bowie Street and Grand Avenue) in Liberty, Texas, where the Rev. Sebastian Myladiyil, SVD, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will serve as celebrant.
Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Mike Fourticq Jr., Ted Fourticq, Marc Evans, Joe Callaway, David Arnold and Pete Willoughby.
In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions in Greg's name may be directed to Texas Heart Institute, Development Office, MC 3-117, P.O. Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225 or online at www.texasheart.org; or MD Anderson Cancer Center Moon Shots Program, an ambitious and comprehensive action plan to rapidly and dramatically reduce mortality and suffering in several major cancers. Send to MD Anderson Cancer Center Moon Shots Program, Development Office, Unit 705, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77230 or online at www.gifts.mdanderson.org.