Mary Weismann Peterson

1927 - 2025

Mary Weismann Peterson

12/27/1927 - 01/31/2025
Mary Weismann Peterson died peacefully on January 31, 2025 at the age of 97. A native Houstonian, Mary was born on December 27, 1927 to George Francis Weismann and Estelle Claus Weismann. She attended all Houston schools including Poe, Lanier, Lamar HS and Rice University. While at Rice, she met and married George Alfred Peterson, and they enjoyed nearly 60 years of marriage.
Throughout her lifetime she was an ardent community and church volunteer as well as a big supporter of her three children's many activities. Her happiest days were spent playing tennis, bridge and other games, hunting birds with friends and family, reading, cooking and entertaining. She was always the life of the party.
She was preceded in death by her husband George, her parents, her in-laws Antone Lewis Peterson and Alfreda Jenkins Peterson, her sisters Edna W. Reed and Doris W. Graham and her daughter in law Lynn McNabb Peterson.
She is survived by her children George Alfred (Al) Peterson, Jr. and Pam Slack, Larry A. Peterson and wife Mary, Julie P. Storm and husband Hal Carr, grandchildren Hallie P. Parchman and husband Louis, Douglas S. Peterson, Kelly P. Cliburn and husband Jay, Lindsay P. Nelson and husband Andrew, Craig J. Peterson and wife Tahra, Stacey P. Brod and husband Andrew, Christopher K. Storm, Jr. and wife Vivian, George M. Storm and wife Laura, Andrew M. Storm and wife Stephanie, great-grandchildren Mary Claire and Wiley Parchman, Lauren, Kathryn and Jay III Cliburn, Wesley and Robert Nelson, Caroline and James Peterson, John, Mary and Eliza Brod, Charlotte and Marisol Storm, Knox and George II Storm, Harvey and Sophie Storm, and nephews Antone L. Peterson III and wife Susan and Homer R. Peterson II and wife Nancy.
She was affectionately known as Cita to her family, and nothing made her happier than to corral as many of them as she could as often as possible. She was a true matriarch.
A Memorial service will be held at St. Martin's Episcopal Church on Monday, February 17 at 11:00 AM in the main cathedral. Following the service, friends and family are invited to a reception to be held in the church's Bagby Café. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Martin's Garden Fund, 717 Sage, Houston 77056; The Bluebird Clinic for Pediatric Neurology, 6701 Fannin, Houston 77080; River Oaks Garden Club Endowment Fund, 2503 Westheimer, Houston 77098 or charity of your choice.