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Shiner, Mary Lou

July 13, 1939 –
 February 4, 2017

Obituary

Mary Lou Shiner, born in Oak Park, IL in 1939, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, February 4, 2017.  Still beautiful and sharp as a tack, she was 77 years young, and despite her healthy lifestyle, spent the last 9 months with interstitial lung disease.  She fought to stay with her beloved family, but finally knew it was time to rest and be with the Lord. Mary Lou grew up in Dallas, attended Woodrow Wilson High School, and then SMU where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.  She later graduated from University of Houston with a degree in Education.  She became a mother and a realtor in California in the 1960’s and moved back to Dallas where she taught at Travis Elementary.  Later, she became a successful business woman and owner of Kaufman-Shiner Realtors and Mary Lou Shiner Realtors. Mary Lou will be remembered as loving, thoughtful, generous, smart, funny, devoted, positive, hard-working, dedicated Christian, good friend, and even better mother and grandmother, known as “Nana”.  She was respected and loved by those that knew her and always encouraged the people she touched to work hard and play hard.   She loved traveling and especially treasured creating memories in her favorite vacation destination of Lake City, Colorado, where she enjoyed one of her favorite hobbies, fly fishing.  She appreciated nature and everything it had to offer.  She was creative in all endeavors and found great pleasure in being an avid gardener. Mary Lou found joy in giving and made a positive impact to all that knew her.  She was a longtime contributor to the Ark House and impacted lives through her ministry and support with her grandchildren of The Network of Richardson. Mary Lou is preceded in death by her parents and brother.  She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Terri and Mark Brezette, Jennifer and Steve Smets, and Jeff and Amanda Shiner, and her six grand children whom she adored, Brooke and her husband Jimmy, Ben, Nathan, Will, Lauren, and Jesse. A celebration of life will be held at First United Methodist Church Richardson, 503 N Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080 on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. Donations can be made to Ark House, P.O. Box 833656, Richardson, TX 75083-3656 and The Network at https://www.thenetwork.org/Donate_Online. Arrangements are under the direction of ARIA Cremation Service and Funeral Home 19310 Preston Road Dallas, Texas 75252 214-306-6700

    Megan Cooper
    11 Feb 2017
    9:17am

    Loved reading about your mom…hoping that you and your family find some peace in the loving memories of her.

    Kristie Shiner Vitovsky
    11 Feb 2017
    9:27pm

    Your family is in our thoughts and prayers and may the Lord comfort you during this time. Mary Lou was an inspiration to anyone who met her. Her smile and positivity was contagious. Terry, Jenny, and Jeff…hugs to you all.

    The Vitovskys
    Kristie, Rodney, and Graham

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"I can’t say enough about how helpful and professional Dusty Martin, the funeral director at the Aria Cremation location on NW Highway has been. From my initial call, he was kind and informative. My friend died at home while on hospice and she was picked up in about an hour after receiving the call from the hospice nurse. The person who arrived to pick her up was also very professional/respectful and allowed us to take as much time with her as we wished. When I met with Dusty the next day about arrangements, he explained the process and options available without being pushy or trying to “sell” extras. Throughout the process, he kept me informed and, for example, was careful to be certain I understood the cost of the obituary I wanted and offered some options for reducing that cost if I wished. When I stopped by for another reason and started talking about some of the problems I was having with the pictures and media I hoped to use at a memorial lunch I was planning, he not only listened patiently but offered technology advice and let me use his personal media player. I have had experience arranging cremations for four others using two other local companies, and this experience with Dusty at Aria has been by far the best one I have had."
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"My Daddy’s service and our family experience at Aria Northwest Highway was truly blessed. Funeral Director Dustin Martin is the kind of person that you would like to see on a more regular basis – but in his industry – you hope to not see him that often. That being said – THANK YOU DUSTIN for your unending kindness, compassion and friendship through the process. Meeting you and discussing Dallas History, Find A Grave and my Dad’s lifelong contributions to the great City of Dallas was simply wonderful! In memory of my dad James A. Dodd, Sr. – I want to personally thank you and let you know that you made everything better in that moment. Your calling to “Be There” is spot on. Aria has a one in a million guy in you! Bling Blinky of TEXAS Shout Out: God Bless You!!"
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