San Antonio Express-News (TX) | 7 January 2012
Mary Jane "Jane" Tullos was born on December 17, 1927, in the town of West Texas, to Dr. Hugh S. Tullos and Roberta Thomas Tullos. She passed away while comfortably at home on January 5, 2012. A beautiful child with curly, golden hair, she shared her childhood with her brothers, Hugh Jr. and Tommy, while her father pursued a career in medicine. In furtherance of that aim, the family soon moved to San Antonio, Texas, settling into the Harlindale area. Jane had a rich childhood in Harlindale, her father tending to his medical practice while her mother ran a drug store near their home. She spent countless hours in the company of her father as he visited patients and with her mother and brothers at the drugstore. Jane often reminisced about time spent in Floresville, Texas with her family. She enjoyed the many years spent on Post Ave in the company of Tombo, Ecka, and Ta. She enjoyed her time with her mother, who lived with her in her home for many years. Jane was very kind to her elderly relatives and cared for each of them kindly, in their twilight years, until their passing. She enjoyed spending time with her nieces and nephews, whom she would host during summers, much to their delight; but Jane's love of family did not confine itself to her immediate family. She spent a great deal of time with friends Jane considered friends to be family. It was simply understood. Jane attended the University of Texas where she joined the Zeta sorority. She studied Pharmacology. Like most college students, she greatly enjoyed her college years. She travelled and developed many lifelong friends, too many to list. While at the University she developed a friendship with Pat Wright who became her roommate and her best friend for life. Pat was known "Aunt Pat" to friends and family. The pair became inseparable. From that point forward, there was no Jane, there was no Pat. There was only Jane and Pat. Together they designed and built the house on Ashton Ave. It became a social mecca for friends and family for nearly fifty years. Jane, having completed her Pharmacist's degree, opened Jane's prescription shop which she owned until her retirement while Pat worked as a pharmacist as well, at a drugstore, coincidentally named Pat's. When off work, the pair enjoyed sailing, traveling, fine food, fine drink and fine company. Jane and Pat developed a well-established social circle of people whom they considered wonderful, unique and invaluable. They enjoyed spending time at the coast and designed and built a house in Rockport, Texas where they, predictably, spent countless hours enjoying the simple company of friends and family over cards, dominoes and an occasional bottle of wine. The passage of time brought a new generation, and Jane and Pat were, once again, present and joyfully involved in rearing another generation of family. They travelled with the Hughie, Catherine and Amber, whom they called their "Grandchildren". They took them to their favorite places and showed them what they had seen, teaching them what they had learned. Yet another generation learned to love Jane and Pat. As kind as Jane was, she was equally as opinionated and frank. Jane loved mental jousting and enjoyed "stirring the pot." Were it not for the constant kicks in the shin from Pat, Jane would have started uncountable verbal squabbles. She was intelligent, well read, and firmly rooted in her beliefs. She studied religion and loved to talk politics. "I didn't like Clinton," she would say with her finger in the air, "not because he was a democrat, but because he couldn't make love to a woman in a traditional fashion." Everyone would just shake their head. It was Jane. Jane is survived by; her Brother Tommy, of Corpus Christi Texas, his wife Maria and children, Tommy, Jack, David and Judy; Gaye Tullos and her children Paul Tullos, his wife Eve and children, Amber and Melanie, Hugh Tullos III, his wife Robbie and children, Catherine and Hugh IV; by Mike Looney, his wife Vicki, their son Patrick and other son Paul, whom Jane simply referred to as "The Lobbyist"; and by numerous other friends whom she loved dearly. Jane was predeceased by; Pat Wright, her Mother and Father, Roberta Tullos and Dr. Hugh S Tullos, her brother Dr. Hugh Tullos II, and numerous Grandparents Aunts and Uncles and friends whom she, also, loved dearly. Jane will be available for viewing on Sunday January, 8, 2012 between the hours of 4:00 and 6:00 pm at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. There will be a gathering of friends and family at the house on Ashton on that Sunday the 8th beginning at 4:00 as we sort to see what type of liquor is really in the expensive bottles. The funeral services will be held at 10:00 am, in the Tullos Family Plot, at the Floresville City Cemetery, Floresville, Texas. You may sign the on-line guestbook at www.missionparks.com under the obituary section.

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