Phoebe T. Lindholm
Retired professor of mathematics, died on Sept. 16

Phoebe T. Lindholm, retired professor of mathematics, died on Sept. 16, 2018. She was 81.

Lindholm taught at Trinity for 30 years, retiring in 1999. She was born in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 9, 1937. She attended St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Trinity. She received her doctorate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Phoebe Lindholm portrait

After retiring from Trinity, Lindholm moved to Rockport, Texas in 2001. Shortly thereafter she met her husband Raymond in the Sacred Heart Church Choir. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, quilting, playing both party and duplicate bridge, and was a devoted member of Sacred Heart Church.  

She is survived by her two sons, Peter and Jeremy Neesham; Jane Neesham, her daughter-in-law; four grandchildren (Weston, Kenneth, Alexandra, and Philip Neesham); one great-granddaughter, Kayden; stepchildren, Dan Judson and Kate Klein; and her three siblings, Mary Donald, Caroline Longley and Elliott May.

Memorials may be made to the Desert House of Prayer, P.O. Box 570, Cortaro, Arizona, 85652, or to Sacred Heart School, 111 N. Church Street, Rockport, Texas, 78382. Online condolences may be left at www.charliemarshallfuneralhomes.com.

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