Marie-Claire Driscoll

Marie-Claire Driscoll died in Houston on September 4, 2026. She was 75. Born on February 5, 1951, into a Irish-American household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She ran floors that never slept. A checklist in two languages kept standards; she taught that a made bed is a small mercy. Colleagues still mention a cart checklist in two languages. She married Jean in 1976. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a son through public schools and ordinary weather. After Jean died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember a wave from the driveway that meant you were seen. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Houston, among streets she never needed to explain. The recipe card is still stained in the useful places.