Dimple Luvica Lowry Haakman passed away peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2000, surrounded by her family at the Plantation Health Care Center as the result of bone marrow cancer. She was the daughter of Albert Fred and Ethel Mae Roach Lowery, bon in Slick, Oklahoma on March 12, 1923.

Dimple moved to Sapulpa, Oklahoma at a young age and graduated from Sapulpa High School in 1940, where she received many honors. She was active in theater and attended girls state drama competition.

In 1952, she moved to Lake Jackson, Texas and worked for the James F. Crews CPA Firm and later at Dow Chemical. She attended Sapulpa Junior College and the University of Houston and achieved her certification as a professional secretary in 1955, as the first woman in Brazoria County to receive a CPS.

On December 26, 1957, she married the love of her life, John Engelbert Haakman. She is honored in memory by her husband of 42 years, John, of Lake Jackson, Texas; three children, Hans Haakman and wife Cheryl of Austin, Texas, Theresa Brittain and husband Mark of Austin, Texas and Andrea Haakman of Dallas, Texas; mother, Ethel Mae Lowry of Sapulpa, OK, formerly of Lake Jackson, Bert Ellen Davis and husband Sam of Suapulpa, OK, Jean Parker and husband Jerry of Tulsa, OK; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

Dimple was preceded in death by her father and her infant grandson, Trevor Brittain.

She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Dimple was active in the Brazosport Little Theater in the fifties and the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority where she was recently recognized as a fifty year member. Her genuine concern for others earned her countless friends. She will be remembered for her charm and devotion to her family and died just as she lived iwth great courage and dignity.

The family would like to extend their special thanks to the many care givers and friends who provided Dimple with love and care in her final days. They wish to express their gratitude to her primary physician Dr. Irvin Sabrsula and Oncologist Dr. E. Falcon and staffs for their compassionate medical care and personal concern during her long illness.

Thou Wast All That To Me, Love,

For Which My Soul Did Pine

A Green Isle In The Sea, Love,

A Fountain Adn A Shrine,

All WReathed With Fairy Fruits and Flowers,

And All The Flowers Were Mine.

Ah, Dream Too Bright To Last!

Therefore, To Thee This Night

I Will No Requiem Raise,

But Waft Thee On Thy Flight,

With A Paean Of Old Days

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Edgar Allen Poe, 1845