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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Dr. Patricia Wilson, wife of DL Capt. Wendell M. Wilson

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

Dr. Patricia Wilson, wife of DL Capt. Wendell M. Wilson

 


Dr. Patricia (Pat) Jane Potter Wilson, 80, of Seabrook, Texas, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2026, leaving behind a profound legacy of educational impact, friendship, and community service.

 

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Patricia Wilson Obituary

Dr. Patricia (Pat) Jane Potter Wilson, 80, of Seabrook, Texas, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2026, leaving behind a profound legacy of educational impact, friendship, and community service.

A Life of Professional Distinction

Born in Jennings, Louisiana to the late Ralph H. and Wilda Ruth (Smith) Potter, Pat was raised in Lake Arthur and was valedictorian of her graduating class at Lake Arthur High School. She then earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1967; a Master of Science in Education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1979; and a Ph.D in Education from the University of Houston in 1985, where she was selected "Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Curriculum and Instruction".

Over a distinguished 35-year career as an educator, Pat started teaching in elementary school, but spent most of her career as a professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in the School of Education, retiring with emerita status. She was the author or coauthor of seven published books. Pat received numerous teaching awards, including the President's Distinguished Teaching Award (UHCL 1996); the UHCL Campus Minnie Piper Award; and the Texas Student Education Association Teaching Excellence Award.

Pat was honored with the Distinguished Alumna Award at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1998 and the Distinguished Alumna Award in the College of Education at the University of Houston in 2023. Pat also designed and established the Children's Library at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Partners in Service and Purpose

Pat and her beloved husband, Wendell M. Wilson, a retired Air Force and Delta Air Lines captain, were inseparable partners in life. During their 58-year marriage, they shared in many community projects, substantial philanthropy, and astounding travel adventures.

Pat, with Wendell's unfaltering support, was heavily involved as a dedicated community leader and served on numerous boards throughout Houston and the Bay Area, including President of Friends of Freeman Library, Friends of Evelyn Meador Library, Lunar Rendezvous Festival, Armand Bayou Nature Center, the Longhorn Project with NASA/CCISD/Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, and the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership

Pat and Wendell endowed the Dr. Patricia Wilson School of Education Outstanding Students Scholarship at UHCL and established the Dr. Patricia Potter Wilson and Captain Wendell Wilson Presidential Endowed Scholarship at the University of Houston. In 2015, they established Pat and Wendell Wilson Park on the campus of the University of Houston-Clear Lake, which includes the beautiful "Potter Pond". Six years later, they added Serenity Garden at Potter Pond, an extension of the Park filled with native Texas flora and fauna, to provide an idyllic space for reflection to all who visited.

UHCL recognized Pat and Wendell with its 2015 President's Cabinet Leadership Award, specifically citing their devotion to education, service, and philanthropy. One of Pat's other passions was serving as owner and vice president of Potter Farms, Inc., in Louisiana, a family agricultural business specializing in rice farming, miniature horses, and oil and gas.

World Explorers

Pat and Wendell traveled the world. Their shared love for adventure mirrored their passion for community impact. Pat and Wendell enjoyed travel as a way to deeply and meaningfully connect with the world. Wendell navigated maps, planned logistics, and photographed their journeys as they together explored 137 countries across all seven continents. From trekking through Nepal to immersing themselves in local cultures in Africa and Southeast Asia to exploring the North Pole and Antarctica, their travel life was a beautiful tapestry of curiosity and companionship.

Pat is survived by her devoted husband, Captain Wendell M. Wilson; her sister Debbie Parker of Louisiana; many loving friends; and a vast and diverse community that is infinitely richer for having been blessed to know her.

A celebration of Pat's extraordinary life will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorial donations be made in her honor to the University of Houston-Clear Lake to either (i) the Wendell & Patricia Wilson Duck Pond Bequest or (ii) the Dr. Patricia Potter Wilson School of Education Outstanding Student Scholarship by giving online at www.uhcl.edu/giving or by calling UHCL Office of Giving at (281)283-2037.

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