Maryan L. Testa
8/31/1931 - 4/25/2025

Maryan L. (Reeves) Testa (Mema), 93, while surrounded by her family who loved her dearly, joined God in Heaven on Friday, April 25, 2025. She was born in San Juan, Texas to Raymond Reeves and Juanita (Barber) Reeves on August 31, 1931. In 1947 she graduated from PSJA High School. She worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in McAllen, TX, for 25 years. After retiring from the phone company, she worked for Doctors Shamburger and Dindot in McAllen, TX.

She married the love of her life, Jim Testa, from Renton, PA, on June 30, 1950. They were married for 57 years when Jim passed away on December 7, 2007. They lived together in Kerrville, TX, from 1984 until 2010 when Maryan relocated to Austin, TX, to be closer to family. She was a loving family woman and will always be loved and greatly missed by all. She was called Mema, Little Mema, and TuTu by her four granddaughters and nine great-grandchildren. She loved watching her great-grandchildren play sports and proudly cheering them on.

Maryan is survived by her two daughters, Brenda Brooks of Austin, TX and Karen Snider of McAllen, TX; her sister, Nita Eller and brother-in-law, Donnie Eller of Henderson, NV; four adoring granddaughters, Mandi Hawkins (Aaron), Holly Hardin (David), Traci Wilson (Rodney), and Lisa Trybola (Eric); six great-grandsons, Sebastian Molnar, Evan Hawkins, Dominic Molnar, Wesley Hardin, Abel Wilson, and Abbot Wilson; three great-granddaughters, Kenzie Hawkins, Abigail Wilson, and Myles Hardin; and several nieces and nephews she loved dearly.

Maryan was preceded in death by her loving and devoted husband of 57 years, Jim (whom she always lovingly called “Babe”) and her parents, Raymond and Juanita (Barber) Reeves.

Services will be held at Grimes Funeral Chapels, 728 Jefferson St., Kerrville, TX, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery, 3250 Sidney Baker Hwy. (Hwy 16), Kerrville, TX.

After 17 years, they are finally back together…side by side.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Maryan Testa’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, (StJude.org) which was her favorite charity.

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