Graveside services for Howard James O'Brien, a postal service executive and father of novelist Anne Rice, will be at noon Wednesday at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. O'Brien, a Richardson resident for 33 years, died Friday of congestive heart disease at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, where he was visiting his family. He was 74.
Mr. O'Brien was born and raised in New Orleans and attended Redemptorist Seminary in Kirkwood, Mo. He served in the Navy during World War II. Mr. O'Brien later returned to New Orleans and began as a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service and eventually became a personnel executive. He was transferred to Dallas in 1957 and retired in the early 1970s. Mr. O'Brien grew up among Irish storytellers and passed his love for New Orleans and his storytelling talent on to his daughters. "He was my her o and inspiration,' Mrs. Rice told the Associated Press. "I dedicated The Feast of All Saints to him. It was his favorite of all my books.' Mrs. Rice's works also include Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned and The Witching Hour. Mr. O'Brien wrote a novel for children, The Impulsive Imp, which he read, chapter by chapter as he finished writing it, to his children, Mrs. Rice said. Mrs. Rice said she hopes to have it published. In addition to Mrs. Rice of New Orleans, Mr. O 'Brien is survived by his wife, Dorothy VanBever O'Brien of Richardson; four other daughters, Micki Collins of Arlington, Tamara Tinker of San Francisco, Karen O'Brien of Richardson and Alice Borchardt of Houston; two sisters, Patricia Harberson of Carri erre, Miss., and Bertha Mahan of Rye View, Calif.; a brother, Theodore O'Brien of New Orleans; and two grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
December 4, 1991
Graveside services for Howard James O'Brien, a postal service executive and father of novelist Anne Rice, will be at noon Wednesday at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. O'Brien, a Richardson resident for 33 years, died Friday of congestive heart disease at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, where he was visiting his family. He was 74.
Mr. O'Brien was born and raised in New Orleans and attended Redemptorist Seminary in Kirkwood, Mo. He served in the Navy during World War II. Mr. O'Brien later returned to New Orleans and began as a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service and eventually became a personnel executive. He was transferred to Dallas in 1957 and retired in the early 1970s. Mr. O'Brien grew up among Irish storytellers and passed his love for New Orleans and his storytelling talent on to his daughters. "He was my her o and inspiration,' Mrs. Rice told the Associated Press. "I dedicated The Feast of All Saints to him. It was his favorite of all my books.' Mrs. Rice's works also include Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned and The Witching Hour. Mr. O'Brien wrote a novel for children, The Impulsive Imp, which he read, chapter by chapter as he finished writing it, to his children, Mrs. Rice said. Mrs. Rice said she hopes to have it published. In addition to Mrs. Rice of New Orleans, Mr. O 'Brien is survived by his wife, Dorothy VanBever O'Brien of Richardson; four other daughters, Micki Collins of Arlington, Tamara Tinker of San Francisco, Karen O'Brien of Richardson and Alice Borchardt of Houston; two sisters, Patricia Harberson of Carri erre, Miss., and Bertha Mahan of Rye View, Calif.; a brother, Theodore O'Brien of New Orleans; and two grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
December 4, 1991
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Mary Alice O'Brien Leslie
1909–1967
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Bertha Frances O'Brien Mahan
1911–1997
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Sr Mary Immaculate O'Brien RSM
1912–1977
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Michael John Joseph O'Brien Jr
1914–1956
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Patricia Lillian O'Brien Harberson
1919–2001
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James Thomas O'Brien
1921–1979
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Theodore Joseph "Teddy" O'Brien
1923–1993
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John Edward Timothy O'Brien
1926–1981
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