Mary ‘Mimi’ McGregor Vanden Bosch Feb. 23, 1943 — March 7, 2026
Mary (Mimi) McGregor Vanden Bosch, age 83, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. She was born Feb. 23, 1943 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was preceded in death by her beloved high school sweetheart husband, Fred Vanden Bosch; her precious daughter, Janet Wilson; and her parents, William (Bill) McGregor and Madie McGregor.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Beth Mathis (Dow); son-in-law, John Wilson; sister, Laurae Kuykendall (Dan) of Corpus Christi, Texas; sister-in-law, Larra Vanden Bosch of Sacramento, California; and the shining lights of her life, grandsons, Lane Hillje (Amanda) and Declan Mathis. She also leaves behind two nephews, Alan Beals (Kim) and Bill Kuykendall (Yvonne); niece, Karin Vanden Bosch; greatniece, Cami Kuykendall; and great-nephew, Julian Kuykendall.
Mary graduated from W.B. Ray High School (Corpus Christi) in 1961. She then attended Texas A&I University (Kingsville) and earned a degree in English while taking care of her family. Mary loved being part of the Kingsville Garden Club, the Women’s Club, the Methodist Church, and for years after moving away had very fond memories of all the friends she made while there. The family moved to Portland, Texas, and after the girls graduated high school, Mary and Fred moved to San Antonio. Over the years, Mary enjoyed being able to travel with Fred to places he went for work for months at a time including Memphis, Tennessee and Daytona Beach, Florida, before coming back to San Antonio. After returning to San Antonio, Mary held a number of jobs and her favorite by far was working with her daughter at a law firm for seven years until she finally retired once and for all.
For the last 30 years, she loved being Mimi to her wonderful grandson Lane (who gave her the name Mimi), and then 16 years THE BOERNE STAR
ago having her mini-me redheaded grandson, Declan, added to the mix. After Lane and Amanda married in 2024, Mary would tell anyone she met about being so happy to now have such a sweet granddaughter.
Over the years living in San Antonio, she had been an active member of Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, and even though she moved to Boerne a year ago still attended a bible study with precious friends until her hospitalization. She also loved attending a watercolor class in Boerne for the last several years and made some good friends with the wonderful ladies in the class.
In the last year she also joined Boerne Global Methodist Church and absolutely loved all of her new church family, who were very precious to her, and enjoyed attending worship services every week and at least one (but sometimes two) bible studies each week, along with other numerous church social events.
Mary was a devoted wife, an incredible mama, an amazing Mimi, and a good friend to many, and was always ready to help when someone needed her. Her absence will be an immense void in our lives.
The family wishes to thank all of those who have taken such good care of Mary for decades, including but not limited to Dr. Michelle Scanlan, Dr. Moises Bucay, as well as everyone at the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases. We further wish to thank all of the doctors (ER, Surgical, ICU, Geriatric, etc.), nurses, respiratory therapists, techs and staff at University Hospital who not only worked so diligently to provide Mary with the best care in the last weeks of her life, but did so with true compassion, care and love.
A celebration of Mary’s life will be held Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1 p.m. at Holt & Holt Funeral Home, located at 319 E. San Antonio Ave. in Boerne, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s Research.
Arrangements are under the compassionate care and expert direction of the staff of Holt & Holt Funeral Home of Boerne. To share words of comfort with the family, please visit www.holtfh.com.
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