Imogene Vick Macias died at home on July 28, 2026. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Macias, in 2023. She was 93 years old and leaves behind her four children (Vicki Macias Cherewaty, George Palmer Macias, Hilda Macias Hendrix and Robert Anthony Macias), two sons-in-law (Bob Cherewaty and Brian Hendrix), six grandchildren (Cory Sierman, Jeffrey Cherewaty, Addison Brown, Avery Taylor, Lauren Reis and Ethan Hendrix) and six great-grandchildren (Cameron, Colton and Camille Brown, Rhydian Sierman, and Isla and Margot Taylor).

Imogene Vick was born to Laura Palmer Vick, a former schoolteacher, and farmer William Arthur Vick on November 19, 1932, during the heart of the Great Depression. She was the youngest of seven children, and they lived in an unincorporated part of Montgomery County, Texas on a 14-acre farm with no electricity and no indoor plumbing. Imogene, known to friends and family as Imy, fondly recalled swinging on grapevines across nearby Caney Creek. A recently shared memory was going to town with her mother once a month to pick up Hit Parade, a magazine that included the lyrics to hit songs. She and her brother Martin loved to sing along to the radio. Imogene rode a bus 15 miles each way to Conroe High School, where she skipped a grade and graduated early.

Later, Imogene attended what was then known as business school to polish her skills in typing and shorthand, and she moved to Houston to work as a secretary. As a young adult, she and some friends occasionally sang acapella hymns on church service radio broadcasts. She and her friend Mary took Latin dancing lessons at the Arthur Murray Dance School. Mary was dating a young man in the Air Force, and the two of them introduced Imogene to a fellow soldier friend, George Macias, a Cuban American from Tampa, Florida. They went dancing on a double date, and George was pleasantly surprised to find the Texas farm girl knew Latin steps.

Soon they married and kept on dancing for almost 70 years. With the GI bill, they purchased the home where they both lived the rest of their lives. Long before anyone had heard the term multitasking, Imogene managed the finances, volunteered at school and Little League, helped the kids with homework and generally kept the whole household running. She was friendly to everyone, but she had a fierce streak that would appear when dealing with shady salesmen and customer service representatives. She treated people well and demanded the same in return.

After the children graduated from college and started their careers, Imogene began to pursue her interest in genealogy. Her mother had told her an ancestor played an important role in Texas history, but she didn't know any details. Imogene learned she descended from a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Martin Palmer (sometimes spelled Parmer). She joined the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) and enjoyed participating in the group's many conferences and other activities over the years. Through her research, Imogene ultimately traced her family's lineage back to the 1600s in England. She was a stickler for finding authoritative sources to document each branch of the family tree.

Imogene served on the neighborhood civic club board for many years, and she served on the boards of several other organizations, including the DRT and the Vick Family Cemetery. Although Imogene had always enjoyed gardening in general, her husband decided to focus mostly on growing begonias as his post-retirement hobby. Over time, their passion for begonias became almost as important as their other shared hobby: watching Astros baseball. Both joined the Begonia Society, which led them to a whole new group of friends. They went on field trips with the club, participated in plant sales and held garden parties in their greenhouse.

After her husband's death, she continued caring for dozens of begonias and started new cuttings to share with friends and family. New blooms and baby birds were a constant source of excitement for Imogene, and she loved to take visitors on impromptu tours of the greenhouse and garden. Then she would often persuade the guests to stick around for a meal or at least a slice of homemade cake and ice cream.

Imogene also loved to host big, boisterous family meals. The family quickly outgrew the home's small dining area, and additional tables had to be lined up into the living room to accommodate all the grandkids and great-grandkids.

As attentive as she was to her immediate family, she never forgot about her extended family in Texas and Florida. When her older siblings faced health challenges, she stayed in constant contact with them and visited as often as she could. Even faraway cousins could rely on receiving a birthday card every year from Imogene. She was the glue that held multiple generations together, and her loss has left a gaping hole in all our hearts.