Doris Frankel

Doris Frankel, 91, passed away peacefully on Valentines Day, 2025, in Houston, Texas. Doris was born on April 23, 1933, in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Ivry and Helen Glassman. Doris grew up in Nashville, graduating high school in 1951. Both as a young girl and after high school, she frequently visited Houston to see her aunts, uncles, and cousins. On one of her visits, she met her first love, Leland Schwartz, and they married in 1957. Doris and Leland had a wonderful marriage that tragically was cut short when Leland died in 1967. Three years later, Doris fell in love with a pediatrician, Richard Frankel, who had never been married. When Doris and Richard married in 1970, Richard immediately treated Doris’ children as his own. For two years, Doris and Richard had a fairy tale marriage. They traveled abroad frequently and designed and built a new home together. Richard suddenly and unexpectedly died in 1972. Doris dedicated the rest of her life to her family. After 1972, Doris raised her two children as a single parent. Her greatest reward was seeing her children and grandchildren lead happy and productive lives. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Joel Glassman, and her two loving husbands, Leland Schwartz and Richard A. Frankel. She is survived by her children, Carol Simon and her husband Ken, Richard Frankel and his wife, Elaine, and her three grandchildren, Lauren and her husband Jon, Stephanie and her husband Blaine, and Ryan and his wife Kayla. The family would like to express a deep appreciation to Doris’ caregivers at The Belmont Hunters Creek and at Bayou City Hospice for their kindness and assistance to Doris during the last two years of her life. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 3:00 PM in the Gordon Chapel at Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood, Houston, Texas, 77096. In lieu of flowers or food, the family requests that donations be made to Evelyn’s Park Conservancy (https://evelynspark.org/forms/donation?level=custom), Texas Children’s Hospital (https://www.texaschildrens.org/support/ways-to-give), or The Shlenker School (https://www.theshlenkerschool.org/giving).

Doris Frankel

April 23, 1933 - February 14, 2025