Frankie "Nova" Isaacs Pitcher

Frankie “Nova” Isaacs Pitcher Lubbock – A memorial service for Nova Pitcher, 100, of Lubbock, will be at 1 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2015, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4600 48th Street, Lubbock. Nova’s family will receive friends at the church immediately after the memorial. Interment will follow at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville. Arrangements in Lubbock are under the care of Sanders Funeral Home and in Fort Worth, Greenwood Funeral Homes. Nova passed away on December 3, 2015. She had recently celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving with her daughter Laura’s family at which she was very lively, telling stories, and assisting with preparing her family’s favorite dressing. Later that evening she fell and broke her arm, which led to a cascade of medical issues, and her passing. Nova was born June 20, 1915, in Petrolia, Texas to Franklin Napoleon and Beatrice Eufola Horton Isaacs, the second of seven children. She graduated from Byers High School and Charlie schools. Nova grew up during the Great Depression, but her family farm provided for the large family. She helped her mother and father raise her younger siblings, and work the farm. She married Horace Eugene Pitcher March 7, 1942, while he was stationed as an instructor at Shepherd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls. She followed Pitcher to many cities in the U.S. as he change assignments as an Army officer during WWII. After Pitcher’s retirement from the military, they settled in Fort Worth, where Pitcher worked for Convair and then Bell Helicopter as a technical editor. Nova was a homemaker. There they began their family. She was an excellent cook and seamstress, making beautiful clothes for her daughters. There they were members of Saint Paul Presbyterian Church until Pitcher’s death on March 8, 1985, and Nova’s move to Lubbock in 1992 to be close to her daughters. Her grandchildren had the great joy of staying with Grandma every day after school at Honey Elementary. In Lubbock she was a faithful member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Women’s Circle, the Wednesday Folding Group, and the Pierian Sorosis Study Club. She drove her own car, remained independent and very active until almost 99. She most recently resided at Carillon Bellecourt where Sam West and his loving staff became a second family. She was the epitome of gracious hospitality, faith, and loving acceptance. She was defined by serving her family and was never happier than at her 100th birthday party where she was surrounded by close to a hundred family and friends, including Mayor Glenn Robertson who read proclamations celebrating her centennial of life from the President and Mrs. Obama, Governor Abbott, and the Lubbock City Council. Her smile was always ready, with a joke close at hand. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends who adored her. Surviving loved ones include her daughters, Laura Monroe and husband, Monte of Lubbock; Molly Pitcher of Denton; sister, Billie Rutledge of Petrolia; Grandchildren, Alex Monroe of Las Colinas, Sarah Monroe of Lubbock, and Connor Stewart of Denton; a host of nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews; and many, many friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church Building Fund or the South Plains Food Bank Lubbock.

Frankie "Nova" Isaacs Pitcher

June 20, 1915 - December 3, 2015