On April 10, 2020 Melissa Marie Golan Rougeot passed away at the Texas Stroke Institute, Plano, Texas after a brief illness. Melissa was born in Dallas on August 11, 1979 to Joseph Golan and Mary Jane (Gore) Golan. She graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1997 and then graduated from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, with a degree in Journalism in 2001. She worked for Star Local Media in Richardson, Texas for almost twenty years and was their Circulation Director at the time of her death. Melissa’s passions included enjoying her Golan and Gore families, golf (traditional and Golden Tee virtual golf), being outdoors and volunteering at the Network of Community Ministries. Melissa was known for her quick and infectious smile as well as her selfless and compassionate spirit. She delighted in life’s simple pleasures: walking in parks, watching sports with her family, playing games, swimming, frolicking with her nieces and nephews, and competing at games with family and friends. She loved playing cards with her father especially when she won! She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Jane (Gore) Golan, her maternal grandparents, James H. Gore, Sr. and Ruth Marie Gore, and her paternal grandparents, Sigmund A. Golan and Genevieve Rzepka Golan. Melissa is survived by her father, Joseph Golan, (Chande); sister, Katherine Irene Hilton, (Drew), (children, Brayden, Kennedy and Maddison); brother Joseph A. Golan (Veronica), (son, Elias). Her aunts, uncles and cousins in her father’s extended family include: Bernadette Golan (Crown Point, Indiana); Charlotte Golan (Boulder, Colorado); and Margaret Bac (Joe), (children John, Jenna), (Scott’s Valley, California). Her mother’s extended family resides in Indianapolis, Indiana and includes the following aunts, uncles and cousins: Donna Gore Olsen, (Bernhard III) (children, Bernhard IV, James, and Ann); Ruth Gore Yacko (Michael) (children, Amy, Michael L., and Matthew), James H. Gore, Jr., (Robin) (children, James III, Ashley, Brandon, Jonathon), and Robert Guy Gore (Brenda) (children, Caroline, Elizabeth and Grace).

A funeral mass for Melissa Golan Rougeot will be held

Friday, July 10, 2020 – 10 A.M.

Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church

1201 Alma Dr., Plano, TX 75075

Due to Covid-19, we are not allowed to give a eulogy or provide a room to congregate before or after the mass.  Melissa’s remains will be put in the St. Mark’ s columbarium  to be built next year. 

 

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