Marynada Hill Pohli

Marynada Pohli, 88, died on March 19, 2019, at home with her children beside her. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Marynada was born on June 13, 1930, in Waco, Texas, the only child of Scott Hill and Nada Langford Hill. She spent summers at Camp Waldemar, where her mother taught golf. As a young girl growing up during WWII, she developed a lifelong fondness for military airplanes, which no doubt later influenced her choice of husband. After graduating from Waco High School, Marynada went to the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. She was also a Duchess in the Tyler Rose Festival. During her senior year, she met Emil Pohli, a recent West Point graduate in basic flight training at James Connally AFB. They were married March 31, 1951, and moved to Arizona for Emil’s jet fighter training. While her husband was flying missions in Korea, Marynada returned to Waco and completed her B.A. at Baylor. When Emil returned from Korea, they were stationed in Del Rio, Texas, where their first child, Anne, was born. Emil contracted polio in 1955 and was retired from the Air Force. After several years in California, they moved to Dallas, where their son, Scott, was born, and they built the house where they spent the rest of their lives. On a family visit to her mother’s house in Waco, Marynada adopted a stray dog, and from then on, dogs played a major part in her life. She trained and showed Labrador Retrievers, and later, she fell in love with Border Terriers. She showed them in conformation and obedience, and competed in agility trials all over the country. Marynada loved to travel. She spent many summer vacations in Colorado with her family and traveled often to Europe with her children. She also enjoyed the Pi Phi alumni club, the Afternoon Book Review Club, and the annual West Point Army Navy parties. In recent years, Marynada suffered from Alzheimer's, but in the early stages, she was still able to enjoy videos of the places she had been and her dog show adventures, as well as visits to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum and the occasional WWII airshow. She was preceded in death by her parents, Scott and Nada Hill; and her husband, Emil. She is survived by her son, Scott; and daughter, Anne. The family is very grateful to Cira Velasquez and the caregivers from Divine Hearts. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our “Tribute Wall” at www.WHBfamily.com.