Mabel Bremer Memorial Scholarship

Mabel Hilda Yow Bremer is the mother of Collin College Professor Dallie Clark. Ms Bremer passed in December 2018. She was born in 1924 in Carbonton, North Carolina. After graduating from Greenwood High School in 1942, she moved to Washington, D.C. Mabel wanted to attend college, but being a child of the Depression, it just wasn’t possible. However, through persistence, she landed a job with the U.S. Navy Yard where she worked refurbishing gun sights for U.S. ships at sea for WWII. After marrying Sam Bremer in 1955, Mabel helped raise five children while her husband served in the U.S. Air Force. While serving as a dedicated Air Force wife, Mabel began studying antiques and ran several successful antique shops in various parts of the country.