"Dodie" Osteen, a Baytown native, was the widow of Lakewood co-founder John Osteen. She handled prayer duties and funeral at the church, the Houston Chronicle reported in 2016. She credited her faith with healing her through major health scares, including a bout of liver cancer, and even hosted a drive-by healing service outside the church.

Dolores 'Dodie' Osteen, who founded Houston's Lakewood Church with her husband and helped guide her son to become one of the world's most popular televangelists, died at her home, her family has announced.

The mother of televangelist Joel Osteen and one of the Lakewood megachurch founders has died at the age of 91. “It is with a heavy heart that Victoria and I, along with our family, announce the passing of our cherished mother and grandmother,