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Mrs. Roberts
Annie Alma Marwitz Roberts, 86, died August 27, 2004 in Temple. Funeral services were held August 30 in the Riley Funeral Home chapel in Hamilton with Rev. David Ozmun officiating. Burial followed in the Indian Gap Cemetery.
She was born September 9, 1917 in the Indian Gap Community of Hamilton County where she had been a lifetime resident. She was the daughter of Ewald August Marwitz and Emma Augusta Reinert.
She was married to Willie Ferguson Roberts on August 12, 1936 at Indian Gap. He preceded her in death on April 14, 1995.
Mrs. Roberts was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. For many years she worked at Schusters of Texas, one of their first employees. She was a member of the Indian Gap Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Gayle Morris; two sisters, Clara Swindle and Minnie Kohler and two brothers Henry Marwitz and Willie Marwitz.
Survivors include one daughter Janice Ann Roberts Erwin and her husband Clifford of Ovilla, Billy Hulan Roberts and his wife Suann Roberts of Cross Plains and Ted Eugene Roberts and his wife Tina Marie of Bastrop and son-in-law John Walter Morris; 11 grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren; three sisters; Alwine Swindle of Austin, Pauline Hopper of Granbury and Edna Hopper of Indian Gap.
Pallbearers were T.J. Roberts Jr., Will Ray Roberts, Aaron Morris, Bryan Erwin, James Hebert, Joe Hubbert.
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Mrs. Blakely
Lila Jones Blakely, 76, of Clifton died August 25, 2004 at home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Aug. 27 in the First Baptist Church Memorial Park in Clifton.
Survivors include her husband Leonard Blakely of Clifton; two sons, Bill C. Pumphrey and wife Shari of Evant and Tom Pumphrey of Dallas and a grandson, Clark Pumphrey of Evant.
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Mr. Simmons
D.D. (Dorris Dean) Simmons died suddenly at his home in Cranfills Gap on August 19, 2004. Funeral services were conducted Aug. 21 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church with Pastor Terry Atkins and life-long friend Bro. Bill Schibler officiating
He was born March 23, 1928 in Hamilton County, the son of Earl and Lillie (Troll) Simmons.
He attended school at Mt. View and Cranfills Gap. As a youth he worked at the feed mill for LeRoy Troll.
Mr. Simmons was married to Anna Marie Surley on Nov. 23, 1946 in Bosque County at the St. Olaf parsonage by Pastor B.R. Makkasted. They lived in Dallas where he was employed by Borden Ice Cream Plant.
The couple later moved to Tulia where he worked for Alton Lee until December of 1951 when his father died. They moved back to the Gap to help his mom with the farm. He also returned to work part-time at the feed mill.
D.D. became a member of St. Olaf through baptism and confirmation as an adult in 1955 with Pastor Iner Jorgen-son. In 1956 he bought the mill. After selling the mill he went to work for the Gap Implement company, owned by James Lee and Carroll Knudson at the corner of Highway 22 and 219. He did welding. When they began having monthly auctions, D.D. began driving a truck to haul equipment.
He served on the Cranfills Gap school board. In 1971, D.C. and R.C. Reierson bought their own business, Belton Implement Co. D.D. repaired and painted equipment and R.C. ran the business until 1976 at the untimely death of his business partner. D.D. sold the business.
In 1982 he was among the first to have angioplasty. He was the second in Waco. Fourteen years ago he underwent quadruple bypass.
He went back to work for Carroll Knudson at Clifton Tractor Auction and later bought into partnership with Carroll and Kenneth Wiese. In 1989 the business was sold. He went to work for the Tractor Salvage in Cranfills Gap. He continued to work at Gap Tractor Parts, which is owned by his son Larry.
Three children were born into this family; Darla Simmons Kinney, Larry Don Simmons and Linda Simmons Thiele.
He loved hunting and looked forward to going to the deer lease he referred to as the “Hamilton Hilton” and fellowship with the guys during hunting season. He loved the outdoors, including gardening. We looked forward to the fresh rewards he shared.
He was a charter and active member of the Gap Fire Department. He enjoyed and looked forward to the St. Olaf men’s breakfast.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Marie; his three children and seven grandchildren, Brad Kinney and wife Shana of Round Rock, Blake Kinney and wife Christi of Merlzon, Brandi Kinney of Clifton, Larissa Reierson Montes and husband Alex of Clifton, Ashley Thiele of Cranfills Gap, Kyle Simmons of Waco and Krista Simmons of Bryan. His three great-grandchildren include Makayla, Avery and Brenley Kinney and is survived by a host of friends and relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Joyce Martin.
D.D. was a character. He loved to tease, joke and laugh. Didn’t we laugh, didn’t we love and didn’t we share. We have many wonderful memories.
He was very serious when it came to his family. Supporting them, making sure they were happy and making sure they were well taken care of were priorities to him.
A line of a popular song says, “It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it’s what you leave behind you when you go.” That is important and was exemplified in his life. He lived his life to the fullest right up to the end. What more could you ask for?
He will be greatly missed and we pray God will get us through one day at a time.
At the cemetery the Fire Department honored D.D. with a Last Call Ceremony. It is the highest tribute to a fellow fireman. It was awesome. The ceremony was beautifully done, so touching and will never be forgotten. It is believed he was the oldest active fireman in the county. He was laid to rest at the Boggy Cemetery on August 21, 2004.
Last Call Tribute:
Attention Cranfills Gap Volunteer Fire Department, Non-Emergency traffic.
This is the last call for D.D. Simmons, our fallen fire fighter who has dedicated 54 years of service to the “Gap” fire department.
D.D. was one of the first members of the fire department and has been an active member since 1950. We feel truly blessed that God has chosen him to serve his community. D.D. Simmons has answered his last call, home to the Father, your work on earth is done, a great loss to us all. D.D. Simmons, gone, but not forgotten.
Pallbearers were his grandsons, Brad Kinney, Blake Kinney, Kyle Simmons; grandson-in-law Alex Montes; nephews, Bobby and Tommy Martin and hunting buddies Rance and John Dulaney.
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Mrs. Turner
Leta Etta Turner, 91, of Hamilton died August 21, 2004 in Hamilton. Graveside services were held August 24 in the Live Oak Cemetery.
Mrs. Turner was born Oct. 16, 1912 at Lake View, San Saba County.
She was the daughter of Richard S. Turner and Berta Wicker Turner.
Mrs. Turner was a retired registered nurse and a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by one sister Ella Williamson of Hext, Texas and a number of nieces and nephews.
Her parents, one sister and three brothers precede her in death.
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Mr. Kelly
Robert Stanley Kelly, 65, died at Herman Memorial Hospital in The Woodlands Oct. 17, 2004. Graveside funeral services with full military honors will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 at Live Oak Cemetery.
Mr. Kelly was born January 23 ,1939 at Riverside, Ontario, Canada to Clifford Nuttall Kelly and Jessie Palmer Reed Kelly. He was a Navy veteran serving two tours in Vietnam as well as many other duty stations around the world. He retired from the Navy in 1978 with over 21 years of service. After retiring from the Navy he went to work for Continental Airlines where he was serving as Senior Maintenance Controller at the time of his death.
On April 9, 1984 he was married to Shirley Colleen Lanmon of Warner Robbins, Georgia.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Colleen Lanmon Kelly of El Reno, Okla.; four children, Danielle Beason and Dina Gray both of Spring, Eurna Stanley of Norfolk, Va., and Karen Rodriguez of Jacksonville, Fla.; twelve grandchildren; one great-grandchild and two sisters, Shirley Bearrow of Durham, N.C. and Shannon Kelly of Gainesville, Fl.
He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Pallbearers will U.S. Navy military Honor Guard.
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Mr. Schrank
Werner Lee Schrank, Jr. 86, died Oct. 12, 2004, in the Olin Teague Veterans Hospital in Temple. Funeral services were held Oct. 16 in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Aleman with Pastor Donald Olson Jr. officiating. Burial was in St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Mr. Schrank was born in the Aleman Community on June 25, 1918, the son of Werner Lee Schrank Sr. and the former Antonia Schrank. He was baptized July 14, 1918, by Pastor F. Behrmann. He was confirmed on April 10, 1932, by Pastor E.F. Moerbe.
His mother preceded him in death in 1921, when Werner was only three. In 1923, when Werner was five, his dad married the former Ola Windham from the Jonesboro area. From this union Werner gained a brother, O. B. Schrank, who would later be killed in action in the Korean Conflict in 1951, and a sister, Ann Schrank, who survives him today with her husband, Paul Hollingsworth, in Clifton.
Other survivors include his six children, Priscilla Lucas and husband, Wilford, of McAllen; Peggy Hill and husband, Bobby, of Robinson; Mona Prichard and husband, Tommy, of Aleman; Marla Pack and husband, Rickie, of Eastland; Stanley Schrank of Arnett; and Lee Ellen Schrank of Robinson. Also, there are seven surviving grandchildren: Jason and Toby Lucas; Heidi and Zachary Zerkle; Mitzi, Trevor, and Trent Pack; and three great-grandchildren, Nicholas Zerkle, Nate Hall and Jaleigh Hall.
Like his father, who preceded him in death in 1968, Werner was a war veteran, serving in WWII from 1942-1945 in Europe, where he was a corporal in the US Army. He received the Bronze Star for bravery and the Purple Heart for being wounded in action. Amazingly, the same shrapnel that wounded Mr. Schrank killed his brother-in-law, Jack Craigo. Because of his ability to speak German, Werner was able to read and translate intercepted German messages for the Allied Forces.
In 1943, he was married to Ernestine Adams of the Levita Community. She was baptized and confirmed in his church, and they attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church together faithfully until her death in 1999.
Mr. Schrank was a man with clear-cut philosophies. He never owned a credit card, always paid his debts, sent six children to college on a farmer’s and hatchery-man’s pay, and loved music and dominoes. He had a quick wit and labeled each family member with a nickname.
Pallbearers were Keith and Bryan Hollingsworth, Jason and Toby Lucas, Zachary Zerkle, Trevor and Trent Pack, Nicholas Zerkle and Nate Hall
Memorials can be made to the cemetery fund of St. Paul’s, Aleman, or the general fund of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
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Mrs. Moore
Edith Grace Ashmore Moore, 90, died Dec. 21, 2004 at Golden Age Manor Nursing Home in Dublin. Graveside funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Bagget Cemetery with Rev. Mark Alli-son officiating.
She was born March 9, 1914 in Calhoun County, the daugh-ter of George W. Ashmore and Martha Anne Rambo. She was a beautician.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Springer E. Moore and a grandson, Milton Leon Broughton.
Survivors include her daughter, Peggy J. McCleskey, Boucher, Broughton of Dublin; two sisters, Bobbie Farmer of West Tawakoni and Ruby Webb of Hamilton; a grandson, William C. Boucher of Upton, Wyo.; a granddaughter, Eugenia L. Broughton Beezley of Dublin; a great-grandson, Jeremy Boucher of Stephen-ville and six other great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Bedard
Norman V. Bedard, 74, a resident of Grand Prairie, died Dec. 23, 2004. Funeral services were held Dec. 28 at Bean-Massey-Burge Chapel in Grand Prairie with burial at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas.
He was born August 6, 1930 in Lawrence, Mass.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Linda Bedard; sons, Mark, David and Tim Bedard; daughters, Sue Watzlawick, Cindy Solarte and Valerie Be-dard; mother-in-law, Leona Bottlinger; brothers-in-law, Calvin Bottlinger and wife Carol and Werner Bottlinger Jr. and wife Coda as well as close family friend Harlean Marsh.
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Mr. McAdams
Dennis Lee McAdams, 65, died in a Temple hospital Dec. 22, 2004. Funeral services were held Dec. 26, in the Riley Fu-neral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Watson and Rev. Law-rence Mulloy officiating. Burial followed in Fairy Cemetery.
Mr. McAdams was born June 30, 1939 in Hamilton County near Cranfills Gap, the son of Robert Willis (R.W.) McAdams and Mattie Hazel Slater McAdams.
When he was eight the fam-ily moved to the Fairy commu-nity where Mr. McAdams graduated from Fairy High School. After graduation he attended Tarleton State Univer-sity.
He loved to hunt and fish and enjoyed nature and all its beauty. For a number of years he did roofing, working on some of the most difficult buildings in the area. In 1964 he went to work for Hamilton Rural Electric Co-Op as a lineman working with the con-struction crew, progressing to a hot shot repairman then to the engineering department doing surveying work laying out pathways for new line construc-tion and figuring material needed. He retired with more than 30 years working for the Co-Op.
On May 25, 1972 he married to Melba Bollier Goodwin at Durant, Okla. She preceded him in death on March 16, 2004.
Mr. McAdams is also pre-ceded in death by his parents and one brother Herbert Glenn McAdams.
He is survived by one daughter, Chavon Johnston and husband Travis and two grand-sons; Robert and Rodney Johnston all of Stephenville; a sister, Jenny Erwin of Kermit; two brothers Duane McAdams of Houston, Kennith McAdams of Hamilton; a number of nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Corky Wil-son, Billy Landua, Doug Payne, Johnny Jones, Russell McAdams, John Hartgraves, Dink Durham.
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Mr. Jones
Eli Eric Wayne Jones, 20, died at his residence Dec. 23, 2004. Funeral services were held Dec. 27, 2004 at the Riley Funeral Home Chapel in Ham-ilton with burial following in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born June 9, 1984 at Victoria, Texas to David Nelson Jones and Mariam Dixie Dunbar Jones.
He was a driller helper help-ing the family in their drilling business and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Waco.
Survivors include his father and step-mother David and Connie Jones of Proctor; his mother, Mariam Dixie (Dun-bar) Evans and maternal grand-mother, Mariam Ramirez, both of Clovis, NM; maternal step-grandparents, Evelyn Whitmire of Hamilton and George and Nita Massingill of Temple; a sister, Jennifer Lawson Sandhoff of Irving; three broth-ers, David Nelson Jones II and Chance Jones, both of Proctor and Jody Lawson of Cranfills Gap as well as a nephew, Ace Lyndon Jones of Proctor.
Pallbearers were Morris Jones, Chance Jones, Derek Guill, Dan Carson and Way-land Hohertz.
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Mrs. Wuistinger
Lorene Minnie Drueck-hammer Wuistinger, 81, died Dec. 20, 2004 at Hamilton. Funeral services were held Dec. 23 in the Trinity Lutheran Church at Pottsville with Pastor Peter K. Anderson officiating. Burial followed in Trinity Lu-theran Cemetery at Pottsville.
Mrs. Wuistinger was born November 18, 1923 at Hamil-ton the daughter of Henry and Katie Tiemann Drueckhammer. She was baptized Dec. 30, 1923 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Priddy by Pastor Rudy Becker. She was confirmed May 22, 1938 at Zion Lutheran Church at Priddy by Pastor A.H. Kluge.
Mrs. Wuistinger graduated from the Priddy School. She was married to Benjamin Wuistinger on Dec. 12, 1947 at Zion Lutheran Church in Priddy in a ceremony officiated by Pastor Muhlbrad.
The couple bought a farm east of Pottsville where they made their home. Mrs. Wuist-inger was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a homemaker and worked for two years at Patties of Texas. When Danny started school she went to work in the Pottsville school lunch room for twenty years. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a son, Danny Wuistinger and wife Deborah of Bedford; two grandsons, Michael and Der-rick; a granddaughter Allison and great-granddaughter MacKenzie.
She is preceded in death by her husband and a brother, Norman Drueckhammer.
Pallbearers were Eddy Kruger, Rusty Hoya, Darman Wagner, Raymond Tiemann, Doug Payne.
