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Freeman Harris passed away Monday, Oct. 21. Born in Brookhaven, Miss., on July 11, 1913, and moved with his family to the Southwest in 1916. Arriving in El Paso with his family in 1918, he graduated from El Paso High School in 1931 and attended the Texas College of Mines, where he played football until the Depression shortened his college career. He went to work for the Popular Dry Goods Company. In 1936, he began a career in banking that spanned 52 years, serving as Vice President of the State National Bank. He enlisted in the armed forces at the beginning of WWII and honorably served as a chaplain’s assistant at Fort Bliss. At the end of the war, he returned to the State National Bank. He married Miriam Billingsley in 1953, and shared the next 47 years with her until her death in 1999.
Harris became a 25-year board member of the Mary L. Peyton Foundation, 20-year president of the El Paso Community Concert Association, was past chairman of the Board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, past president and founding member and Legion of Honor of the Coronado Kiwanis Club and was active in many other organizations.
He was a tenor, and sang at numerous weddings and funerals and at civic events.
Harris is survived by his children, Carol Stripling and her husband Tom of El Paso and their children, Ryan and Paige; Thomas Freeman Harris and his wife Kathleen and their children, Chris and Ashley of Scottsdale, Ariz.; his brother-in-law Ed Allen of El Paso and Stan Billingsley of Ponca City, Okla.; nieces Deane Burks of El Paso, Diane Angell of Colorado Springs and Jane Douglass of El Paso; nephews Paul and Jonathan Billingsley of Okla. and Jack Hatchess of Plano; cousins Rose Marion Kelly and Carolyn Robertson of Lexington, Ky.; Sonny Bell of Danville, Calif., and Sterling Freeman of El Paso.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Bob Patton, 83, passed away in Phoenix after complications from heart surgery. He had been an integral part of the El Paso banking community since moving to El Paso in 1957. He was a graduate of the Southwest Graduate School of Banking of Southern Methodist University, and began his banking career in Tulsa in the 1930s and joined the Trinity State Bank in Fort Worth in 1949 before moving to the Bank of Commerce. He was hired by Joseph F. Irvin to work at Southwest National Bank in El Paso in 1957. After Southwest National was purchased by First City National Bank, he became a Senior Vice President and a member of the board of directors. He then became part of the control group that purchased Coronado State Bank where he served as president and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1986. He was also part of the group who purchased Cielo Vista State Bank and served on its board of directors.
Patton helped countless El Pasoans during his career and participated in the expansion of many El Paso businesses, the largest of which became Jack Cardwell’s Petro Truck Stops.
During his time in El Paso, he was active in civic affairs. He was a life member of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and a member of its Century Club. He was director of the United Fund, president and board member of the McCall Day Nursery, president of the board of deacons of the First Presbyterian Church and president of its men’s group, president of the Putnam School PTA and director and treasurer of the El Paso Better Business Bureau. He was active in the Boy Scouts, YMCA, Lions Club and Kiwanis Club.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Margie Patton; their two sons, Larry Patton of Albuquerque and Randy Patton of El Paso; and his sister, Helen Underwood and her husband, J.D., of Conroe, Texas.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Morris Dunagan, 90, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 23. A resident of El Paso since 1938, he was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ and co-owner of Dunagan Realty. He was a past member of the El Paso Board of Realtors and played a key role in the development of the Cielo Vista area in El Paso.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ronda Clements Dunagan, in 1955, and by two brothers and five sisters. He is survived by one son, Albert Lane Dunagan of Round Rock, Texas; two daughters, Dorlinda Duzan of Round Rock and Greta Hannon of Phoenix; four grandchildren, Kevin Cuzan or Port Orchard, Wash., Shelley Roggendorff of Lexington, Ky., Lisa May and Jeffrey May, both of Phoenix; one brother, Dub Dunagan of Acuff, Texas; two sisters, Bernice Gill of Lubbock and Blanche Wolfe of Katy; four great-grandchildren: Nicholas, Sydney and Taylor Duzan and Christopher Raggendorff. Memorial contributions may be made to the Scott and White Development office, in care of Parkinson’s Research, 2401 South 31st St., Temple, Texas 96508.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Chester L. Reynolds M.D., 96, passed away Sunday, Oct. 27. A longtime resident of El Paso, he graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1930, and became an instructor in psychiatry at John Hopkins Hospital in 1931. He also held positions in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical School, the Institute for Juvenile Research, the Rochester Guidance Center in New York and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical School. He organized the El Paso Guidance Center, serving as the director from 1954 to 1971. He devoted his time to numerous commissions and committees in the area of mental health, and was a member of the board of directors of the El Paso Boy’s Club and Goodwill Industries.
Through his work in psychiatry, he became acquainted with Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, and Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, was his patient when he worked at John Hopkins Hospital.
Reynolds was a captain in the Medical Corps while in the U.S. Navy. He served during WWII and in the Korean Conflict.
He is survived by longtime companion and caregiver, William F. Sempeck Jr. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of El Paso, 1750 Curie Drive, El Paso, Texas 79902, to St. Matthew Catholic Church, 400 West Sunset, El Paso, Texas 79922 or to any favorite charity.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
William H. “Bill” Vaughan, 87, passed away Sunday, Nov. 3. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1961 as Chief of the Combat Development Division at Fort Bliss after 20 years of active duty. He then served as Chief of Logistics as a civilian at Fort Bliss for another 22 years. He received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service from the Department of the Army and the Decoration for Meritorious Civilian Service. He served with the Army in Europe during WWII and in Tokyo with General MacArthur’s general headquarters during the Occupation. For the past 13 years, he was a field representative at Fort Bliss for Cypress International.
Vaughan is survived by his wife of 53 years, Helen; by five children: sons Michael and his wife Karen, Pat and his wife Leigh, daughters Katy Williams and her husband Bruce, Cory Holstein and her husband Steve, Eileen Guthrie and her husband Steve; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Interment took place at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with military honors.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Sam Callan, a longtime local district judge, died at the age of 74 died Wednesday, Oct. 30. He suffered from complications of diabetes in the years preceding his death, and passed away in Fort Worth while visiting his son.
Callan was judge of the 205th District Court, retiring in 1993 after 30 years, but continued to hear cases after his retirement. He also served as a visiting judge in the 65th Drug Impact court. Prior to his career as a judge, he was a teacher, a football star and an athletic coach for high school teams, and attended the University of Texas on a football scholarship where he played with Tom Landry.
He moved to El Paso and became an assistant district attorney and then a municipal court judge, and was appointed to the 205th district court in 1973.
Callan is survived by his wife, Estela R. Callan; his children; many grandchildren and two sisters.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Helen Irene Wollmann, 90, a longtime El Pasoan, died Wednesday, Nov. 6. She was the widow of Dr. Walter Wilhelm Wollmann, a local surgeon, who died in 1995.
Born at Kilduff, Iowa, on April 9, 1912, she graduated from Northwestern University and became a registered nurse. For a number of years, she served as the primary nurse-assistant to a Chicago neurosurgeon, Dr. Loyal Davis, who is best remembered as the foster father of Nancy Reagan. In El Paso, she served terms as president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the El Paso County Medical Society and the Government Hills Garden Club and was involved in a wide array of humanitarian activities. She knitted coverlets for distribution by the Visiting Nurse Association, producing up to 60 annually. She was a certified Braillist for blind, translating hundreds of manuscripts for use by students without sight. In 1990, she was honored with a citation for devoting more than 40,000 hours, over a period exceeding 20 years, to her work for the blind. For over half a century, she was an active member and congregational leader at Asbury United Methodist Church (now Faith United Methodist Church).
She is survived by her brother, Gerald W. Van Gilst of Woodbridge, Va.; her sister, Marie Edith Vance of Scottsdale, Ariz.; two nieces, Jane McCade of Lancaster, Pa., and Anne Littleton of Fairfax, Va.; two nephews, Mark Van Gilst of Springfield, Va., and Dr. Willis J. Wollmann of Moundridge, Kan.; and several great nephews and great nieces. Interment took place at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Tony Fenack Jr., 79, passed away Sunday, Nov. 10. He was born in Galveston and attended school in Houston. He was a WWII veteran, serving in the U.S. Army. In El Paso, he was a member of the New Mexico Horseman’s Association and the Upper Valley Lions Club. He raised and trained racehorses, among them “Fols Native,” which became a leading sire of quarterhorses.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Antonio and Louise Fenack, and his sister, Marie. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ruth; his son Wayne Fenack and daughter-in-law Ida Fenack; his grandson Andrew Fenack; granddaughter Amy Hammond and her husband Trent Hammond; grandson Josh Fenack and great-grandchildren Jayme and Braden Hammond. Interment took place in Memory Gardens of the Valley. Memorial donations may be made to the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association, P.O. Box 8695, Albuquerque, N.M., 87198.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Helen N. Worley, 79, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9. She was a longtime resident of El Paso. She worked at the White House department store and retired after many years of service at State National Bank.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Worley. She is survived by friends and caregivers: Mr. and Mrs. Juan J. Jimenez, Joe and Leticia Alvarez, Juan J. and Miriam Jimenez and Jesus Manuel Jimenez. Interment took place at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Colquitt, founder of Chaparral, dies
Prescott Kellum Colquitt Sr., 94, passed away Friday, Oct. 25.
He was born Nov. 2, 1907, in Marfa. His family moved to the Anthony, N.M., area, where he attended Valley High School (now Gadsden High School). His work took him from the oil fields of Texas to the produce fields in California. He was also a wood carver and sculptor in California, where his work included carving the doors for the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, work at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif., and carving angels for Aimee Semple McPherson, the evangelist and founder of Four Square Gospel.
Toward the end of WWII, he owned a shrimp boat on the gulf coast and was an airplane pilot in the late 1940s.
In 1950, he bought a 3,500-acre ranch from his stepfather, A.D. Greenwood, and ran cattle on it for the following decade. In the 1960s, he began subdividing the ranch into what is known now as Chaparral.
Colquitt was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Colquitt; by his mother and stepfather, Alfred and Antoinette Greenwood; by his first wife, Edna Bouldin Colquitt; and by his son, Prescott Kellum Colquitt Jr.
He is survived by his wife, Amelia Colquitt; son Juan M. Colquitt and his wife Lori; his daughters, Sylvia Colquitt, Irma Colquitt-Parker and her husband Mike, Antoinette Mendoza and her husband Antonio; and by his son, John Bouldin Colquitt and his wife, Angelina. He is also survived by 16 grandchildren: Liza Fitzmaurice, Prescott Anthony Colquitt, Sharon Rachelle Colquitt, John B. Colquitt Jr., Prescott K. Colquitt III, Annette Kritsberg, Lorena Aziz, Antonio Mendoza Jr., Matthew K. Colquitt, JennaKay M. Colquitt, Kalvin P. Turner, Rachel Turner, Daniel B. Jackson Jr., Amelia P. Hernandez, Brandan F. Ruiz and Zackariah I. Ruiz; and by several great-grandchildren, other cherished family members and countless friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship, with checks made payable to the NMSU Foundation and sent to the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship at MSC 3189, Box 30005, Las Cruces, N.M. 88003-8005.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
Jennie Villalobos-Krygier, 64, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Sun City, Ariz.
A native El Pasoan, she was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Juan F. Villalobos. She is survived by her husband, Dennis A. Krygier; four sons: Dennis, John, Michael and David Krygier; four grandchildren; five brothers: Manny (Mazie) Villalobos, Rick (Hannah) Villalobos, Eddie (Jan) Villalobos, Bobby (Carol) Villalobos and Jimmy (Connie) Villalobos; three sisters: Irene (Julius) Lowenberg, Mary Lou (Art) Moreno and Grace (Ray) Sheenan; and by many nieces and nephews.
A memorial mass was held by the Loretto Academy class of 1956 at Nazareth Hall Chapel.
From the El Paso Area - 2002
