Obituaries:  Vernon O. Wistner, Sabine Parish       W-235
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 6, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Vernon O. Wistner

  Graveside services for Vernon Owen Wistner, were conducted at
Centuries Memorial Cemetery, Tuesday, February 26, at 2 p.m. Mr.
Wistner, 74, died Saturday, February 23, at Pierremont Manor,
following a long illness.

  Officiating was Rev. Bill McDonald, pastor of Kings Highway
Christian Church, assisted by Mr. Wistner's grand niece, the Rev.
Ramona Lynn Bethley, Minister of Christian Education, Central
Christian Church.

  A resident of Shreveport, a year, he was a native of Port
Arthur, Texas, where he was reared and educated. He was a
graduate of Chicago Art Institute, and the Famous Artist Schools
of Connecticut.

  He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Army in
the Allied Occupation of the Pacific, following Pearl Harbor.
After his discharge from the Army, he was employed as an
accountant for Meacham Oil Co., in Houston, Texas.

  He was predeceased by his parents, Vernon J. Wistner, Port
Arthur City Attorney for many years, and Blanche Fish Wistner;
and a sister, Ruth W. Durham Renfroe of Longview, Texas.

  Survivors are a sister, Viola W. Carruth of Shreveport; a
brother, Roger Paul Wistner of Houston, Texas; nieces, Elizabeth
Carruth Walker of Shreveport; Alice Lynn Carruth Jenkins of
Cheverly, Md., Sandra Wistner Hodges of Alvin, Texas; nephews,
Harold R. Durham of Plano, Texas, and Michael V. Durham of
Huntsville, Texas; and a number of grand and great-grand nieces
and nephews.