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   Faye Cluck
   
   GRUVER - Faye Cluck, 91, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in Spearman.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church of Gruver.
   Burial  will be in Gruver Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of
   Spearman.
   
   Mrs.  Cluck  was born Aug. 8, 1911, in Washita County, Okla., to Henry
   and  Birdie  Goines.  She  attended Rockport School and graduated from
   Port Consolidated School in 1928. Mrs. Cluck attended Oklahoma College
   for  Women and Southwestern State Teachers College, where she earned a
   permanent  teachers certificate. She taught at Carter and Port schools
   for  several  years before marrying Samuel Ralph Cluck of rural Gruver
   on March 3, 1933, in Elk City, Okla.
   
   Following her marriage, she moved to Sherman County and taught at Lone
   Star  School, where she was the only teacher and her husband drove the
   school  bus. Mr. and Mrs. Cluck made their home southwest of Gruver in
   Sherman  County for nearly 50 years, where they were active in farming
   and  ranching.  To  them were born four children: a son, Ralph Delano,
   and three daughters, Patricia Faye, Sammie Kay and Mary Lou.
   
   Following  Mr.  Cluck's death, she moved to Gruver in 1984. Mrs. Cluck
   had resided at Hansford Manor in Spearman for the past 212 years.
   
   Mrs.  Cluck  was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and was active
   in  her community. She was a longtime member, and former president, of
   both  Gruver  Music  Club  and Gruver Parent Teacher Association. Mrs.
   Cluck  was  a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Gruver, where
   she taught Sunday school and attended Women's Missionary Union.
   
   She  was  instrumental  in  organizing  Cowboy  Camp  meetings  at Old
   Hansford.  Mrs. Cluck, a loving elegant lady, will be deeply missed by
   her  family  and  by a host of friends, many of whom knew her as "Miss
   Faye."
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband in 1982; her parents in 1968;
   two brothers, Jim Goines and Doyle Goines; two sisters, Ethel Ward and
   Maude  Edwards;  a  granddaughter,  Dessica  Faye  Hurt in 1967; and a
   great-granddaughter, Samantha Kay Ivey in 1992.
   
   Survivors  include  her children, Del Cluck and wife, Barbara, and Pat
   Burleson  and  husband,  Andy, all of Gruver, Sammie Hurt and husband,
   Mike,  of  Amarillo  and  Mary  Lou  Mathews  and  husband,  Steve, of
   Spearman;  her grandchildren, Nanette and Tom Haines of Roswell, N.M.,
   Brad  and  Mary  Cluck  of Amarillo, DeDe and Tim Cummins of Mesquite,
   Marcy  and  Scott  Tow  of Garland, Esther and James Gibson of Carrizo
   Springs, Kristy and Matt Bratovich of Richardson, Matt Hurt of Dallas,
   Robin  and  Billy  Snider  and Paige and Bret Burgin, all of Spearman,
   Jana  and Cole Ivey of Dumas, Rhonda and Ronnie Williams of Gruver and
   Mark  Mathews  of  Lubbock; 24 great-grandchildren, Bennett and Maison
   Haines,  Samuel  and  Maddie Cluck, Jessica and Andrew Cummins, Hayley
   and Hogan Tow, Chris and Jill Bratovich, Rebecca, Tara, Luke, Brittney
   and  Matt Ryan Bratovich, Amanda and Meghan Snider, Cody, Courtney and
   Kelsey  Ivey, Ashley and Carson Williams and Jaci and Carter Burgin; a
   great-great-grandchild, Ian Bratovich; and Shafa Royval of Gruver, her
   dear friend and devoted caregiver of 13 years.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorials be to Hansford Hospice; First Baptist
   Church  of  Gruver;  Dumas Area Crisis Pregnancy Center; or a favorite
   charity.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, March 4, 2003