Obituary: Stanley Clay Austin, June 9, 2013

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
April 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - June 15, 2013
   
Stanley Clay Austin, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 9, 2013. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Janice Lynn Austin and daughter, 
Janet Lei Austin.
 
Stanley is survived by two sisters, Eva Ruth Taylor of Marshfield, Missouri,  
and Delia Jane Austin of Fort Worth, Texas. He is also survived by his 
devoted friend of 11 years, Judy Evans of Panorama Village, Texas.

Gardening and oil painting were his lifelong hobbies. Stanley was President 
Emeritus of the Texas Master Gardener Association - Montgomery County. He 
cultivated over 250 plant varieties in his greenhouse, floral and vegetable 
gardens. Numbered reproductions of his original oil paintings on canvas have 
been sold to individuals and auctioned at charitable events. He held 
copyrights to six (6) original Santa Claus portraits/scenes.

The son of the late Isham M. Austin, Sr. and Angie Delila Byrd, Stanley was 
born and reared on the Austin Ranch near Robert Lee, Texas. Stanley graduated 
from Angelo State University and later pursued advanced training in marketing 
at Western Michigan University, Purdue University, the Sterling Institute, 
and the University of Chicago. The Quaker Oats Company offered Stanley a 
Marketing Specialist position while searching for new recruits on the college 
campus. During the Korean War, The Quaker Oats Company issued him a military 
service leave of absence after the U. S. Naval Air Force assigned him to active 
duty. He served in the Far East as a courier aboard a P2V patrol bomber 
squadron and was awarded the China Service Medal after he completed combat duty 
in the Taiwan Straits.

After Stanley's return from military service, he resumed his employment and held 
a variety of assignments in corporate sales and marketing within The Quaker 
Oats Company. In 1979, he was appointed to a sales manager position, southwest 
region, Houston. He retired in 1996 after 42 years employment at The Quaker 
Oats Company (1954-1996) and served on the Quaker Oats Company Advisory Board 
until 2000.

Graveside services were held at 2 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Sanco Cemetery 
in Robert Lee, Texas. Arrangements were conducted by Shaffer Funeral Home.

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