Collin Co., TX - Obits: Lonnie Medders ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Karen Beda USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Lonnie Medders Van Alstyne – Services for Lonnie Jefferson Medders of Van Alstyne, 89 year old retired café owner who died Tuesday in North Texas Medical Center, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elmont Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cottage Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Flesher Funeral Home. Mr. Medders was born in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lee Medders, and was a member of Elmont Baptist Church. He was a U. S. Army veteran. Surviving are his son, Milford Lee Medders of Sherman, Vernon Medders of Richland and Bob Medders of Van Alstyne; daughters, Rita Batchelor and Peachy Dodson, both of Van Alstyne, Barbara Gentry of Allen and Dena Hughes of Mesquite; sisters, Dora Skeen and Maye Regan, both of Mesqutie, Mattie Suitor and Bonnie Polk, both of Winnsboro and Veda Barnes of Sherman; brothers, Arvie Medders of Van Alstyne and Bob Parker and Oscar Parker, both of Sulphur Springs; 31 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and other times at Rita Batchelor’s residence, 215 West Houston. (October 3, 1988)