Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 26 April 1999 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Death Notices. April 26, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Amparo Gallego SARAGOSA — Amparo Gallego, 70, of Saragosa, a homemaker, died Saturday, April 24, 1999, in Saragosa. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will be at Saragosa Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home of Pecos. She was born in Terlingua and was a lifelong resident of Saragosa. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Joe Gallego of Saragosa; sons, Billy Joe Gallego and Jimmy Gallego, both of Saragosa, Freddy Gallego and Alan Gallego, both of Pecos, Tony Gallego of Presidio, Sammy Gallego of Pecos and Joe Gallego III of Corona, Calif.; daughters, Nora Briceno of Pecos, Linda Briceno of Saragosa and–Alexa Gallego of San Angelo; brothers, Victoriano Molinar Jr. of Alpine, Raul Molinar of Pecos and Joe Molinar of San Antonio; sisters, Alicia Portillo of El Paso and Elva Molinar of Odessa; 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Billie Roper BIG SPRING — Billie Maxine Roper, 70, of Sand Springs, a retired nurse, died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Living Water Church of Big Spring with Al Yanke and Lanny Hamby officiating. Burial will be at Coahoma Cemetery. Arrangements by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. She was born in Decatur and had lived in Howard County since 1965. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Diane Roosenfeldt of Levelland and Patty Floyd of Odessa; sons, William Roper and Tommy Roper, both of Big Spring, Ricky Roper of Crookstown, Minn., and Jimmy Roper of Sand Springs; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Dayton Wester ANDREWS — Dayton S. Wester, 85, of Andrews, a retired car salesman, died Saturday, April 24, 1999, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Dr. H.A. Hanks and Rrobert Bratcher officiating. Burial will be at Andrews Old Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Pickwick and moved to Andrews in 1953. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Maezelle Wester of Odessa; sons, Jimmy Dan Wester of Cisco and Chuck Wester of Lompoc, Calif.; daughter, Gayle Dobbs of Odessa; sister, Jerry Austin of Burleson; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.