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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
April 20, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Margarita  G.  Gonzalez, 76, went home to be with our Lord
   Jesus  Christ  on  Saturday,  April 17, 1999. She was a loving Mother,
   Grandmother  and  Great-grandmother.  She was a member of First United
   Pentecostal Church.
   
   Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, 1999, at First United
   Pentecostal  Church  with  the  Revs.  J.T.  Pugh  and  Nicolas  Muniz
   officiating.  Burial  will  be  at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by
   Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
   
   To  our  beloved  Mother,  Grandmother and Great-grandmother whom will
   always  be  loved  dearly. She went home praising her Lord and Savior.
   She  went  rejoicing with the Lord and her Loved Ones. Thank you Jesus
   for allowing our Precious Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother, a
   wonderful  Christian, who was the special selected one to teach us and
   show  us  and others about your awesome love. With our trust, hope and
   belief  in  Christ,  we  will  see you again. That is God's promise to
   those who love him.
   
   She  is  survived  by  two sisters, Maria Galindo of Marathon and Rita
   Tavarez  of  Fort Stockton; five sons and two daughters, Jose Gonzalez
   of  Las  Cruces,  N.M.,  Mario  Gonzalez  of Del Rio, Juanita Rosas of
   Kermit,  Wally  Gonzalez of Odessa, Manuela Herrera of Odessa, Antonio
   Gonzalez of Sommerville, Agapito Gonzalez of Lubbock; 18 grandchildren
   and 19 great-grandchildren.
   
   Mom, you will be forever loved and missed.
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   ODESSA  --  Anna Lee Parker White, 84, of Odessa passed away Saturday,
   April 17, 1999, at an Odessa nursing home.
   
   She was born Oct. 9, 1914, in Rotan.
   
   Graveside  services  will be 11 a.m. Monday, April 19, 1999, at Sunset
   Memorial  Gardens  Cemetery  in Odessa under the direction of Frank W.
   Wilson Funeral Directors of Odessa.
   
   Mrs.  White  graduated  from the nursing program at Odessa College and
   worked  as a licensed vocational nurse. She loved her family and loved
   to cook and watch sports on television. She also loved to shop and was
   good at it.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death by two sisters, Wilma Bridges and Gladys
   Bierthwirth, and one brother, Vance Parker.
   
   She is survived by two sons and their wives, Ronnie and Norma White of
   El  Paso and Kerry Mac and Sara Weems of Mansfield; six grandchildren;
   and eight great-grandchildren.
   
   Honorary   pallbearers  will  be  grandsons-in-law  Tim  Easley,  Fred
   Mayberry, Don Ball and Larry Parsons.
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   Dr. Nicholas Samponaro
   
   SARASOTA,  Fla.  --  Dr.  Nicholas  Samponaro, 95, of North Hutchinson
   Island,  Fla., formerly of Litchfield, Conn., died Thursday, April 13,
   1999, in Florida. He was the husband of Marie O. (Guerrieri) Samponaro
   for 60 years.
   
   Dr.  Samponaro was born Sept. 29, 1903, in Hartford, Conn., son of the
   late  Frank  and  Lucia  (Martorelli)  Samponaro. He was a graduate of
   Hartford  High  School,  Trinity  College  in  1925  and Johns Hopkins
   Medical School in 1929. A physician specializing in eye, ear, nose and
   throat disorders, he interned in Baltimore and New York before joining
   the  staff  at  Hartford  Hospital. During World War II he served as a
   Commander  in  the U.S. Navy. Following the war he joined the staff at
   Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington and had a private practice
   until retiring in 1983.
   
   Dr.  Samponaro was a dedicated physician and a man of great integrity,
   who   gave  his  time  generously  to  those  unable  to  provide  for
   themselves.  A  deeply spiritual man, he lived his faith and loved his
   family  unconditionally.  He  was  a  member  of  the American Medical
   Association,  the  American  Legion,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the
   Litchfield County Medical Association and other professional groups.
   
   In addition to his wife, three sons survive him, Frank N. Samponaro of
   Sarasota, Fla., Philip G. Samponaro of Litchfield, Conn., and Peter G.
   Samponaro of Greenwich, Conn.; eight grandchildren; and he was blessed
   with three loving daughter-in-laws, Marsha, Tish and Diana.
   
   Funeral  services and burial in East Cemetery Litchfield were private.
   There  were  no  calling  hours. The Rowe Funeral Home, 283 Torrington
   Road, Litchfield, had charge of arrangements.
   
   Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity College, 300 Summit St.,
   Hartford,  Conn.,  or  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  601 N. Broadway St.,
   Baltimore, Md.
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