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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
April 26, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Tommi Wood Olson, 35, of Odessa died Friday, April 23, 1999
   in  Lubbock. She was born Jan. 15, 1964, in Odessa. She married Marvin
   Olson  Jan. 14, 1982, and they moved in Flint, Mich., where they lived
   until  she  returned to Odessa earlier this year. She attended schools
   in Odessa and was a Baptist. She was a former veterinarian's assistant
   and lover of all animals, especially Tara, Mocha and Yapper.
   
   She  was  preceded in death by her father, Fred LaVern Wood, Sr., Dec.
   12,  1990.  Tommi was the beloved baby sister and daughter and will be
   missed by all that knew her.'
   
   Survivors  include  her husband, Marvin Olson of Flint, Mich.; mother,
   Nila  Mae  Wood; brothers, Fred Wood and wife, Jean, and John Wood and
   wife,  Jessie;  sisters, Anita Loftin and husband, Jerry, Deborah Wood
   and  Judy  Stewart,  all  of Odessa. Twenty-one nieces and nephews and
   several great-nieces and great-nephews also survive her.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at
   Sunset  Memorial  Gardens  with the Rev. C. James McNamee officiating.
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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   ODESSA  -- Dwight Lowell Treeby, 89, of Odessa died April 23, 1999, at
   his  residence.  He  was  born  Jan.  13, 1910, in Carpenter, S.D., to
   Walter  and Esther Treeby. He married Mary Arlene Peck March 31, 1935,
   in Great Falls, Mont.
   
   Services  will  be  held  at  2  p.m. Monday, April 26, 1999, at First
   Assembly  of God Church with the Revs. Norman Owens, Paul Thompson and
   Wayne  Woody  officiating.  Interment  will  follow at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr.  Treeby  was  ordained  as  a  minister with the Assemblies of God
   Church in 1941. He worked for 32 years with Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
   in both Odessa and El Paso. He opened an Electrolux store in Odessa in
   1949.  He  was consistently one of Electrolux's top salesmen even into
   his 70s.
   
   Rev.  Treeby  was  a  former  pastor  of  Fairview  Assembly of God in
   Bellingham,  Wash., from 1967 to 1975. Retiring in 1975, he then moved
   back  to Odessa. He was a mernber of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God.
   Rev.  Treeby  loved people and people loved him. Rev. Treeby had great
   compassion  for  those  who  were  ill  and  was faithful to visit and
   encourage  them.  He  had  been a volunteer Chaplain at Medical Center
   Hospital.
   
   He  is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Esther Treeby; and
   sister, Beth Dillion.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mary  Arlene  Peck Treeby of Odessa;
   daughter,  Betty  Joyce Copeland and husband, Houston, of Odessa; son,
   William  David Treeby and wife, Nancy, of River Ridge, La.; grandsons,
   Vance  Harper  and  wife,  Kara, of Odessa, Patrick Treeby of Houston,
   Jonathan   Treeby   and   wife,   Gabrielle,   of  West  Port,  Conn.;
   granddaughters,  Rhonda  Fowler of Odessa, Janis Adkins of San Antonio
   and   Zelda  Wilmoth  and  husband,  Joe,  of  Stillwater,  Okla.;  10
   great-grandchildren   and   one  great-great-grandchild.  He  is  also
   survived  by  a  sister,  Lois Davies of Elkander, Iowa; and a host of
   relatives and friends.
   
   If  desired  memorials  may  be  made  to  the  building fund of Faith
   Tabemacle Assembly of God, First Assembly of God or Family Hospice.
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