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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
June 10, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- Don went home to be with the Lord on June 8, 1999.
   
   He  was  born  in  Merkel  on Sept. 13, 1927. He grew up in Merkel and
   Stamford.  He  served  in  the Army during the Korean Conflict and was
   awarded the Bronze Star.
   
   He  married  Neva  Bishop  on  Aug.  27,  1952.  He owned and operated
   businesses  in  Merkel  and Stamford, and then moved to Pecos where he
   was a partner of Gibson's Discount Center from 1965 to 1979.
   
   He  served as a city councilman from 1974 to 1976. He then retired and
   moved to Odessa in 1983, where he had resided until his death.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  loving  wife,  Neva;  one  daughter, Dianne
   Hesseltine and husband, Len, of Spring; two sons, Steve Doan and wife,
   Rhonda, of Odessa and Kevin Doan and wife, Kim, of Midland. He had six
   grandchildren,  Ashley  Hesseltine, Tatum and Tyler Doan, Kyle, Kendal
   and Kalen Doan; one sister, Sis Chenault of Pecos; a brother, Billy D.
   Doan of Merkel; and many nieces and nephews.
   
   Services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 10, 1999 at Frank Wilson
   Funeral  Chapel. Graveside services and interment will be in Merkel at
   2:30  p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery. Omer Bishop, his brother-in-law, and
   Rev. Weeks Dubose will preside over the services.
   
   He was a member of Westwood Baptist Church.
   
   In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Mission Odessa.
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   ODESSA -- Eva Olivas, 59, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday, June 7,
   1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Mass  will  be  celebrated  at  10  a.m. Friday at Odessa Funeral Home
   Chapel  with  the Rev. Francis Frey officiating. A rosary will be said
   at  7:30  p.m.  today at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at
   Rosehill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Chapel.
   
   She was born in Presidio.
   
   SURVIVORS: Husband, Manuel Olivas of Odessa; sons, John R. Olivas, Roy
   Olivas,  Manuel  R.  Olivas III, Ramon R. Olivas, Reggie Olivas, Randy
   Olivas  and  Ronnie  Olivas,  all  of  Odessa; daughters, Lisa Olivas,
   Rosalva  Olivas  and  Rosanna  Olivas, all of Odessa; brothers, Manuel
   Calderon,  Ramon  Calderon  and  Abelardo  Calderon,  all  of  Dallas;
   sisters,  Aurora  Villegas  and  Maria  Prieto,  both  of  Odessa;  11
   grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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