Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 23 Dec 2000 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. December 23, 2000 Prajedi Arredondo Jr. SANDERSON Prajedi Martinez Arredondo Jr., 91, of Sanderson, a retired laborer, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, in Terrell. Mass will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. James Catholic Church. Burial will be at Santa Rita Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Sanderson. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Felipe Arredondo, Roberto Arredondo, Humberto Arredondo, Marcelino Arredondo, Ricardo Arredondo and Luis Arredondo; sisters, Aurora Barrera and Elena Calzada of Sanderson; and 16 grandchildren. Essie Dittman FORT STOCKTON Essie Dittman, 89, of Fort Stockton, a retired licensed vocational nurse, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fort Stockton Funeral Home Chapel with David Brockman officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Crab and had been a resident of Imperial before moving to Fort Stockton in 1975. She was Baptist and a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Stepsons, Don Dittman Jr. of Big Lake, Charles Dittman of Grandfalls and Clarence Dittman of Killeen; stepdaughters, Donna Chipman of Belton and Ruby Chipman of Temple; sisters, Irene Jampell of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Ruby Burgess of Winter Spring, Fla.; brothers, Dave Wallace of New Hampshire and Bob Wallace of Midland; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Charles Dugan ODESSA Charles Dugan, 66, of Odessa, a retired oilfield salesman, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Griffin Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Haskell County. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Earlene Dugan of Odessa; sons, Jerry Dugan and Lyndon Dugan, both of Odessa; daughters, Becky Echols of Odessa and Lisa Prall of Midland; sister, Elda Bryant of Old Glory; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Rafael Garcia FORT STOCKTON Rafael Garcia, 109, of Fort Stockton, a retired farmer, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, at Fort Stockton Nursing Center. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. David Herrera officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Presidio. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Fermin Garcia of Fort Stockton and Oscar Hermosillo of Albuquerque, N.M.; daughters, Manuela Sanchez of Fort Stockton and Patricia Ortega of Midland; brothers, Victor Garcia and Rafael Garcia, both of Ojinaga, Mexico, and Timoteo Garcia of Balmorhea; 51 grandchildren; 115 great-grandchildren; 62 great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great-grandchildren. Barbara Allen ODESSA Barbara J. Allen, 72, of Odessa died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Katie Hutchens CRANE Katie Jo Hutchens, 77, of Rankin died Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at Desert View Manor Nursing Home in Crane. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Nora Leverington ROBERT LEE Nora Belle Leverington, 72, of Robert Lee died Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at her residence. Services are pending with Shaffer Funeral Home. Barbara Nealy ODESSA Barbara Ann Nealy, 44, of Odessa died Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. William Stewart ODESSA William Charles Stewart, 56, of Odessa died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, at his residence. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.