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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 27, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA Dora "Dominga" Puente, 84, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Friday,
   Aug. 25, 2000, at Seabury Nursing Home.
   
   Chapel  services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Monday at Martinez Funeral Home
   Chapel with the Rev. Ron Miner officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill
   Cemetery.  Visitation  will  be  from  11  a.m.  to 10 p.m Saturday at
   Martinez  Funeral  Home  Chapel,  from  1  p.m.  to  10 p.m. Sunday at
   Martinez  Funeral  Home Chapel, 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Monday at Martinez
   Funeral Home Chapel.
   
   She  was  born  Feb.  6,  1916,  in Dilly to Cecilia Mireles and Cisto
   Trevino. She was Catholic.
   
   She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Inocencio.
   
   Survivors  include  her  three  daughters,  Elisia  Puente of Lubbock,
   Estella  Saldana  of San Antonio and another daughter of Odessa; three
   sons,  Gus  Puente of Lamesa and Luis Puente and Pete Trevino, both of
   Odessa; sisters, Francisca Olivo of Odessa and Nieves Valerio of Santa
   Anita,   Calif.;   brother,   Florentino   Trevino   of   Phoenix;  19
   grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
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   ODESSA  Eldifonso Dominguez Ramirez, 89, passed away on Aug. 26, 2000,
   at Odessa Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness.
   
   He  was  born  Dec. 29, 1910, in Redford. Mr. Ramirez was employed for
   many years with Ref-Chem as a painter and sandblaster. He was a member
   of  Saint  Josephs Catholic Church. He loved to play bingo and enjoyed
   his time at the North Side Senior Citizens Center.
   
   He  was  preceded  in death by his wife Reymunda Ramirez, his parents,
   five brothers and three sisters.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  sons,  David  Ramirez of Odessa and Michael
   Ramirez of Dallas; daughters, Margarita DeLaO and her husband, Andres,
   Dora  Ramirez,  Flora Garza and her husband, Gilbert, Annette Levario,
   Orlando  Rodriguez,  Alice  Lujan  and  her  husband,  Alonzo,  Helena
   Navarette  and  her  husband, Octavio, and Nicole Marie Chaves and her
   husband,  Daniel;  brother,  Felix Ramirez of Odessa; sisters, Alcaria
   Mendez  of  Monahans,  Manuela Torrres of California; numerous nephews
   and nieces; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
   
   Rosary  will  be  said at 7 p.m. Monday at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel.
   Mass  will  be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Saint Josephs Catholic
   Church.  Burial  will  follow at Rosehill Cemetery. Services by Odessa
   Funeral Home.
   
   Pallbearers  will be Micheal Ramirez, Pete Ramirez, Andy DeLaO, Johnny
   Arras, Eddie Lujan and Orlando Rodriguez.
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   Helen Schell
   
   ODESSA  Helen  L  Schell  passed  away on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000, at
   Heartland  Nursing  Center  of  Beavercreek,  Ohio,  after  a  lengthy
   illness.
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband, W.V. "Bill" Schell; parents,
   Les  and Daisy Harbison; brother, Clifford Harbison; and sister, Viola
   Bardin.
   
   She  is  survived  by  her  daughter, Patricia Houston of Beavercreek,
   Ohio;  sister,  Barbara  Popejoy of Odessa; grandsons, J. David Box of
   Dayton,  Ohio,  and Steven D. Box of San Diego; and several nieces and
   nephews.
   
   Mrs.  Schell was born in Morris, Okla. on May 11, 1922, but moved with
   her  family  in 1934 to Odessa. She graduated from Odessa High School.
   In  April  1942,  she  married  Mr.  Schell.  She  worked  for various
   insurance  companies  until she joined her husband in ownership of C&W
   Liquors.  In  1992, she moved to Ohio to be closer to her daughter. In
   earlier  years, Mrs. Schell was active in the American Business Womens
   Association and a member of local Presbyterian churches.
   
   She  will  be  laid  to  rest beside her husband and parents at 3 p.m.
   Tuesday  at  Sunset  Memorial  Gardens  with  graveside services to be
   conducted  by  Dr.  Phillip  McLarty  of  First Presbyterian Church of
   Odessa.  Visitation  will be at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home from 9 a.m.
   to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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