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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 31, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Ethel Irene Mueller
   
   ODESSA  Ethel  Irene Mueller, 69, loving wife, mother and grandmother,
   died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, at her residence in Odessa. Ethel was born
   May  1,  1931,  in  St.  Louis  to  Edward  W. and Mary E. Keller. She
   graduated  from  St.  Elizabeth Academy in 1949 and attended St. Louis
   University. She married William John Mueller of Valley Park, Mo., June
   14,  1952.  In January 1965, Ethel and her family moved to Odessa. She
   was  a  faithful member of St. Marys Catholic Church and provided many
   years  of  caring  service to the school children of St. Marys Central
   Catholic School.
   
   Ethel  devoted her life to the happiness and well-being of her family.
   She  enjoyed  traveling  with family and friends and especially held a
   passion  for  cruises. Her always cheerful and positive outlook was an
   inspiration to all.
   
   Ethel was preceded in death by her parents.
   
   She   is   survived   by   her   husband;   daughter,  Teresa  "Terry"
   McManigle-Jones   and  husband,  Gregory  K.M.  Jones,  of  Rodbourne,
   England;  sons,  Kenneth J. Mueller of Fort Worth and Wayne S. Mueller
   and  wife,  Kathleen  Gilchrist  Mueller,  of  San Antonio; grandsons,
   Robert   E.   Mueller   and   Eric   L.   Mueller,  both  of  Coppell;
   sisters-in-law,  Marilyn  T.  Bridge  and  husband, John J. Bridge, of
   Morton, Ill., and Eleanor M. Epperson and husband, Harold J. Epperson,
   of  Valley  Park,  Mo.;  brother-in-law, Richard P. Mueller of Odessa;
   three nieces; and two nephews.
   
   Viewing  will  be  held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Frank W. Wilson
   Funeral  Directors. Visitation with Ethel and family will be from 6 to
   7:30 p.m. today at St. Marys Catholic Church. Vigil service and rosary
   will  be at 7:30 p.m. today at St. Marys Catholic Church. Funeral mass
   will  be  at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Marys Catholic Church with the Rev.
   Francis  Frey,  celebrant.  Burial  will  follow  at  Sunset  Memorial
   Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   The  family  of Ethel Irene suggests memorials to M.D. Anderson Cancer
   Center  in  Houston,  Community  Care  Hospice  in Odessa or St. Marys
   Central Catholic School.
   
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   ANDREWS  Services  for Beth Rodgers, 80, of Andrews, will be at 2 p.m.
   Friday,  Sept.  1,  2000,  at  First Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug
   Kello  officiating.  Burial will be at the Andrews West Cemetery under
   the direction of McNett Funeral Home.
   
   She  died  Wednesday,  Aug.  30,  2000, at Permian General Hospital in
   Andrews.
   
   She  was  born  Nov.  20,  1919,  in Fort Worth to Bill and Willie Mae
   Ratliff.  She  married  Hugh  M. Rodgers Aug. 28, 1943, in Midland and
   moved   to  Andrews  in  1959  from  Odessa.  They  owned  the  Texaco
   distributorship  operating  as R&W Gas Company for 27 years. She was a
   member of First Baptist Church in Andrews.
   
   Survivors  include  a  son,  Richard  Rodgers  of  Andrews;  and three
   grandchildren,  Sheri  ONeill  of  Ruidoso,  N.M.,  Melissa Gleason of
   Metairie, La., and Kenny Rodgers of Odessa.
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