Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 5 Apr 2001 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. April 05, 2001 Mary Collum ODESSA Mary Collum, 97, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at Avalon Place. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Scott Sprouse officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Maud, Okla. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Virginia Gesch and Mary Christian, both of Odessa, Bonnie Appelt of Hallettsville, Ruth Emerson and Phenone Hunt, both of Port Lavaca; 29 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; 40 great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great-grandchildren. Eddie Duarte FORT STOCKTON Eddie "Caballo" Duarte, 37, of Fort Stockton, a roughneck, died Monday, April 2, 2001, in Lubbock. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church with the Rev. David Herrera officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Fort Stockton. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Mia Zane Duarte of Fort Stockton; stepson, Dustin Luna of Fort Stockton; parents Amelia D. Gomez of Fort Stockton and Adan Leija of San Antonio; sisters, Carol Lujan, Amanda Gonzales and Cindy Gomez, all of Fort Stockton, Naomi Leija of Devine, Noelia Cardenas, Corrina Cazases, Diana Strange and Lily Arriaga, all of San Antonio; brothers, Fernie Gomez of Fort Stockton, Adan Leija Jr. of Lodi, Calif., and Adan Leija of Lytle; and grandparents, Eliza N. Duarte and Lila Acosta, both of Fort Stockton. Willie Hill Jr. ODESSA Willie D. Hill Jr., 52, of Odessa, a retired maintenance employee for the Ector County Independent School District, died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at his residence. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. James Baptist Church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Midland. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. He was born in Paris, Texas. SURVIVOR: Wife, Kathrine Taylor Hill of Odessa. Juan Mendoza HOBBS, N.M Juan R. Mendoza, 46, of Hobbs, N.M., a derrick hand for Lucky Well Services, died Monday, April 2, 2001, in Lovington, N.M. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Victory Center Church with the Rev. Fabian Sena officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Calvary Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Ojinaga, Mexico, and moved to Hobbs in 1991 from Eunice, N.M. SURVIVORS: Wife, Hilda Mendoza of Hobbs; son, Eduardo Mendoza of Hobbs; daughter, Julie Ann Mendoza of Hobbs; parents, Teresa and Benito Franco of Odessa; brothers, Santiago Mendoza and Abelardo Mendoza, both of Philadelphia, Oscar Mendoza of Pecos, Pedro Franco and Antonio Franco, both of Ojinaga; sisters, Elpidia Borrayo of Monterrey, Mexico, Fausta Lujan of Ojinaga, Maria Luisa Sanchez of McCamey and Manuela Baeza of Midland; and a grandchild. Mary Waller JAL, N.M. Mary Beatrice Waller, 85, of Jal, N.M., a retired self-employed beautician, died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. No services are scheduled. Arrangements by Calvary Funeral Home. She was born in Lone Star and had been a resident of El Paso. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, John Tolbert Waller of Jal, N.M.; daughter, Katherine Kerr Davis of Willows, Calif.; a grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. Mary Gilmour ODESSA Mary Louise Gilmour, 85, of Odessa died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Seabury Nursing Center. Services are pending with Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home. William Guinn ODESSA William David Guinn, 41, of Odessa died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at his residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.