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                          OA Online Death Notices.
                                      
                               July 07, 2001
                                      
                                 Karl Menge
   ODESSA Karl Ernest Menge, 79, of Odessa, retired owner of Karls Cafe,
                  died Thursday, July 5, 2001, in Odessa.
   Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Memorial Chapel.
               Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
     He was born in Hamburg, Germany, and moved to Odessa in 1972 from
              Arizona. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
      SURVIVORS: Wife, Marian Dickerson of Odessa; sons, Hans Menge of
       Georgia, Michael Smith of Middleton, Wis., and Lamar Menge of
   Washington, D.C.; stepsons, Dickie Dickerson and Bobby Dickerson, both
     of Odessa, and Brian Ventrone of Elmendorf, Ariz.; daughter, Rose
    McMasters of Odessa; stepdaughter, Priscilla McCarty of Carlsbad; 12
                 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
                              Santiago Porras
   GRANDFALLS Santiago Villa Porras, 86, of Crane, a retired farmer, died
            Thursday, July 5, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital.
     Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Gertrude Catholic
     Church. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial
    will be at the Grandfalls Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols
                               Funeral Home.
                 He was born in Terlingua. He was Catholic.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Lidia Porras of Crane; sons, Cruz Porras, Jose Porras
   and Jesus Porras, all of Grandfalls, Alfredo Porras of Espanola, N.M.,
   and Julian Porras of Crane; daughter, Olga Tavarez of Crane; brother,
           Manuel Porras of Brownfield; 19 grandchildren; and 14
                            great-grandchildren.
                               Pauline Weaver
   BIG SPRING Pauline Weaver, 80, of Coahoma, a retired nurses aid, died
                 Wednesday, July 4, 2001, at her residence.
   Services were at 4 p.m. Friday at Myers and Smith Funeral Home Chapel
   with the Rev. Elwin Collom officiating. Burial was at Trinity Memorial
            Park. Arrangements by Myers and Smith Funeral Home.
    She was born in Boaz, Ala., and was a lifelong resident of Coahoma.
                              She was Baptist.
     SURVIVORS: Sons, Bobby Dodson and Ronnie Dodson, both of Coahoma;
       sister, Helen Neil of Big Spring; three grandchildren; and two
                            great-grandchildren.
                                Sara Juarez
      ODESSA Sara Juarez, 76, of Odessa died Friday, July 6, 2001, in
                                  Odessa.
   Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
                                      
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