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                          OA Online Death Notices.
   
July 28, 2001

   Leo Blaschke
   MIDLAND  Leo  Emil Blaschke, 89, of Midland, a retired employee of Tom
   Brown  Inc.,  died  Thursday,  July 26, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and
   Medical Center in Midland.
   Services  will  be at 10 a.m. Monday at Second Baptist Church the Rev.
   H.W.  Erwin  Jr.  officiating.  Burial  will follow at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   He  was  born in Schulenburg and had been a resident of Odessa. He was
   Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Ruby  Blaschke of Midland; son, Leon A. Blaschke of
   Midland; daughter, Linda Kay Stark of Lubbock; sister, Florene Love of
   Amarillo; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
   Donna Jones
   ODESSA  Donna  South  Jones, 51, of Odessa, a retired oil reporter for
   Petroleum Information Co., died Thursday, July 26, 2001, in Odessa.
   Services  will  be  at  2  p.m.  Monday at Odessa Funeral Home Angeles
   Memorial  Chapel  with  the Rev. Weeks Dubose officiating. Burial will
   follow  at  Rose  Hill  Cemetery.  Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home
   Angeles Memorial Chapel.
   She was born in Roby.
   SURVIVORS:  Husband,  Gary Jones of Odessa; sons, Clifford Williams of
   Odessa  and  Andrew  Jones  of Anchorage, Alaska; mother, Neta Odom of
   Taylor,  Ark.;  brothers, Ray Odom of Tyler and Larry South of Denton;
   and sisters, Shirley McElroy of Tyler, Reva Kirkland of Lubbock, Linda
   Robinson  of  Springhill, La., Geri Odom of Flint, Brenda Hood of Krum
   and Deb Odom of Taylor.
   Matthew Lummus
   ODESSA  Matthew  Wayne  Lummus,  41, of Odessa, a welder for Southdown
   Inc., died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at his residence.
   Services  will  be  at  10 a.m. today at Grace Baptist Church with the
   Rev.  William  Chapman  officiating.  Burial  will  follow  at  Sunset
   Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
   He was born in Odessa. He was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Erin  Lummus  of Odessa; son, Christopher Lummus of
   Odessa;  daughter,  Rebecca  Dawn Lummus of Odessa; parents, Arlen and
   Odessa  Lummus of Odessa; brother, Damon Lummus of Odessa; sister, Pam
   McCollum of Odessa; and grandmother, Hazel Lummus of Odessa.
   William Stafford
   ODESSA  William  C. Stafford, 73, of Odessa, a retired employee of B&B
   Construction Co., died Thursday, July 26, 2001, in Odessa.
   Services  will  be  at 4 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the
   Revs.  R. Sutton and Charles Martin officiating. Burial will follow at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
   He  was born in Clarksville and was a resident of Odessa for 48 years.
   He was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Delia Ruth Anne Stafford of Odessa; sons, Johnny Horton of
   Austin  and Jerry Horton of Odessa; daughters, Linda Dilbeck of Humble
   and  Woodie  Nell  Nickerson of Odessa; sisters, Verleen Manson, Hazel
   Parks  and  Gladys  Rogers,  all  of Midland, and Florida Mae Woods of
   Odessa; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
   John Steadmon
   ODESSA  John Riley Steadmon, 92, of Odessa, a retired oilfield worker,
   died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital.
   Graveside  service  will  be  at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rose Hill Cemetery
   with the Rev. Dewey Blevins officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly
   Funeral Home.
   He  was  born  in  Meridian,  Miss.,  and moved to Odessa in 1959 from
   Andrews.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Ruth  Steadmon  of Odessa; sons, Harold Steadmon of
   Sumner,  Wash., John Roy Steadmon and Michael George Steadmon, both of
   Odessa;  daughters,  Barbara  Smith  of Inman, S.C., Janet Hamilton of
   Orange  and  Sherri Herrera of Denton; brothers, Ruben Steadmon of Big
   Spring  and  Fermon  Steadmon  of  San  Antonio;  35 grandchildren; 18
   great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
   Jack Toller
   MIDLAND  Jack Omer Toller, 73, of Midland, a retired employee of Union
   Pacific Railroad, died Thursday, July 26, 2001, at a local hospital.
   Memorial  services  will  be  at  11  a.m. today at Ellis Funeral Home
   Chapel  with the Rev. Charles Vogel officiating. Arrangements by Ellis
   Funeral Home.
   He was born in Fort Smith, Ark. He was an Army veteran.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Gladys  Toller  of  Midland;  daughters, Jacqueline
   McCartney  of Seattle and Mary Kelleher of Midland; son, Robert Toller
   of   Midland;   sister,  Bernice  Toller  of  San  Antonio;  and  four
   grandchildren.
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