Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 16 Sept 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 Obituaries. September 16, 2001 Bernard "Skip" Butts ODESSA - Bernard "Skip" Butts, 76, of Odessa died Sept. 14, 2001 at Hospice House in Odessa. Services are 1 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Clark Racca officiating. A military graveside service will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born April 18, 1925 in Englewood, Kan.He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a Christian. SURVIVORS: Wife, Hazel "Flo" Butts, of Odessa; sons, Bernard "Skipper J." Butts of Kermit, Brent Butts, of Odessa; brothers, Cleo Butts of Missouri and Newt Butts, of Coldwater, Kan.; sister, Dees Denny, of Alva, Okla.; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Katherine Gross KERVILLE - Katherine Gross, 82, died Sept. 13, 2001 in Kerrville. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Odessa, with the Rev. Cheryl Homsher officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Odessa. Arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. She was born Oct. 12, 1918 in White Deer. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Joyce Kropp, of Kerrville; two sisters, Margaret Crites, of El Paso and Alice Hauser, of Lomoc, Calif.; two granddaughters. Bob Jordan LUBBOCK -Bob Jordan, 73, a businessman, died Sept. 13, 2001 at his residence in Lubbock. Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Lake Ridge United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bill Couch and John Burk officiating. Burial will follow in the City of Lubbock Cemetery . Arrangements by RIX Funeral Directors. He was born March 6, 1928 in Bailey County. He was a Methodist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mitzi Jordan, of Lubbock; son, Curtis Jordan, of Lubbock; daughter, Toni Levenson, of Lubbock; sister, Shirley Gunn, of Plano; and four grandchildren. Baldomero "Shorty" Lemoz STANTON - Baldomero "Shorty" Lemoz, 80, a farm laborer, died Sept. 14, 2001 in Midland. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church , with Father George Thirumangalam. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Stanton Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel. He was born Feb. 17, 1921 in Wichita Falls. He was a World War II veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Marcelina Lemoz, of Stanton. Lillie O. Read EL PASO -Lillie O. Read, 88, a homemaker, died Aug. 31, 2001. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Kaster-Maxon and Futrell Funeral Home Dyer Street Chapel in El Paso. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Kaster-Maxon and Futrell Funeral Home. She was born March 13, 1913 in El Paso. She was a Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, G. Wesley Read; daughter, Ruby C. Darling; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Willard Witt ODESSA- Willard Forrest Witt, 77, died Sept. 12 in South Lake. Services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday Sunset Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. J.W. Carlile officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born March 30, 1924, in Independence, Pope County, Arkansas. He was a Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Wife, Kay Witt, of South Lake; daughters, Sharon Witt Williams and Carla Sue Witt Grantham; father, Earl Witt of Hobbs, NM; brother, Terrall Witt; sister, Vera Atkison; and eight grandchildren.