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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                             February 06, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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                    [INLINE] Marvin S. Marv Coulson Jr.
                                      
   ODESSA Marvin S. "Marv" Coulson Jr., 36, of Odessa passed away Monday,
         Feb. 5, 2001. He was born July 3, 1964, in Kingman, Ariz.
                                      
    Marvin came to Odessa from Modesta, Calif., in 1993. He married Gina
     Magar on Dec. 26, 1986, in Modesta and was a member of the Mormon
   Church. He was a construction foreman for Rama Fabrication. He enjoyed
   trout fishing and water skiing. He was very mechanically inclined and
       enjoyed sprint cars. He was known to his friends as "Marvelous
     Marvin." His wife considered him her "gentle giant in suspenders."
                                      
   Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, at Sunset Memorial
   Chapel with the Rev. Preston Weatherly of Lutheran Church of the Risen
                             Lord officiating.
                                      
   Survivors include his wife, Gina Coulson of Odessa; son, Tracy Coulson
     of Camp Pendelton, Calif.; father, Marvin Coulson Sr. of Salt Lake
    City, Utah; grandparents, Ed and Betty Romriell of Apache Junction,
    Ariz., and Gordon and Alta Bateman of Fresno, Calif.; and a brother,
                       Alex D. Coulson of Fort Worth.
                                      
            Services entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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                         [INLINE] Donna Jean Lange
                                      
     ODESSA Donna Jean Lange, 72, passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at
   Deerings Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 30, 1928, to Art and Sophia
                        Oxenrider in Shakapee, Minn.
                                      
      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 7, 2001, at
       Redeemer Lutheran Church with Pastor A. Dean Kelm officiating.
             Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
                                      
   She married Ray Lange on Jan. 12, 1949, in Jamestown, N.D. The couple
    then located in Aberdeen, S.D., where their first son Terry was born
     in 1950. In 1953, the family moved to Odessa and made their home.
                 Lonnie was born in 1953 and Kyle in 1963.
                                      
    During the childrens early years, Donna was a homemaker and provided
     for the children. She later worked for Gibsons and Furrs. She was
    known for her cooking, playing cards and being able to take life in
     stride, kindness and laughter. She enjoyed a special bond with her
                            sisters and brother.
                                      
     She was preceded in death by her husband in 1985 and many in-laws.
                                      
      Mrs. Lange is survived by sons, Terry Lange and wife, Debbie, of
     Odessa, Lonnie Lange and wife, Betty, of Odessa and Kyle Lange and
     wife, Lisa, of Odessa and many grandchildren who will remember her
     hugs and sleepovers. She is also survived by her sisters, Kathryn
    Kolden of South Houston, Betty Wiltfang of Tucson, Ariz., and Janice
    Larson of Phoenix, Ariz., and brother, Kenneth Oxenrider of Houston.
                                      
           Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
                                      
                          (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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