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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               April 11, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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Lois Nell Teplicek-Gardner

   ALPINE Lois Nell Teplicek-Gardner passed away April 6, 2001, at Big
   Bend Regional Hospital following an illness. She was born July 13,
   1916, in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was the third of five daughters born
   to Mack Bartley and Iva Deets Titsworth. She moved to Texas with her
   family at an early age.
   
   At age 15, she was salutatorian of her McCamey High School graduating
   class. She attended college in Lubbock and San Angelo with her older
   sister, Maxine. Maxine and Nell had a job singing on the radio while
   in San Angelo.
   
   She married Ludvik A. "Ludy" Teplicek in 1933. In the early 1940s,
   Nell, Ludy and their young daughter, Carol, moved to Alpine where they
   owned and operated a grocery store. A son, David Ludvik, was born in
   1945.
   
   In 1950, Ludy passed away. Following his death, Nell continued her
   education at Sul Ross in Alpine. She taught school for a time in the
   1950s and 1960s in Sierra Blanca and Del Rio. She was the assistant
   administrator of the Alpine hospital in the 1960s. She moved to Del
   Rio in 1963 where she was administrator of Del Rio Nursing Home for
   many years. While in Del Rio, she was proclaimed "Citizen of the Year"
   for her tireless service to the elderly and others in the community.
   She retired in 1995. Upon her retirement, the Del Rio mayor proclaimed
   "Nell Gardner Day" in her honor.
   
   She moved to Alpine after her retirement where she built a home near
   her daughters home in Sunny Glenn. She loved her "beautiful little
   house," and she loved the countryside around Alpine.
   
   Nell is survived by her daughter, Carol Lewis and Billy Mitchell of
   Alpine; son, David Teplicek and wife Linda of San Antonio; and by her
   sisters, Maxine Wolcott of Albuquerque, N.M., and Gene Kidd of Denver
   City, Texas. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Nancy Nell
   Donaldson and husband Larry of Fort Davis, Scott Lewis of Odessa,
   Jeanne Novosad and husband Neal of Alpine and Susan Nell Teplicek of
   San Antonio; and her great-grandchildren, Betsy Donaldson of Iredell,
   Cory Donaldson of Corpus Christi, Logan Lewis of Odessa, Alex Almada
   and Erika Novosad of Alpine and Laura and Anthony Mena and Isaiah
   Arredondo of San Antonio. In addition, many nephews, nieces and
   great-nephews and nieces survive her.
   
   Her parents and two sisters, Mary Bennett and Janice Nye, preceded her
   in death.
   
   Nells name means "light," and she was truly a shining light in so many
   lives. She will be greatly missed by her family and the many friends
                               who loved her.
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