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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               July 04, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
                                      
   C.R. Rye Rylander
   
   IRAAN C.R. Rye Rylander, 87, of Iraan died Monday, July 2, 2001, at
   Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
   Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today, July 4, 2001, at the
   Iraan High School auditorium in Iraan with the Revs. David Weyant and
   Rick Parker officiating. Burial will follow at the Restland Cemetery
   with services under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Chapel of Iraan.
   Mr. Rylander was born Nov. 12, 1913, in Port Lavaca. He was a resident
   of Iraan since 1949. He was a World War II Army veteran serving in the
   90th infantry. He was the owner of the Rye Oilfield Supply Co. He was
   a member of the American Legion and was very active in his community.
   He was a faithful Braves fan and was a member of First United
   Methodist Church.
   He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Rylander in 1995; a son,
   William David Rylander in 1941; three brothers, Mack Wesley Rylander,
   John Wesley Rylander and Weldon Rylander; and three sisters, Mary
   Bonorden, Ollie Selby and Clara Wren.
   Survivors include his daughter, Cindy Lutz and her husband Norman of
   Iraan; a son, Rick Rylander and his wife Mary of Iraan; and five
   grandchildren, Brian Lutz, Brent Lutz, Ryan Rylander, Drew Rylander
   and Cory Rylander, all of Iraan.
   The family wishes memorials be made to First United Methodist Church
   of Iraan, 401 S. Hart St., Iraan, Texas, 79744.
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   Guadalupe Wally Holguin Bernard
   
   MONAHANS Funeral Mass for beloved father and grandfather Guadalupe
   Wally Holguin Bernard, 70, of Irving is scheduled for 10 a.m.
   Thursday, July 5, 2001, at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
   Catholic Church in Monahans with Father Richard Wziwood officiating.
   Burial will follow at Monahans Memorial Cemetery under the direction
   of Harkey Funeral Home of Monahans. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m.
   today at the funeral home.
   He passed away Monday, July 2, 2001.
   Mr. Bernard was born Jan. 12, 1931, in Imperial to Francisco and
   Juliana Bernard. He lived most of his life in Monahans, where he and
   his wife, Vicenta, raised four sons. He worked as an automobile
   mechanic and had owned a restaurant-bar. He had lived in Euless for
   the past year.
   He was preceded in death by his parents and his loving wife of 50
   years, Vicenta Banuelos Bernard.
   Survivors include his brothers, Arturo Bernard of Kermit and Frank
   Bernard of Monahans; sisters, Carlota Reyes of Midland, Elodia Reyes
   of San Angelo, Esperanza Sotelo, Elvira Hernandez, Lucila Chavez,
   Elisa Martinez and Bessie Vargas, all of Monahans; sons and
   daughters-in-law, George and Esther Bernard of Angleton, Wally Bernard
   Jr. and Deborah Bernard of Angleton, Dr. Jack Bernard and Deanna
   Bernard of Athens and Ruben Bernard of Haltom City; grandchildren,
   George F. Bernard, Catherine Jean Dyer, Debbie Head, Ruben Bryan
   Bernard, Thomas Bernard, Kathleen and Jackson Bernard;
   great-grandchildren, Austyn and Christian Head and George Thomas and
   James George Bernard; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
   He will be missed by all his family, especially his four boys and
   loving granddaughter, Debbie, and his two brothers and seven sisters.
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   Ava Lea Ellzey
   
   ODESSA Ava Lea Ellzey, age 75, of Odessa passed away Monday, July 2,
   2001, at her residence.
   Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, July 5, 2001, at Sunset
   Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jack Oden officiating. Burial will
   follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   Ava Lea was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Miami, Texas, to Sanford and Ada
   Humphries Carnahan. She married Thomas G. Ellzey June 19, 1945, in
   Canadian. They moved to Odessa in 1955.
   She loved and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and family.
   She also enjoyed gardening and working in the yard.
   Her husband, T.G. Jerry Ellzey; a daughter, Sandra Hudson; and a
   great-granddaughter preceded her in death.
   Survivors include her daughters, Sarah Gill of Miami, Delma Poe of
   Odessa, Wina Garrett of Morongo Valley, Calif., and Jeri Ford of
   Herculaneum, Mo.; sisters, Ardelle Sirmans of Pampa and Jane Bright of
   Miami; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
        Services are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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