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All rights reserved ================================================================================ ============ Thursday May 16, 2002 Guadalupe Baeza MARATHON - Guadalupe Salmon Baeza, 82, of Torrance, Calif., a homemaker, died Friday, May 10, 2002, at her residence. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Rick Ruiz officiating. Burial will follow at the Marathon Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Marathon and had been a resident before moving to California in 1996. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Anita B. Wilson of Falls Church, Va., and Maria M. Baeza of Torrance; sister, Isabel Terrazas of Las Cruces, N.M.; brothers, Edwardo Salmon of Marathon and Emilio Salmon of Alpine; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Lois Beam ADAMSVILLE - Lois Oleta Beam, 76, of Adamsville, a homemaker, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at her residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Adamsville Baptist Church with Jerry Stratton officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas. Arrangements by Sheppard Funeral Home. She was born in Goldbusk. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Chester H. Beam of Adamsville; sons, Jesse McCoy of Robstown, Winston Beam of Buckholts, Kenneth Beam of Forney, Chester Beam of Odessa, Lester Beam of Morgan City, La., and Christopher Beam of Springtown; sisters, Meretta Mae Cain of Kingsland and Norma Lee Blair of Bastrop; brothers, H.E. Sharp of Lampasas and H.J. Sharp of Fort Worth; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Alberta Miller ODESSA - Alberta John Coburn Miller, 88, of Wichita Falls, a homemaker, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002, in Wichita Falls. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Bonham and had been a longtime resident of Odessa before moving to Wichita Falls in 1997. SURVIVORS: Nephew, Tommie B. Rowe Jr. of Electra; and nieces, Nina J. Jones of Knoxville, Tenn., and Alberta L. Robinson of Wichita Falls. Emilie Severin ALPINE - Emilie B. Severin, 71, of Alpine, a writer, died Saturday, May 11, 2002, at a Fort Davis nursing home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with the Rev. Rick Ruiz officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at the church. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in the Haley-Brown Ranch. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sisters, Linn Brown Reider and Josephine Linn-Brown, both of Alpine, and Margaret Anne DeBarbrie of Austin; and brother, John Andrew Brown of Alpine. Pedro Tercero ODESSA - Pedro G. Tercero, 91, of Odessa, a retired house painter, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with the Rev. Frank Chavez officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Marfa. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Son, Jose R. Tercero of Snyder; daughters, Lucy T. Fuentes of Odessa and Maria Elena Natividad of Dallas; sister, Anita Arroyo of Pittsburg, Calif.; 26 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren. Tomas Valenzuela Jr. CAMP WOOD - Tomas "Tommy" Valenzuela Jr., 42, of Crane, an employee of BP Arco Co., died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at his residence. Mass will be celebrated at noon Saturday at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church with the Rev. Jose Villanueva officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today and Friday at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home and Nelson Funeral Home. He was born in Uvalde and was a resident of Crane for 21 years. He was an Army veteran. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Irma Valenzuela of Crane; daughter, Anna Alicia Valenzuela of Crane; son, Thomas Anthony Valenzuela of Crane; father, Tomas F. Valenzuela of Camp Wood; mother, Virginia A. Valenzuela of Camp Wood; sisters, Cristella Valenzuela of San Antonio and Cynthia Ruiz of Uvalde; and brothers, Gerald Valenzuela of D'Hanis and Joe Valenzuela of Camp Wood. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.