Ector Co. TX - Death Notices from the Odessa American Online 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. Permian Basin Obituaries Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved ================================================================================ ============ Saturday May 25, 2002 John Bauman ODESSA - John E. Bauman, 87, of Odessa, a retired physician, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Chile. He was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Evelyn Watkins Bauman of Odessa; sons, Richard Bauman of Katy and Dale Bauman of Shreveport, La.; daughters, Janet Read of Lufkin and Sheryll Bunt of Irving; sister, Margaret Rickard of Golden, Colo.; brother, David Bauman of Loraine, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Rex Cooke ODESSA - Rex Morris Cooke, 53, of Odessa, an oilfield construction worker, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Jeppie Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Crane and had been a resident of Wink before moving to Odessa in 1962. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Robin Hallmark of Odessa and Keshena Cooke of Dayton, Ohio; father, Rex C. Cooke of Odessa; sisters, Bennye Scown and Valerie Apodaca, both of Odessa; brother, Don Cooke of Carlsbad; and four grandchildren. Norma Mailea ODESSA - Norma Lea Mailea, 80, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at the Hospice House. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Redeemer Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dean Kelm officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Newkirk, Okla., and moved to Odessa in 1960. She was Lutheran. SURVIVORS: Son, Steve Mailea of Odessa; daughter, Karen Wilcox of Odessa; and three grandchildren. Mickey May ALPINE - Mickey M. May, 49, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, in Fort Stockton. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Alpine and was a lifelong resident of Fort Stockton. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Codie May and Dixie May, both of Kerrville; sister, Becky Morton of Yuma, Ariz.; brother, Trinity Morton of Boerne; and two grandchildren. Sybil Minyard SNYDER - Sybil M. Minyard, 83, of Snyder, a homemaker, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. F.R. "Bear" Williams and Tommy Williams officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Wright Colonial Funeral Home. She was born in Hermleigh and was a lifelong resident of Snyder. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Carol Hill of Midland and Patricia Johnson of Denton; brothers, F.R. "Bear" Williams of Snyder, Fred Williams and Wint Williams, both of Odessa, Tommy Williams of Belgrade, Mont., and Ted Williams of Post; and sisters, Izora Browning of Midland, Loreta Hallman of Roscoe and Juanita Grover of Snyder. Baldemar Ortiz ANDREWS - Baldemar Montoya Ortiz, 37, of Andrews died Thursday, May 23, 2002, in Lubbock. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with the Rev. Bernard Gully officiating. Burial will be the Andrews North Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in El Mulato, Mexico. SURVIVORS: Wife, Brenda Ortiz of Andrews; sons, Adoni Ortiz and Baldemar Ortiz Jr., both of Andrews; daughter, Priscilla Ortiz of Andrews; parents, Feliz and Carolina Ortiz of Andrews; brothers, Rutabel Ortiz, Daniel Ortiz and Felipe Ortiz, all of Andrews; and sisters, Cruzelia Ortiz, Deida Baeza and Felipa Ortiz, all of Andrews, and Martina Galindo of Mexico. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.