Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



The Fairfield Recorder
October 22, 2009




Charles Wesley Steele

Funeral services were held in Houston for Charles Wesley Steele, 84, who died
Oct. 3.

Mr. Steele was born Nov. 16, 1924 in Streetman to Edward Elijah Steele and 
Mary Naomi (Richmond) Steele.

He was baptized into the Christian faith April 5, 1960 and confirmed on April
10, 1960 at Zion Lutheran Church in Houston, where he remained an active
member until his death.

Mr. Steele proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II and
married his wife Dora Fuelberg, shortly afterward. He worked for the Southern 
Pacific Railroad 42 years and eight months. Mr. Steele retired in December of
1988 as conductor on the Sprint train from Houston to Dallas and was a 
lifetime member of United Transportation Union #293.

He was preceded in death by sisters Tommie Shipley and Emily Lee, and brothers
W.R. Steele, David Steele and Edward Steele.

Survivors are Mr. Steele's wife of 59 years and 11 months, Dora, sister Annie
Lou Bonner, brother Ray Steele and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

Services were held at Zion Lutheran Church in Houston and Immanuel Lutheran 
Church in Brenham, Wiedeville community, with interment at Immanuel Lutheran
Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers were William R. (Bill) Steele, Jr., John Bonner, James Bonner, 
Arthur (Pete) Daugherty, Gene Arthur Fuelberg, Ralph Wellmann, David Emshoff, 
and Steven Hoehne.