Potter Co. TX - Obits: September 12, 2005 ============================================================== Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. Amarillo Globe-News http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ============================================================== Amarillo Globe-News Obituaries Monday, September 12, 2005 Amarillo Lena Stehr Lena Stehr, 89, of Amarillo died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church with the Rev. Charles Meyer, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Mrs. Stehr was born Jan. 15, 1916, in Canada. She had owned and operated a restaurant. She was an active member of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Stehr and a grandchild. Survivors include a son, Elby Stehr of Vanore, Tenn.; two daughters, Delores Schlier of Wichita Falls and Geraldine "Jerrie" McNeal of Amarillo; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry "Bo" Graham Jerry "Bo" Graham, 57, of Amarillo died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Cox Funeral Home Benton Chapel, 4180 Canyon Drive. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Graham was born in Amarillo, the city he loved, and lived here all of his life. He graduated from Caprock High School. He worked for Tile Craft for 14 years before opening Bo's Marble. Jerry was a caring and compassionate person and will be greatly missed. He was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow W. Graham, in 1963, and his maternal and paternal grandparents. Survivors include his mother, Cora Graham of Amarillo; a sister, Marquetta Taylor and husband, Richard, of Amarillo; a special brother, Charlie Latham of Amarillo; two nephews, Eric Taylor and wife, Terri, of Amarillo and Jeffrey Taylor and wife, Misty, of The Colony; a niece, Stephanie Stevens and husband, Brian, of Borger; four great-nieces; and numerous other relatives and friends. The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association or a local charity. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area Baltazar Alcala HART - Baltazar Alcala, 95, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005, in Lubbock. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Colonial Chapel of Plainview with the Rev. Felix Sanchez, minister of Jesus and the Love of God Church of Dimmitt, officiating. Burial will be in Hart Cemetery. Mr. Alcala was born April 7, 1910, in Terry County. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gladys Loyd SHAMROCK - Gladys Loyd, 92, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005, in Guymon, Okla. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Shamrock Cemetery with the Rev. Z.A. Myers, pastor of Assembly of God Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Directors. Mrs. Loyd was born Aug. 28, 1913, in Logan County, Ark. She married Jacob Granville Loyd on Dec. 29, 1940, in Sayre, Okla. Survivors include three grandchildren, Michael Moore of Boyd, Terry Moore of Guymon and Paul Moore of Floydada; eight great-grandchildren; and a great- great-grandchild. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Louise Marie Brown KEYES, OKLA. - Louise Marie Brown, 80, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, in Guymon. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Keyes Methodist Church. Burial will be in Willowbar Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary of Boise City. Mrs. Brown was born March 1, 1925, in Perryton, Texas, to Chris Bechthold and Marie Kerchman Bechthold. She was married to J.C. Brown and was a homemaker. Survivors include five sons, Bob L. Brown of Boise City, John C. Brown Jr. of Syracuse, Kan., Alroy Brown of Dillsburg, Pa., and Calvin D. Brown and Eddie Brown, both of Keyes; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Willowbar Cemetery and may be sent in care of the mortuary, P.O. Box 277, Boise City, OK 73933. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawson Grice HARDESTY, OKLA. - Lawson Grice, 93, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, in Guymon. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Hardesty High School Auditorium with the Rev. Jim Maynard and the Rev. Don Chambers officiating. Burial will be in Hartville Cemetery by Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home of Guymon. Mr. Grice was a lifelong area resident. He made his home east of Hardesty in 1944, where he farmed and ranched. Survivors include his wife, Ruby; four children, Tommy Grice of St. Francis, Kan., Karolyn Hager of Vici, Jim Grice of Hockley, Texas, and Warren Grice of Hardesty; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Jewel Bohanan of Amarillo, Texas; and a brother, Bill Grice of Goodwell. The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch and may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere Grady Bascom Nelson LUBBOCK - Grady Bascom Nelson, 73, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central Lubbock Church of Christ with Gerald Jackson officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia. Arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home. Mr. Nelson was born April 21, 1932, to David and Lois Nelson. He lived and farmed in the Friona area for more than 30 years before moving to Lubbock in 1987. Survivors include a son, Scot Nelson of Lubbock; three daughters, Genie Bundy of Phoenix, Linda Light of Abilene and Tommie Jo Henry of Lubbock; a sister, Dorrace "Dot" Latham of Elk City, Okla.; eight grandchildren; and seven great- grandchildren. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------