Potter Co. TX - Obits: December 02, 2005 ============================================================== Thanks to Amarillo Globe News: 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 Friday, December 2, 2005 Area Alfred Fuentes DALHART - Alfred Fuentes, 83, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Prayer vigil will be at 6 p.m. today in St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Deacon Ron Hein officiating. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the church with the Rev. Robert Busch officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home. Mr. Fuentes was born April 25, 1922, in Logan, N.M., to Alfredo and Josephine Romero Fuentes. He worked in the construction business, worked for Texas Department of Transportation for 10 years and was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church since 1946. Survivors include his wife, Cecilia; a son, Albert Fuentes of Dalhart; a daughter, Julia Quintana of Goodwell, Okla.; two sisters, Delia Romero of Albuquerque, N.M., and Rebecca Montano of Dalhart; seven grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to St. Anthony's Trust, in care of St. Anthony's Catholic School, Dalhart, TX 79022. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zora Lillie Gaede FRIONA - Zora Lillie Gaede, 89, of Hendersonville, N.C., died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Friona Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve Patterson officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia by Rix Funeral Directors of Hereford. Mrs. Gaede was born Dec. 29, 1915, in Snyder to A.B. and Olga Kimbrough Weaks. She married John Carl Gaede on Dec. 1, 1930, in Loving, N.M. Survivors include a son, Bill Gaede of Horse Shoe, N.C. The family suggests memorials be to Friona Public Library. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lula Nell Murphy QUANAH - Lula Nell Murphy, 93, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Quanah with the Rev. Monte Lumpkin, pastor of Goodlett Baptist Church of Goodlett, officiating. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park. Mrs. Murphy was born Dec. 13, 1911, in Eldorado, Okla., to Tom and Izora Gilliam Kerley. She married Joseph Bunyon Murphy on Dec. 15, 1928, in Childress. Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Ribble of Quanah and Betty Lou Loudermilk of Sun City, Ariz.; a son, Warren Murphy of Quanah; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Thompson-Sawyer Library of Quanah or Quanah Senior Citizens. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnnie Lee Owens PLAINVIEW - Johnnie Lee Owens, 77, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in United Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Horn, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery by Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Owens was born Sept. 24, 1928, in Glendale. She married Floyd Chester Owens in 1945 in Glendale. Survivors include five sons, Bobby Acy, Floyd Owens and Raymond Owens, all of Plainview, John Owens and Charles Owens, both of Lubbock; six daughters, Johnnie Mae Shivers, Millie Whitaker, Linda Henderson and Sharon Owens Crear, all of Plainview, Clara Willis of Houston and Grace Dickson of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a brother, Ezell Lewis of Sacramento, Calif.; 56 grandchildren; 102 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Leon Seal CHILDRESS - David Leon Seal, 66, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Southside Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Moore officiating. Burial will be in Tell Baptist Cemetery in Tell by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Seal was born Nov. 15, 1939, to Delbert and Lois Seal in Childress. He married Gayle Wagoner on Aug. 23, 1959, in Hereford. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Vickie Roop of Altus, Okla.; two sons, Ty Seal of Quanah and Dennis Seal of Plano; four brothers, Darrell Seal, Doug Seal, Don Seal and Joe Dudley Seal, all of Childress; a sister, Paula Burke; and seven grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Childress Hospice Care or Meals on Wheels. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Dale Trosper CHILDRESS - Billy Dale Trosper, 69, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Norman Rushing officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Trosper was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Childress. He married Carolyn Sue Richardson on Oct. 6, 1955, in Hollis, Okla. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Vicki Goodwin, Pam Gambol and Kathy Lane, all of Childress; three sons, Mike Trosper and Keith Trosper, both of Childress, and Kirk Trosper of Munday; his mother, Lois Trosper of Childress; two brothers, Jerome Trosper of Childress and Dean Trosper of Navarre, Fla.; his mother-in-law, Wana Richardson of Childress; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Meals on Wheels or First Baptist Church. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amarillo J D Hancock J D Hancock, 89, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Dirctors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with Richard Dickerson, pastor of Bykota Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Hancock was born Dec. 31, 1915, in Pane Gap to Benjamin Hancock and Oma Mary Ryder. He married Lometa Eatherton on Jan. 6, 1942, in Kingsville. He was a truck driver and farmer. He was a veteran of the Army, serving in World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lometa Hancock; and a son, Johnny Ray Hancock. Survivors include a son, Jerry Dale Hancock and wife, Nancy, of Victoria; a daughter, Janice Cross and husband, Philip, of Amarillo; a brother, Ralph Hancock of Hondo; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernece Fergeson Bernece Fergeson, 100, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Restlawn Memorial Cemetery in Liberal, Kan., with Gilbert Mires officiating. Arrangements are by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home of Hooker, Okla. Bernece Fergeson of Amarillo was taken by the Good Lord away from us on Nov. 30, 2005, at the age of 100 years in Amarillo. Bernece Mercedes Fergeson was born in Arapaho, Oklahoma Territory, on March 6, 1905, to the union of John Houston and Nettie Jacobs Houston. She traveled to the Oklahoma Panhandle (No Man's Land) by covered wagon when she was 5 days old from Clinton, Okla., which took a few weeks. Bernece celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, March 5, 2005, with her family and friends in Amarillo with a dinner and get-together. She grew up on the farm her father homesteaded in 1903. She attended the Appleton grade school and graduated from Tyrone High School in Tyrone, Okla. She saw her share of dust storms and hard times during the Depression years. In the late '30s she attended college at Goodwell, Okla., getting her teacher's certificate, which allowed her to teach school and pursue her degree. She taught her first four years in one-room school houses which had from first to eighth grades, and sometimes the school houses doubled for church on Sundays. Altogether, she taught school nearly 30 years. She saw many changes in our world: automobiles, radios, telephones, airplanes, electricity, television, cell phones and computers, which was hard for her to understand how we can get images and words on screens over telephone wires. She loved to crochet and do all kinds of arts and crafts. She oil painted and worked in ceramics, some of these in her 80s. In the last few years she was unable to work with her hands due to arthritis. Her children and grandchildren have many things she has given to them over the years, which they very much treasure. She also never forgot her many friends who were receivers of gifts from her hands. She loved to play bingo in Hooker on Saturday nights and went to Senior Citizens (which she was instrumental in starting) faithfully in Guymon, Okla., three or five times a week when she lived in Adams, Okla. Adams was her home for about 40 years. She moved to Amarillo in her early 90s to live with her daughter, Yvonne Sober. She still liked to read Western books in large print from the library and also enjoyed television. She was able to walk and get her exercise every day, when the weather was nice; she walked outside on the driveway. All of her family was very proud of her. Bernece was a Christian and a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Adams. She was a devoted mother, very caring and giving, and a friend to all she met. She loved everyone. She always said she would live to be 103 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Nettie Houston; three husbands, Clarence Chuesberg, Ernest Davis and Felix Fergeson; a brother, Orville Houston; and two granddaughters, Sherry Chuesberg and Theresa Brittain Blakely. Survivors include two daughters, Yvonne Sober and husband, Jack, of Amarillo and Ernestine Brittain of Talequah, Okla.; a son, Leon Chuesberg and wife, JoAnn, of Adams; nine grandchildren, Jerry and Linda Sober, Vickie and Jim Putman, Dawna and Mike Poole, Tracie West, Jamie and Breck Draper, Gary Chuesberg, Mary Jo and Dean Foster, Timmy Brittain and wife and Danny Brittain and wife; 27 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; and other friends and relatives. The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, in care of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, P.O. Box 745, Hooker, OK 73945. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frances Marie Golden Frances Marie Golden, 93, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St. Mrs. Golden was born in Clayton, N.M., and had been a resident of Amarillo for almost 70 years. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Golden, a former member of San Jacinto Baptist Church, taught Sunday school for many years. She currently was a member of Lifeway Fellowship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Ernest M. Golden in 1995; and two sons, Carl Golden and Eugene Golden. Survivors include three grandchildren, Ed Golden of Prairie Village, Kan., Barbara Pyle of Springfield, Mo., and Bobby Golden of Virginia; a daughter-in- law, Margaret Golden of Springfield; and numerous great-grandchildren, great- great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere Grace Aliene Brown Warner TACOMA, WASH. - Grace Aliene Brown Warner, 86, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are by Mountain View Funeral Home of Tacoma. Grace was born Aug. 31, 1919, in Kansas City, Mo., to Harry Brown and Aliene Dee Duncan Brown. She graduated from Rosedale High School in 1938. Grace worked for the Kansas City School Board as a secretary and made many friends there. On April 19, 1946, Grace married John David Warner. Grace and John and their daughter Kay moved to Lubbock, Texas, in 1951. Grace enjoyed working as a secretary and soon found work with Acme Freight Lines. Later, Grace signed on with Santa Fe and worked there many years, retiring in 1983. Grace loved cats, gardening, visiting with friends and family and Eastern Star activities. In retirement, she and John traveled with great pleasure around the United States, seeing the sights and reconnecting with long-lost relatives. After John died in 1997, Grace, in poor health, moved to Tacoma, Wash., to be close to her daughter. Generous of spirit and a loyal friend, Grace had a loving heart she shared with family and friends. She is survived by a daughter, Kay and husband, Gary; three grandsons, Daniel, John and James; a sister, Hope; a nephew, Jim; and a grandnephew, Dalton. Sign the online guest book at http://www.mountainviewtacoma.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tome F. Walters LAMPASAS - Tome F. Walters, 63, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Grace Fellowship. Arrangements are by Dodson Funeral Home. Tome was a graduate of Lufkin High School and Texas State University and he earned his master's degree from the University of Texas at Tyler. Mr. Walters was born Oct 15, 1942. He was a high school band director in Texas for 31 years and was a member of the Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association and Phi Beta Mu. He was a charter member of Grace Fellowship. He was preceded in death by his children, Brian and Rebecca; a brother, Carroll; and a sister, Betty. Survivors include his loving wife of 42 years, Kaye; two daughters, Elizabeth Oldham and husband, Michael, and Teri Alderman and husband, Timothy; and six grandchildren, Darin Oldham, Caitlin Oldham, Ian Oldham, Ryan Evans, Whitney Alderman and Champ Alderman. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Grace Fellowship Building Fund, P.O. Box 1580, Lampasas, TX 76550. Visitation will at 6 p.m. today at Dodson Funeral Home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Joseph Wilhelm HENDERSON, COLO. - Andrew Joseph Wilhelm, 52, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Horan and McConaty Family Chapel. He was preceded in death by his father, Bernard "Bert" Wilhelm; and a brother, Marion. Survivors include his wife, Jackie; four children, Brian, Jeff, Chris and Sondra; his parents, Leo and Christine Koch of Temple, Texas; siblings, Lloyd Wilhelm and wife, Denise, of Fairbanks, Alaska, Danny Wilhelm and wife, Sharon, and Tim Wilhelm and wife, Vickie, all of Amarillo, Texas, Wade Wilhelm and wife, Virginia, of San Diego, Janet Reinart and husband, Joe, Gerald Wilhelm and wife, Gay, all of Dalhart, Texas, Edwin Wilhelm and wife, Janet, of Dumas, Texas, Judy Head and husband, Jeff, of Lindale, Texas, Joyce Lumpkin and husband, Joe, and Jennifer Moreland and husband, Erick, all of Grapevine; and 32 nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to CSECU-Andrew Wilhelm Memorial Fund, 8770 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80003, (303) 832-4816, or Andy Wilhelm Memorial Fund, in care of Grand Mountain Bank, P.O. Box 749, Grand Lake, CO 80447, (970) 627-9500, contacts Tim Thorpe or Chris Foreman. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, December 2, 2005 SERVICES SERVICES PENDING Opel Harris, 82, of Childress died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. Golden Gate Morturary, 1416 N. Hughes St. Ruth Williams, 90, of Lubbock died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. Smith Funeral Home of Quanah. SERVICES TODAY Esmeralda "Mana" Baltazar, 52, of Fort Sumner, N.M. Mass will be at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Guadalupe. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories in Clovis by Muffley Funeral Home. Oleta Jane Clark, 86, of Big Spring, formerly of Dumas. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Dumas Cemetery by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Alfred Fuentes, 83, of Dalhart. Prayer vigil will be at 6 p.m. in St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home. J D Hancock, 89, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Dirctors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Freda Gayleen Perkins, 50, of Clayton, N.M. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. in First Baptist Church in Boise City, Okla. Boise City arrangements are by Cimarron Mortuary. Burial will be at 3 p.m. MST in Clayton Cemetery by Hass Funeral Home. James Keith Perkins, 53, of Clayton, N.M. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. in First Baptist Church in Boise City, Okla. Boise City arrangements are by Cimarron Mortuary. Burial will be at 3 p.m. MST in Clayton Cemetery by Hass Funeral Home. Delois Preston, 79, of Childress. Services will be at 4 p.m. in Central Christian Church in Childress. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Ruby Lula Reynolds, 96, of Memphis. Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. in Highland Cemetery in Anna by Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis. Billy Dale Trosper, 69, of Childress. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Alton M. Ward, 74, of Clovis, N.M. Services will be at 2 p.m. in The Chapel. Burial be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by Muffley Funeral Home. Andrew Joseph Wilhelm, 52, of Henderson, Colo. Services will be at 3 p.m. in Horan and McConaty Family Chapel in Denver. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------