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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Funerals and Death Notices 2/6/00 TODAY COLEMAN - Edgar F. Saverance, 81, at 2 p.m. in Walker Funeral Home Chapel; military graveside service at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. COLEMAN - Pauline Simpson, 86, graveside at 2 p.m. in Coleman City Cemetery Pavillion; arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home. ELDORADO - Ethel Mae Carrell, 84, at 2 p.m. at the Mertzon Highway Church of Christ; burial in Eldorado Cemetery; arrangements by Kerbow Funeral Home. SWEETWATER - Troy J. Ranefeld, 83, at 2 p.m. at First Salem Lutheran Church; burial in Roscoe Cemetery; arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home. WINTERS - Doyle Kenneth Wimberley Sr., 67, at 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church; burial in Lakeview Cemetery; arrangements by Winters Funeral Home. MONDAY GOLDTHWAITE - Earlene Anderson, 68, of Plainview, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church; burial in North Brown Cemetery; arrangements by Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home. KERRVILLE - Eugene R. Keese, 88, at 2 p.m. at Grimes Funeral Chapels; burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. LLANO - Kendall L. Coffman, 63, graveside at 2 p.m. in Kuykendall Cemetery in San Saba County; arrangements are by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ deaths Leonard Hardman MENARD - Leonard Louie Hardman, 86, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, in Eden. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in the Hardman Family Cemetery in San Saba County. Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home. He was born June 3, 1913, in San Saba County. He was a rancher and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Lucille L. Hardman of Menard; a daughter, Paula Burch of Menard; five brothers, A.L. ``Dink'' Hardman and James Hardman, both of Houston, Harold Hardman of Richland Springs, O.F. Hardman of San Saba and Wayne Hardman of Brownwood; and a grandson. Clide Roberts BIG SPRING - Clide Roberts, 81, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at his residence. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. He was born Dec. 23, 1918, in Carter County, Okla. An Army veteran of World War II, he was an airplane mechanic at Webb Air Force Base and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Roberts of Big Spring; a daughter, Jean Davis of Filer, Idaho; a brother, Max Odell Roberts of Big Spring; and a grandson. Cecile Daniels KERRVILLE - Cecile Griffin Daniels, 84, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000, in a local care center. Service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Grimes Funeral Chapels with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. She was born Feb. 28, 1915, in Pittsburg, Texas, and had been a resident of Kerrville for 17 years. She was a retired interior decorator and a member of Sidney Baker Street Church of Christ. Survivors include a daughter, Linda N. Thompson of Kerrville; a son, Ronald Edward Daniels of Boerne; a sister, Neila Guinn of Harlingen; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Delmar Sanders MASON - Delmar O. Sanders, 85, of Mason and formerly of Brady, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000, in a local care center. Service will be at 3 p.m. today at Mason Funeral Home with burial in Gooch Cemetery. He was born March 27, 1914. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include a sister, May Owen of Mason; and numerous nieces and nephews. Victoria Ramirez FORT STOCKTON - Victoria Ramirez, 65, of Fort Stockton died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, in Amarillo. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Service will be at noon Monday at the church with burial in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements are by Memorial Funeral Home. She was born Aug. 7, 1934, in Fort Stockton. She was a Catholic. Survivors include two daughters, Ernestina Russell of Amarillo and Patricia Gonzales of Midland; four sons, Salvador Ramirez of Denton, Armando Ramirez of Dallas and David Ramirez and Sammy Ramirez, both of Amarillo; a sister, Nina Garza of Odessa; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Martha Harvey KERRVILLE - Martha M. Harvey, 80, of Ingram died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, in a Kerrville hospital. Services are pending at Overby Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Obituaries ROD RICHARDSON IRAAN - Rod Richardson was born Sept. 1, 1926, in Sonora. He passed away Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at home. Rod graduated from Texas A&M University in 1947 after being interrupted by World War II and remained a lifelong supporter. He was a Rambouillet sheep breeder in Pecos County since the 1930s and sheep were Rod's joy. He worked all his life to breed a better Rambouillet sheep. Rod was a lifelong director of the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers' Association, a past director of American Rambouillet Association and Pecos County State Bank. Rod is survived by his wife, Marie; three daughters, Ann Giardini of Waco, Mary Jo and Mike Jemigan of Iraan and Jackie and John Edwards of Stephenville; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at the United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve Swisher officiating and internment in Restland Cemetery. Arrangements are by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Bill Brown, Dr. Frank Craddock, Dr. Gil Engdahl, John Foley, Lynn Kiesling and H.C. Noelke. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Ed Franks, Alpheus Harral, James D. Johnson, Gerald Porter, Jerry Puckett, Dr. Maurice Shelton, David Slaughter and Louis Woodward. The family requests memorials be sent to West Texas Boys Ranch. ASHLEY DAWN BARNHILL Ashley Dawn Barnhill, 16, of San Angelo was brought into God's earth Dec. 30, 1983. She left God's earth Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, as pure as the day she came into it. Her service will be at noon Monday, Feb. 7, at Johnson's Funeral Home with Sean Parmer officiating. Burial will follow in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Ashley was loved by everyone that met her. Her glowing smile, her warm hugs brought the best out in people. Her carefree, happy-go-lucky attitude could not be helped but to make you smile. She loved her activities at Christoval High School. She lettered in the dance team, track team and cross country, and was hardly ever seen without her beloved red and white letter jacket. Ashley really loved her Mama. When no one else would listen to Ashley's stories, Mama was always there to listen and give advice. Boy, did she love her music. She listened to every kind there was and would wail out at the drop of a hat. When she and her Daddy were driving down the road, it was a battle to see what station they would listen to. Ashley usually won. Recently a new song came out that they both loved, and would sing it out. It went like this: ``Oh where oh where did my baby go, the Lord took her away from me she's gone to heaven so I got to be good so I can see my baby when I leave this world.'' Ashley was survived by her Mama and Daddy, Christy and Danny Barnhill; her sisters, Cassie Le Ann and Stephanie Michele; one brother, Jason Paul; her grandparents, Lois ``Gege'' Barnhill and Don ``Papa'' Lankford and Clara ``Grandma'' Lankford along with many cousins, aunts and uncles. Goodbye Ashley, we love you, we miss you, and we will remember you. AUGUSTUS D. CLEMENS IV Augustus Ducas Clemens IV, 82, of San Angelo died at his home Saturday morning, Feb. 5, 2000, surrounded by his family. There will be a rosary at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at Holy Angels Catholic Church. The Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at Holy Angels Catholic Church. Gus donated his earthly body for use in a Texas medical school. Burial will occur at a later date. Arrangements are by Johnson's Funeral Home. A twin, Gus was born Jan. 30, 1918, in Baltimore, Md., to Augustus Ducas Clemens III and Eleanor Collins Clemens. His father was part of an old Maryland family involved in real estate; his mother was part of an old San Antonio family involved in banking, ranching and the oil and gas business. Gus grew up in San Antonio and attended St. Peter's School, Lukins Academy (where he began a lifelong friendship with Henry Guerra), and Central Catholic High School. He graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., where he was a champion swimmer. Gus' father died when he was 12, his mother married Don Rogers, an Army officer, in 1932. While the family was stationed in Hawaii, Gus attended the University of Hawaii for two years, was a star underclassman on the university swim team and surfed with Duke Kahanamoku. He graduated from St. Mary's University in 1940 with a B.S. in physics and received a commission in the Army through his officer candidate school training at St. Mary's. He was an avid flyer and sailor during this time. He once sailed a small boat up the New England coast alone and also participated in swim meets and exhibitions with his friend, Hondo Crouch. Gus entered the service early in 1941 and served in Enid, Okla., Ellington, Field, Iceland, France and Germany in the Signal Corps. He left the service as a captain in 1945 and began a career in geophysics and oil and gas exploration. He married Mariana (Mollie) Catherine Hart Aug. 25, 1947, in Dallas. Their first child, Augustus Ducas Clemens V, was born in 1948; their first daughter, Mariana Catherine Clemens was born in 1950. The family lived for a short time in Eastland where Gus worked in the oil and gas business. Gus was recalled to active duty in early 1951 as part of the Korean Crisis and served in the security service at Brooks Field in San Antonio. In July 1953, after Gus left the service the second time, the Clemens family moved to San Angelo and Gus resumed his career as an independent geophysicist. A second daughter, Anne Elisabeth Clemens, was born in 1955. In 1959, with the oil business in a slump, Gus returned to his beloved swimming in two ways. He started a second business, the A.D. Clemens Company, to build swimming pools and water treatment facilities. He was particularly proud of work he did on Central High School and the Swim & Racquet Club pools. His swimming pool designs and innovations won him several awards from the National Swimming Pool Institute. At the same time, he began swimming in Red Cross and other programs that would develop into today's Masters Swimming Program. A second son, Thomas Franklin Clemens, was born in 1960, followed by a third daughter, Mary Louise Clemens in 1964. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gus' business took him around the world as he worked as a consultant and project facilitator for water treatment plants in Italy, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. On one trip to Egypt, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Mary Louise, Egyptian workers gave him the honorary name ``Baba'' by which he was affectionately known by his family and close friends from that time forward. Swimming also took Gus around the world as he competed in the Masters Program. He was a dominant swimmer in his age group for the past 30 years, during most of this time his relay team held the world record in their event. Fellow San Angeloans, David and Val Hague and Dr. Steve Boster and Dr. Mary Boster enjoyed many swim meet adventures together. He enjoyed working out with Central High School swim team members and assisting at swimming meets. In the last months of his life, swimmers from around the world called to wish him well. Gus also enjoyed outdoor activities. In his youth he climbed to the tops of active volcanoes in Hawaii, and in his 50s, 60s and 70s he hiked to the highest peak in Texas, camped out in Big Bend, kayaked almost the entire length of the Rio Grande, whitewater canoed past Mayan ruins in Belize and scuba dived on structures from Lake Amistad to the Caribbean. He continued his active life until his final months; he died of the effects of prostate cancer. Gus was a lifelong Catholic and member of Sacred Heart and later Holy Angels parishes. In the 1950s, he was president of the Holy Name Society at Sacred Heart, was chairman of the building committee for the Cathedral Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus. In the 1960s, he was an early supporter and participant in the Crucero movement; he was a longtime communion distributor at Holy Angels and active in other parish affairs. Gus was a member of the Rotary Club of San Angelo and many professional organizations in his fields. He was a generous contributor to his alma maters, Georgetown Prep and St. Mary's University. He was a member of the boards of directors of West Texas Boys Ranch, St. John's Hospital, Angelo Civic Theater, River Corridor Commission and other organizations. Survivors include his wife, Mollie; his twin sister, Eleanor Dix of Westhampton, N.Y.; sisters, Toya Rolf of Key Biscayne, Fla., and Lelani Gary of San Antonio. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepfather; sisters, June Cotter Ewing and Becky Rogers; and all his brothers-in-law. All his children survive and their spouses, Leona Michele (Miki) Ross Clemens, Edward Clayton Alred, Ph.D., Jerry Weldon Mills, Vicki Olson Clemens and Bruce Tyroler; all his grandchildren, Augustus Ducas Clemens VI, Sarah Ross Clemens, Steven Clay Alred, Mariana (Mollie) Catherine Alred, Ryan Clifton Mills, Julia Elisabeth Mills, Thomas Franklin Clemens Jr. and Catherine Nicole Clemens. Gus also is survived by many cousins, nieces, nephews, other family members and good friends who live, literally, around the world. We will all miss him as we celebrate his good life, well led. The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity. DAWSON COLEMAN Dawson Coleman passed away Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000, at 5:30 a.m. in San Angelo Community Medical Center. He was born Oct. 20, 1921, in Miles, Texas, to George and Zephy Smithwick Coleman. His parents and a sister preceded him in death. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in Johnson's Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Larry Shotwell, Tom Martin and Chester McCown. Interment will be at 3:30 p.m. in Fairview Cemetery in Bronte. Dawson married Goldie Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gray, on July 5, 1943, at the First Baptist Church of Bronte. The Rev. J.E. Eldridge, father of Mrs. Rex Lowe, performed the ceremony. To this union was born one son, Randal Gray Coleman. A graduate of Miles High School, Dawson was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army Air Corps of Engineers. On his return to civilian life, he attended San Angelo College and graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor of science degree in vocational agriculture. He later earned a master of education degree from Texas Tech and his administrative certification from Abilene Christian University. He was a vocational agricultural teacher for 21 years, teaching in Miles, Bangs and San Angelo Central high schools. He was named assistant principal at Central High School in 1974 and served in this position for 11 years. He was an administrator in the Water Valley I.S.D. when he retired in 1985. At the time of his death, he was engaged in ranching in Coke County. Dawson was a member of Texas Retired Teachers Association, a life member of Texas State Teachers Association, the Texas Association of Secondary Principals and the Texas Vocational Agriculture Association. He served as president of the Concho Hereford Association and as a director of the Texas Hereford Association. He was chairman of the feeder calf sales for 40 years, representing the Hereford breed. At the time of his death, Dawson was serving as superintendent of the Junior Hereford Heifer Show for the San Angelo Livestock Show. His involvement with the San Angelo Livestock Show Association spanned 50 years. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Goldie, and his son, Randal, both of San Angelo. He is also survived by two special nieces, Pam Witt and her husband, Roland, of Stephenville, and Gwen Dugan and her husband, Paul, of Clyde; and a special nephew, Bill Coleman and wife, Diane, of Kellerton, Iowa. Other survivors include three brothers, Richard Coleman of Miles, Howard Coleman of San Angelo and Dewey Coleman of Tyler; a sister, Kay Hagan of San Angelo; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Coleman of Fort Worth; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. The family wishes to thank Dr. John Ballard III, Dr. Paul Beuchel, Dr. John Granaghan, the staff of San Angelo Community Medical Center and the staff of Myrtlewood for the care given to Dawson during his illness. Pallbearers are Greg McDonald, Clayton McCown, Jerome Smithwick, Kermit Wendland, Tom Waddell and Billy Weatherby, all of San Angelo, Charles Ehrig of Miles and Reed Stewart of Sterling City. Honorary pallbearers are Rex Lowe, Ron Bates, Jim Nevins, George Faulkner, Minton White, Ed Cumbie, Gerald Sandusky, Fred Salling, X.B. Cox, A.T. Granzin, Otis Deal, Bill Hinnant, Dewey Luckett and Pete Puentez. The family requests memorials be sent to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center of San Angelo. RUTH YOUNG Ruth Harvey Young died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000, in San Angelo. Ruth was born April 25, 1907, in DeLeon, Texas, to Roy R. and Kate Higgingbotham Harvey. She attended college in Stephenville and Abilene. She taught school in Moran, Texas, prior to moving to San Angelo where her husband, Floyd H. Young Sr., and his brothers opened Acme Top and Awning Co. In 1938, her husband opened Young's Auto Supply in Stamford, Texas, where they lived for over 30 years. In addition to her husband who died in 1968, she is preceded in death by two sisters, Frances Melton and Lois Pittman and a brother, Ray Harvey. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Floyd Hubert Young Jr. and Jessie Young of Euless; her sister, Katherine Wren of San Angelo; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in Fairmount Cemetery with Darrell Smith officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson's Funeral Home. The family extends a special thanks to the Meadow Creek Nursing Home staff for their excellent care and especially to Gloria Castillo for three years of caring for Ruth. VELMA PAGE-WATKINS Velma A. Page-Watkins, 98, passed away Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, in Baptist Memorials Center. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in Lamesa Memorial Park in Lamesa with Dan Collom officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson's Funeral Home. Velma was born Nov. 27, 1901, in Cliff, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. George Page. She was a housekeeper for many years. She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and a son, Neil Strickland. Survivors include one daughter, Lena J. (Nell) Browning of San Angelo; two brothers, Ivan Page of Cisco and Sidney Page of Odessa; one daughter-in-law, Florence Strickland of Lamesa; two granddaughters, Luann Collins of Lamesa and Barbara K. Fontenont of Rosanky; one great-granddaughter, Sandra Manis of San Angelo; one great-grandson, Phillip Miers of Lamesa; one great-great-granddaughter, Stachia Cooke of San Angelo; and one great-great-grandson, Timothy Manis of San Angelo.