Wise Co., TX. - Obits - Horace Leman McQuiston - 1925-2000
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Horace Leman McQuiston
1925-2000

Service for Horace Leman McQuiston, 74, of Runaway Bay, was Friday, 
April 28, at the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport. 
The Rev. Michael Parsons officiated. Burial was to be Saturday, April 
29, at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Tulsa, Okla.
McQuiston died Wednesday, April 26, 2000, in Plano.

Born July 2, 1925, in Okmulgee, Okla. to Horance Leman and Ethel 
McQuiston, he married Madalyn K. Brewer on June 9, 1946, in Winfield, 
Kan. There were married 53 years. 

He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1949 with a bachelor of
science degree in business administration. He and his wife had lived in
Runaway Bay since 1977. He served on the Runaway Bay City Council from 
1980 to 1984 and as mayor from 1984 to 1986. He was a retired manager 
in industrial relations for Lear Jet. An elder of the Presbyterian 
Church, he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport 
and a member of the church choir.

He is survived by his wife, Madalyn, of Runaway Bay; his sons, Harvey 
and wife Colleen McQuiston of Katy, Garrett and wife Kathy McQuiston of
Plano and Mike and wife Kristi McQuiston of Decatur; six grandchildren,
Meredith, Tiffany, Ryan, Cassidy, Carlye and Mallory and several nieces
and nephews.

Pallbearers were Les Raley, Robert Mote, Ed Duris, Stan Briney, Rick 
Macom, Sam Park, Wayne Harveson and Dave Reilly.
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