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Betty Lou McCool, age 82, of Gustine died on March 10, 2008 at the Hamilton Health Care Center.
There will be a memorial service for friends and family at the Gustine United Methodist Church at a later date and will be announced when plans are completed. A private burial will be conducted at the Siloam Cemetery attended by family members.
She was born July 25, 1925 near Alva, Okla., the daughter of Perry C. and Maudie Snow Jespersen. She was married to Billy D. McCool on May 30, 1945 in Gulfport, Miss. At the end of World War II, she and her husband returned to Texas and Oklahoma.
She was a devoted church member for all her adult life, serving as a Sunday School teacher, choir member, and administrative board member in either the Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church or the Methodist Church. She has been a member of the Gusitne Methodist Church since 1972.
Survivors include her husband, Billy D. McCool of Gustine; her daughter, Sandra Fae and husband Gayle Harris of Boerne; granddaughter, Shannon and husband John Sivek of San Antonio; sister, Helen Becker of Roscommon, Mich.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Vale Jaspersen.
Memorials are requested to be made to the Gustine United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 102, Gustine, Texas 76455 or to the Siloam Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 224, Gustine, Texas 76455.
Heartland Funeral Home
Gary Lynn Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong passed away January 8, 2008 in Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell, Okla. at the age of 58. A memorial service will be held April 12, 2008 at Murphree
Cemetery in Evant.
He was born April 12, 1949, the son of Charles Lynn Armstrong and Loretta Thompson Armstrong.
He spent his first twelve years of school at Evant I.S.D. then the family moved to Gustine and then to Brownwood, where he graduated in 1967.
He attended Central State University in Edmond, Okla. He then transferred to Oklahoma State University where he majored in Architecture. After college Gary went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1980 and retired in 2004 after 34 years.
In 1969 he was married to Sharon Ruiz and they had two children, Gregory and a daughter Shawna Armstrong.
In 1998 he was married to Anna Lee Hankla.
He was preceded in death by a baby sister Lue Ellen Armstrong; his dad, Charles Armstrong, Archie and Anna Armstrong; grandparents, Joe and Bertie Thompson of Evant; step-sister, Sue Williams and stepdad, Robert Claude (R.C.) Eppler of Evant.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Lee Armstrong of Blackwell, Okla., mother, Loretta Thompson Eppler of Evant; son Gregory Lynn Armstrong of Ponca City, Okla.; daughter, Shawna Armstrong of Kimberling City, Mo, sister Connie McGilvray of Granbury; grandchildren, Colton and Kyla Armstrong, two step-sisters Marilyn Curda and Kathy Treloar and many neices and nephews.
Viola Frieda Krueger
Viola Frieda Wenzel Krueger died March 12, 2008 at Dove Hill Care Center. Funeral services were held March 15 at St. John Lutheran Church with Pastor Russell Nebhut officiating. Burial followed at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Aleman.
She was born on Dec. 27, 1919, the daughter of Otto and Sophie (Feldman) Wenzel of Aleman, Texas.
The Wenzels were members of St. Paul Lutheran Church and when Viola was only two days old, on Dec. 29, her parents took her to be baptized by Pastor Moerbe.
The Wenzel family farm was about three miles from the church and Viola would reminisce about the days of walking to school three miles each way. When school was over for the day and she and her siblings arrived home, there were chores to do before the sun set.
Mrs. Krueger learned at a young age how to pick cotton. The entire family worked hard just to make a living.
On April 9, 1933, when Viola was 13 years old, she stood before the altar of the Lord at St. Paul Lutheran and confessed her faith, the faith into which she had been baptized. Pastor Moerbe had instructed her through her years of confirmation and when she confessed her faith, he gave to her Psalm 37:5 as her confirmation verse; “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.”
Mrs. Krueger was just a few days away from her twenty-first birthday when she married Raymond Krueger. The two had known each other all their lives. They were united in marriage on Dec. 16, 1940, at St. Paul by Pastor A. C. Liefer. The couple raised their family in much the same way they had been raised by their parents. They worked the land and trusted God to provide the harvest. They were active in church, teaching their sons the importance of faith and the assurance we have as God’s children. Her husband preceded her in death about 15 years ago.
Mrs. Krueger made the decision to move to the Dove Hill Care Center where she took up residence in the assisted living portion of the home. She grew to enjoy living at Dove Hill. She took part in the many activities provided and spent time visiting with her friends.
A few weeks ago she a suffered a stroke and was left unable to use one arm and leg and she could not speak. Even though she could not speak, she was able to communicate. When people came to visit, her eyes would light up and she would hold out her hand to welcome them. She understood what was happening and she accepted her limitations with grace and dignity.
Mrs. Krueger was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Sophia Wenzel; her husband of almost fifty-three years, Raymond Krueger, Sr.; all of her brothers and sisters: Ben Wenzel, Monroe Wenzel, Bill Wenzel, Henry Wenzel, Hattie Schmidt, and Nelda Streger.
Survivors include her two sons, Raymond Krueger, Jr. and wife, Patsy, of Hamilton; Victor Krueger and wife, Gleda, of West Columbia; grandchildren, Gary Krueger and wife, Nancy and Glynn Krueger and wife, Karen, all of Hamilton; Bryce Krueger of West Columbia and Alaina Krueger of Houston; two step-grandchildren, Travis Meissner and wife Kim; and Brenda Armstrong and husband, Mike; four great-grandchildren, Brittany Krueger, Jeremiah Vogel, McKenzie Krueger, and Abrianna Vogel; eight step great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were: Charlie Bottlinger, Bryce Krueger, Glynn Krueger, David Melde, Cecil Wenzel, LeRoy Wenzel. Honorary Pallbearers were Gary Krueger, Leonard Wenzel, H.C. Wenzel.
Riley Funeral Home