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Chester Otis Vick, Jr. died Feb. 26, 2008. Funeral services were held March 1 at Riley Funeral Home with Pastor Russell Nebhut officiating.
Mr. Vick was born on July 15, 1940, the son of Chester and Lillian (Risinger) Vick of Hamilton, County.
The Vick and Risinger families were farmers in the Shive community and Otis grew up with his family learning what it meant to till the soil and celebrate the bounty it produced.
The love of farming set the course for Otis’ life, taking him to Tarleton State University and Texas A&M.
Mr. Vick was an astute business man. He managed a tractor supply company in Waco and later in Houston. Years later he managed a steel grating manufacturing business for the Klemp Corporation in Dayton.
When Mr. Vick retired from the business world he returned to Shive where he once again took up farming. Up to the time of his death he was the ranch manager for the “Vick Ranch” in Lamkin.
He was married to Donna (Klutts) Vick for many years. They had two sons, Sammy and Jeffrey. Tragically they lost Jeffery at a very young age.
Otis loved life. He was proud of his son’s accomplishments and he celebrated the birth of each of his grandchildren.
After moving back to Shive, Mr. Vick met Gwyn Short and the two of them became constant companions. They have been there for each other for the past several years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Jeffery Vick.
Survivors include his companion, Gwyn Short of Hamilton; his son, Dr. Sammy Vick of San Antonio; his brother, John Vick and wife Alta of Ft. Worth; a granddaughter, Channing Vick and a grandson, Brady Vick, both of San Antonio as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
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Ruby Esther Bullard
Ruby Esther Rosentreter Bullard, 88, of Hamilton died Feb. 24, 2008 in the Hamilton General Hospital. Funeral services were held Feb. 27 at the St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton with Pastor Russell Nebhut officiating. Burial followed in the New I.O.O.F Cemetery under the direction of Riley Funeral Home of Hamilton. She was born on Sept. 19, 1919, the daughter of August and Agnes (Schrank) Rosentreter of Hamilton County. The Rosentreter family were members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aleman, where on Oct. 19, 1919, Pastor Moerbe held her in his arms and poured the waters of Baptism over her.
She lived her life with the full assurance of salvation because of the love God had given to her in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Mrs. Bullard attended St. Paul Lutheran School. On April 9, 1933, she stood before the altar at St. Paul to confess her faith. Pastor Moerbe confirmed her, giving her Psalm 27:1 as her confirmation verse.
Within just a few years when Ruby was 15 or 16, she moved from her family’s farm to the dairy owned by her aunt, Eda Rosentreter. When she was about 20 years old, she met Alton Bullard. He went to work for Ruby’s Aunt Eda, delivering milk. Three years later, on Dec. 13, they were married at Grace Lutheran Church in Dallas.
The couple lived in Dallas for a short time before the two of them decided they would rather live and raise their family in Hamilton. When they returned to Hamilton they became charter members of St. John Lutheran Church, a new congregation which was being brought together under the leadership of Pastor Quitmiere.
Mrs. Bullard was the mother of three daughters and a housewife for the first 28 years of her marriage. She was 51 when she went to work as a nurses aid in the nursing home where she worked for 23 years before retiring.
Throughout her life Mrs. Bullard was a hard worker. The strength most of all seen was her willingness to work in her yard and garden. She would push mow 2 ˝ acres, rake, trim, plow, and keep their home well manicured. She plowed and planted a garden, picked and canned the produce.
She was known for her homemade tea-cakes and homemade bread with apricot jelly. Mrs. Bullard also enjoyed spending time with her mother, Agnes, quilting for the family.
The biggest pleasure in Ruby’s life was her love for fishing which she had learned from her father and mother. She and her older sister, Paula, would keep their fishing gear packed in the trunk of the car and every chance they could get they would take off to the lake or even scout out a tank nearby to see if the fish were biting. The Bullards owned a lake house on a private fishing and hunting club lake so they could escape and enjoy fishing.
Mrs. Bullard was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Floyd Alton Bullard; a sister, Paula Griffie; a son-in-law, Ronald Eary; a grandson, Jason Lee Eary; and a granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Wood.
Survivors include her three daughters, Barbara Wood and husband, Barry; Annette Eary and companion, Wayne Martin; Ava Knapek; two sisters, Estelle Manthei and Odella Markwardt; grandchildren, Bryan Wood and wife, Leslie and Justin Lee Eary and wife, Tamela and three great-grandchildren, Arlie, Heide, and Denver Wood.
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