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Adine Blansit, 79, of Hamil-ton, died Jan. 20, 2007 at a Waco hospital. Funeral services were set for Jan. 23 at St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton. Burial followed at the New IOOF Cemetery in Hamilton.
She was born May 14, 1927 in Hamilton, the daughter of Fritz Kopp and Clara Rapp Kopp.
Mrs. Blansit was married to Garlon Blansit on Oct. 29, 1945. He preceded her in death in 1992. The couple lived in Hamilton all their married life.
She was a hairdresser for many years. After retirement she worked in many different places including nursing homes and cafes.
Survivors include a son, Raymond Blansit and wife Earlene; a daughter, Linda Lovelace and husband David; a sister, Frances Clemons and son Freddie; a sister-in-law, Faye Senger; grandchildren, Ricky Lovelace and wife Caro-line, Carey Barton and husband Doug, Donna Wallace and De-linda Woolsey and husband Mark; seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton.
Mr. Stubbs
Jay Edward Stubbs, 74 of Odessa died Jan. 2, 2007 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Funeral services were held a Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel on Jan. 6 with Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Stubbs was born May 24, 1932 in Archer City, the son of Ernest D. Stubbs and Captola L. Smith Stubbs.
He was employed by Yellow Jacket in Odessa for 30 years as operations and general man-ager.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, Kenneth, James, Bobby and Leroy Stubbs and two sisters, Floy and June Stubbs.
Survivors include two daughters, Ginger Anderson and Carla Reynolds, four grandchildren, James. T. Ragsdale, Kristine Ragsdale, Chad Bankston and Glenn Bankston; two sisters, Joy Garrett of Hamilton and Jane Hatch of Odessa; three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews as well as his dear friend of 30 years, Sharon Hard and her family.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or a favorite charity.
Mr. Dittrich
Ovie Dittrich, 87, of Clifton died Jan. 22, 2007 Funeral ser-vices will be held Jan. 25 in the First Baptist Church in Hamil-ton with burial to follow in the Boggy Cemetery near Clifton.
Survivors include his sons, Richard Dittrich and wife Janette of Clifton; Ovie Dittrich Jr. and wife Barbara of Fair-field, Tenn.; daughter, Barbara Henderson of Meridian; sister, Hulene Bell and husband Gene of Beaumont, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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Mr. White
R.B. White, 83, died Jan. 13, 2007. Graveside funeral ser-vices were held Jan. 18 at DFW National Cemetery in Dallas.
Mr. White was born in Lamkin. He served three years in the United States AAF and was honorably discharged in 1946. He spent more than 40 years in banking and loved playing golf.
He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.
Survivors include his wife, Roena; children, Cathy Feeler, Connie Dearman, Cindy Little, Cara Patterson and James Markle; Mavita Markle, who was a good friend and much like a daughter; grandchildren, Starr Feeler, Shadley and Shawn Dearman, Kent and Kyle Little, Lindsey and Lacee Patterson, Travis, Bobby and Wesley Markle; four great-grandchildren, Curtis, Sky, Adrianna and Savannah; a sis-ter, Frankie Ellenburg.
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Mrs. Wright
Era Gwendolyn Bowen Wright, 78, formerly of Hamil-ton, died Nov. 6 2006 at her home in Granbury after a short battle with breast cancer. Graveside services and en-tombment were held Nov. 10 in the Franklin Memorial Gar-dens, Lavonia, Ga..
She was born June 10, 1928 in Lavonia, Ga., the daughter of Curtis Durant and Florence Carnes Bowen.
She was a Methodist and graduated from Lavonia High School in 1945 and went on to obtain her practical nurse li-cense from the state of Georgia.
While working as a surgical scrub nurse, she met and mar-ried Dr. Charles B. Wright. They were married at the home of the late Dr. Roy D. Mims in Comanche on Oct. 6, 1966. The couple ran the Hamilton Medi-cal Clinic in Hamilton for 13 years until his death on April 18, 1990.
She is preceded in death by her husband; a sister, Eleanor Griffeth of Stone Mountain, Ga., five brothers, Gary Bowen of Lavonia, Ga., Joe Bowen of Winter, Ga., Douglas Bowen of Lavonia, Ga., Julian Bowen of Toccoa, Ga., Charles Bowen of Dunwoody, Ga. and a great-grandson, Tony Vanucci of Swartz Creek, Mich.
Survivors include her sons, Dr. Michael F. Wright and wife Shelly of Georgetown, David Moore and wife Judy of Col-leyville; daughters, Cathy Spivey and husband Gene of Irving and Lisa Parrish and husband John of Evant; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; a great-great-grand-child; brothers, Hugh Bowen of Lawrenceville, Ga. and George Bowen of Knox-ville, Tenn as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations were requested to the Edna Gladney Fund, 6300 John Ryan Dr. Fort Worth, 76132 or the Susan G. Komen Founda-tion, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Dal-las, 75244.
Mrs. McKandless
Laverne McKandless died on Jan. 20, 2007. Funeral Ser-vices were held Jan. 22, 2007 in the Riley Funeral Home Chapel at with Edward Dittfurth offici-ating. Burial followed in the Evergreen Cemetery in Gus-tine.
Mrs. McKandless was born Aug. 23, 1927 in Dalhart, the daughter of Henry and Ella Lee Kiser Kinsey.
She was married to Bill McKandless on Nov. 10, 1956. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gustine.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother Gene Kinsey.
Survivors her son, Ronnie Twiner and wife Shelly of Everett, Wash.; daughters, Carolyn Fowler and Jack Kemp of Fort Worth; Pam Williams and husband Harvey of Ste-phenville, Sharon Seider and husband Charlie of Comanche; daughter Penny Ward and Bubba Busch of Fort Worth; ten grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, two brothers: Frank Kinsey of Vega, Marion Kinsey of Amarillo.
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Mrs. Vickers
Mary Anna Vickers died Jan. 18, 2007. Funeral Services were held Sunday January 21, 2007 in the Riley Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. James Ballard officiating. Burial fol-lowed on Monday January 22, 2007 in the Charlotte City Cemetery in Charlotte.
Mrs. Vickers was born on Nov. 1, 1920, the daughter of W. C. Kieke and Minna (Menke) Kieke near Charlotte in Atacosa County.
After graduating from Char-lotte High School in 1938 she was married to Dawson Vickers on Nov. 1, 1939. They pur-chased land at Davis Switch, near Charlotte. They worked their land as a team for more than 50 years until health prob-lems made it necessary for them to move in August of 1993.
In January of 1994 they moved to Hamilton to be near their family.
In her later years Mary Anna enjoyed being near her daugh-ter, granddaughters, and great grandchildren. During the years in Hamilton, she had an oppor-tunity to spend some special time with her sister, Katherine. Mary Anna loved being out-doors; sunshine and rain. She made many friends over her lifetime and having a cup of coffee with a friend was always a special time for her.
She was preceded in death by her husband on February 3, 2000.
Mrs. Lykins
Janivie June Lykins, died peacefully on Jan. 18, 2007, at the Hamilton Healthcare Center in Hamilton. Memorial services were held on Jan. 21, 2007, at the Riley Funeral Home Chapel in Hamilton.
She was born on May 24, 1934, the eighth child of Jesse M. and Iva Mae Young, in Broseley, Mo. Following graduation from high school, she traveled to Miami, Fla., where she met and married Mitchell T. Lykins on April 4, 1953. Together they traveled the world as his career in the U. S. Air Force took them both stateside and abroad.
She loved the military life and cherished the many friends made along the way. She espe-cially enjoyed the many friends she acquired while working at JC Penney in Ohio, some of whom she kept in contact with until her death.
In 1972, following retire-ment, they made their home in Hamilton, and embarked on second careers, owning and operating the local White Auto Store for many years and ranching. Mrs. Lykins also became active in the Hamilton General Hospital Auxiliary serving as its president, vice president, and treasurer and assisting with the institution and management of the Lifeline program.
Survivors include her hus-band, her daughters, Joy Lykins Alexander and husband John of Hamilton and Scherry Lykins Hermansen and husband Lance of Grand Island, Neb.; four grandchildren, Kristen Ryan and husband Nick of Lincoln, Neb., Jessica Hermansen of Fullerton, Neb., Allyn Herman-sen of Virginia Beach, Va., Thomas Hermansen of Manhat-tan, Kan.; two step-grand-children, Derek Alexander and Johnece Armstrong; and one great-granddaughter, Charlee Hayes Ryan of Lincoln, Neb.; a sister, Rubye Biondo of Hamil-ton, and a brother, Deroshia Young of Broseley, Mo. As well as many nieces and neph-ews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
In lieu of flowers, her mem-ory may be honored with a gift to the Hamilton General Hospi-tal Ladies Auxiliary or a charity of your choice.
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Mrs. Robinson
Lydia Velma “Rhea” Robin-son 90, died Jan. 21, 2007. Fu-neral services were held Jan. 23 in the Riley Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. James Ballard officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson was born April 28, 1916 at Seymour, the daughter of John Martin Rhea and Dora Velma “McCasland” Rhea.
She was a graduate of Sey-mour High School, and on Dec. 27, 1941, at Seymour, she was united in marriage with Wil-liam Leslie “Bill” Robinson. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1976.
She and Bill were kind, gen-tle, loving and devoted to each other and their family. They both loved to read, especially Texas history. They loved to travel with their family, where she enjoyed trying out new foods. For many years she was a busy homemaker, helping raise her family. Later she be-came the Hamilton Public Li-brarian, serving the community of Hamilton for 24 years.
Mrs. Robinson was an active member of the Hamilton County Genealogy Society. She was a lifetime member of the Methodist church.
Survivors include her three daughters and their husbands; Pat and Jim Schooler of Hamil-ton, Bobbie and Newt Pederson of Stephenville and Cindy and Sonny Sandell of Plano; four grandchildren, Sam and David Pederson, Robyn Watkins and Steven Sandell; four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Andy McMullin, Leonard Kirkland, Verner Gromatzky, Bobby Stephens, Kennith McAdams, and Stanley Morgan.
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Mrs. Marwitz
Erna Anna Marwitz died Jan. 18, 2007.
She was born in Indian Gap at the home to Willie and Mar-tha Meissner Seider on March 20, 1914, the sixth of nine chil-dren. She was of German and Polish decent.
Her father, W. M. "Willie" Seider was from near Hanover and Berlin, Germany. Her mother, Martha Mary Messiner Seider was from Giddings and her grandparents were born in Poland. She was baptized, con-firmed and married in the Becca Mountain Church in Priddy.
She attended Indian Gap grade school through the fourth grade. She continued to learn to read and write with the help of Grandpa W. A. Marwitz while she helped take care of him after she married her first sweetheart, Otto Edward Gustoff Marwitz on Nov. 22, 1934. Grandpa Marwitz (Otto's father) taught her to read sew-ing patterns, which came in handy as she sewed a number of wedding dresses for her nieces.
Together Mr. and Mrs. Mar-witz established a home and farmed in Pottsville where they raised three children. Durwood was married to Norma Jo Robertson of Hamilton; Eva was married to Norris Warden of Weatherford and Kathy (Al-mond) was married to Bill McCartney of Garland.
Born to those three children were nine grandchildren: Dar-ryl and wife Shirley Marwitz; Vicki and husband Keith Curry, Jr.; Kristi and husband Coy Bell; Marzell and husband Ken-neth Cox; J.C. and wife Marla Warden; R.T. and wife Monica Warden; A.L. and wife Diann Warden; Kirby and wife Maralena Almond and LeJae' and husband Keith Potts, not to mention the adopted grand chil-dren and great-grandchildren that called her "Grandma".
The next generation is twenty-seven great-grand-children: LeCretia, Nathan, Daniel, Jacob, LeShauna Cox; Z.T. and Gerlina Warden; Renae' McGarry, Jason War-den; Criston & Brandon War-den; Bailey and Caleb Marwitz; Brittny, Bryce and Braden Bell; Meredith, Katie, Rachel, and Annalise Potts; Madelaine and Walker Reid Almond, Matthew Ballentine; Lauren, Michael and Sara Ross.
She also had two great-great-grandchildren when the Lord called her home after a life of 92 years, 10 month and 18 days.
Mrs. Marwitz was living at the Town Hall Estates, Keene, during the last year. She made friends with the nurses, the aides and numerous elderly people the last year of her life. She was active in playing bingo and dominos. She and her pre-cious new friend, Pauline, spent the day in the hall watching the action. Her mind was still sharp although her body ached with pain from "old arthur".
Through the years Mrs. Marwitz always enjoyed gar-dening, playing dominoes, dancing and watching her nine grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren grow up. She worked hard as the farmer and farmer's wife. She always thought of her great grandchil-dren as her grandchildren. Her grandchildren enjoyed listing to her telling artful stories of her childhood and the horse 'n buggy days. She had many pre-cious lifelong friends, espe-cially nieces and nephews that kept in contact with her; those caring friends always made comments about how sweet and thoughtful she was. Don't get it wrong, there were times she could be "testy" and ready to fight you like a buzz saw; how-ever, Mrs. Marwitz had a very loving and giving heart, i.e, she loved to give away veggies and flowers from her garden. In her later years, she gave freely to family, friends, nieces and nephews, even when it could no longer be from her wonderful garden. If nothing else, it was a tale about an old fashion house dance and Indian Gap or Priddy picnic and/or how she met Otto and what the family did while she was growing up.
Welcomed events of her life were when she and Otto went to Germany to visit her Potts-ville neighbors. While in Ger-many, they had the opportunity to visit her grandparent burial site and to meet her last living Aunt, her father's sister. She looked forward to attending the yearly "Marwitz" reunions; scheduled for the hottest day in August. She always knew how many years old the reunion was, even when it was in a tent. She told her grandkids many stories about working in the cookshack at hay threshing time. What wonderful hours it was to listen to her tell us about the past. She could stay up until three o'clock in the morning just to beat the grandkids in dominoes; no matter how many games they played she always knew what was in their hands.
Mrs. Marwitz was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, her brothers and sisters, But let's not forget all those Mar-witz boys and sister-in-laws. She was the last to survive in her immediate family and that of her husband's family. An-other generation of stories that will be much missed by all of us, friends, grandkiddos and approximately 101 nieces and nephews. She was our contact source for that part of our fam-ily's past, she will leave a hole in our lives
Her last wishes were to honor caring friends and grand-children as honorary pallbear-ers and pallbearers: Milton Marwitz, Truman Marwitz, Charles "Dutch" Elkins, Shirley Bottlinger, Robert and Dorothy Marwitz, Juanita Marwitz Harwell, Roger and Stella Marwitz Brooker, Dennis Krueger, Lynard and Frances Marwitz Covington, Viola Rooke, Delora "Toots" Ticnor, Imogene Witte Diehl, Buddy and Lenora Marwitz Arnold
She chose her pallbearers: Kirby Almond, J.C. Warden, Darryl Marwitz, Keith Potts, Marty Ales, Johnny Waggoner.
She enjoyed listening to gospel music which is reflected in her selection of songs, I'll Fly Away, This World is Not My Home, Jesus Hold My Hand and Nearer My God To Thee.
Palsm 138; 2nd Corinthin 5: Palsm 121;Palsm 23.
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