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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1969
Page
6
Obituaries and notices list services for Mrs. Teatter Pope Mrs. Mary Addie Coffman Kenneth Scoggin and others with details on locations burial venues and directing funeral homes. Additional items include credit luncheon speeches at Lubbock associations and forthcoming courses at Texas Tech as well as hospital updates on multiple patients and a shooting incident hometown updates.
Military funeral rites for Army Spec. 4 Louis Z. Leija 20 will be held at St Williams Catholic Church in Tulia at 3 p.m. Tuesday with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Army personnel from Fort Sill will join. Leija was killed in Vietnam May 29 after arriving there last August and facing a late June leave. He was born in Greeley Colorado and moved to Tulsa in 1951. He married Guadalupe Hernandez a week before deployment. Survivors include wife mother stepfather sister and several relatives in Tulia and nearby towns. His squad sent a memorial fund via Red Cross.
Mrs Elza A Gilbert 87 of Orton Route Plainview died at 6 a.m. Saturday in a Plainview hospital after a long illness. Born in Grand Island Nebraska March 24 1882 she married Gilbert Sept 1 1903. They moved to Plainview area in 1909 and lived in Halfway 60 years. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs T D Fletcher a son Fred six grandchildren five great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Harold Odell Wedel 44 who died while working in Springfield Ore Friday will be at 10 30 Monday morning in the chapel of First United Methodist Church Littlefield officiating will be the Rev Wallace H Kirby and the Rev J Ward Griffin Burial in Littlefield Cemetery will be under the direction of Singleton Funeral Home of Muleshoe Wedel born in Woodson Tex had lived in Littlefield from 1928 until 1960 He was a farmer Wedel is survived by his mother Mrs Mary Wedel two sisters Mrs Fern Beck of Earth and Mrs June Free of Stephen ville two brothers James of Muleshoe and Gerald of Texico NLM.
John Lee Roy Chandler 80, Morton furniture store owner, died Saturday at Cochran County Memorial Hospital. He lived in the county 25 years. Survived by wife fewer: five daughters including Mrs. Rousser Sunray and Mrs. Kelly Morton. son Melvin Plainview. three sisters. a brother. 16 grandchildren. Services pending Singleton Funeral Home.
Plainview notice details the death of W. C. Wardlow 67 of Plainview from an apparent heart attack while driving a wheat truck near Ballinger. Funeral at Garland Street Church of Christ at 10:30 a.m. Monday with burial in Plainview Cemetery, under Wood-Dunning Wardlow direction. Survivors include wife, two sons Jimmy and Wendell, daughter Mrs. Carol Morrison, sister Mrs. Maggie Sweat, and nine grandchildren.
Services for Annie Williams 61 of 2821 Bates St will be at 10 am Monday at Pioneer Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev John Waggoner officiating Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park directed by Franklin Bartley Funeral Home She died Friday night at Highland Hospital after a long illness Survived by two sons two daughters three brothers three sisters ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren
Reporter details a string of alleged deliberate incidents at a technology lab involving gas leaks smashed glass and tainted water reports of police and faculty say the acts target researchers and could be linked to the Dec 4 1967 murder of a cleaning woman Theories point to pranksterism or malicious intent amid high security and multiple thefts while a student from Boston suffers commitment to a state hospital.
Washington named its national capital sports stadium in honor of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Joseph Kennedy II accepted the dedication on behalf of his family, noting his father’s love of sports and public service. Undersecretary Russell Train announced the dedication on behalf of the government after a day of school sporting events.
William E. Robinson, former Coca Cola Co. chairman of the board and longtime publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, died Friday night at a private hospital in Miami Beach Florida.
Washington AP reports an experimental drug levodopa may reach limited availability for severe Parkinsons cases by year end pending more safety data. Hoffmann LaRoche sponsors large field trials across 20 centers with up to 1800 patients. earlier studies showed effectiveness in up to 75 percent of cases.
Miss Aldine Swepston 55 of Portland Oregon died of an apparent heart attack at her home Thursday. She was a Tulia native and Tulia High School graduate who moved to Portland in 1949 to work as an insurance underwriter. Survived by two sisters Mrs Charles Dondlinger Manitou Springs Colorado and Mrs D H Taylor Fort Worth.
Charles R. Bud Moore 55 of Petersburg died suddenly in his home. He was born May 29 1914 in Desdemona and married Alma Boren in 1945. A WWII veteran and VFW member he lived in Petersburg since 18. He worked at the Joe Barlow Phillips 66 agency. Surviving are his wife two sons two brothers five sisters and three grandchildren.
Frazier Morgan Bridges 89 longtime Hale Center resident died at 8 30 a m Saturday at Heritage Rest Home Plainview Services set for 3 p m Monday at First United Methodist Church with Rev Elton Wyatt officiating Burial will follow in Hale Center Cemetery Freeman Funeral Home in charge He moved to Hale Center in 1901 worked as ranch hand and supply trader Survivors include wife Mertie three sons Marvin Garvin Melvin daughter Nancy Stricklin two brothers one sister six grandchildren and two great pallbearers named Swann Pettit Morgan Todd Herman Cozart Carl Laney Bud Law Cliff Faver Velon Townsen Jack Eason
Severe weather tore across the South Plains with 60 mph winds and hail. Tornado watch covered a 140 mile corridor from Childress to Wink, while 43 counties faced a severe thunderstorm watch. Reports cited touchdowns near Brownfield and Gaines County, heavy rainfall, and property damage including lightning strikes and flooded highways.
Mrs. Nora Ethel Watkins, age 84, a 45 year Lubbock resident, died Friday at Methodist Hospital. Services set for 1 p.m. Monday at Ford Memorial Chapel, First Baptist Church, with Dr. David Ray and Rev. James T. Bolding officiating. Burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors: a son, three daughters, two sisters, nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren. Pallbearers: John E. Long Jr., Artie Hicks, Langdon Hicks, Ralph Brock, Dixon C. Ray, Blondie Ray.
George W Lasiter 65 died after midnight in a Brownfield hospital. Rites at 3 pm today at Southside Church of Christ with ministers Doyle Kelcy and Douglas Rohre officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial. He moved from Wise County to Terry County in 1920 and to Brownfield in 1963. Surviving are two sons W V and Bud both of Brownfield a daughter Mrs Wilburn Bailey Meadow a sister Mrs A W Willett Pittsburgh Pa and 12 grandchildren Pallbearers listed.
Services for Castulo Avalos 70 a Lamesa resident for 21 years who died Friday at home of a heart attack will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. The Rev. Patrick Hoffman will officiate with burial at Branon Phillips Funeral Home. He was a retired barber and leaves a large family including Modesta and Mary Bergara of Lamesa and Evajelina Avalos a Tech student, plus five sons and three sisters in San Antonio.
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