Founder of Ranchman's Cafe in Ponder dies at 93
Grace Pete Jackson founder of Ranchman's Cafe in Ponder Denton County dies at 93. She opened the 1948 eatery next to her grocery with simple home cooking drawing actors cowboys and other notables. Graveside services set for Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton.
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Famed Cafe
Ponder
Grace
Pete’’ Jackson
Jackson
Ranchman’s
Denton County
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas
Don Swafford
Groce
Faye Dunaway
Bonnie and Clyde
Dallas Cowboys
Stanley Marcus
Peter Benchley
Johnny Rutherford
Dave Ross
Ross
Roselawn Memorial Park
Denton
Expert in brain injuries dies at 42 in Hartford
Dr Catherine F Bontke longtime medical director of Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut died from a cerebral hemorrhage at St Francis Hospital in Hartford aged 42. Born Brooklyn New York she studied at St Francis College and Baylor College of Medicine and taught there. She is survived by her husband Robert McDonald her mother and a brother. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 4 PM at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut.
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Hartford, Conn
Catherine F. Bontke
Bontke
Rehabilitation Hospital of
Connecticut
St. Francis
St. Francis College
Brooklyn
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Robert McDonald
Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut
Death notices from Monahans to Odessa and Crane
A string of death notices from Monahans Odessa Crane Jourdanton and Crane County reporting deaths June 9 to June 14 1998. Notable entries include Ricky Allen 35 a chef died in Galveston graveside service at Monahans Memorial Cemetery arranged by Harkey Funeral Home with multiple survivors, Joyce Chaffin 65 Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital graveside service Crane Cemetery, Marion Russell 75 Pecos death at home graveside service Fairview Cemetery survivors listed, Luther Leland Sanderson 82 Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital services in Odessa, George Washington 72 Crane died in Odessa nursing home graveside service Crane County Cemetery survivors listed, Zeb Womack 78 Odessa retired postal worker died at residence services Rose Hill Cemetery survivors listed.
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Monahans
Ricky Allen
Galveston
MonAhans Memorial Cemetery
Harkey Funeral Home
Billie Anderson
Dallas
Claude Allen
Wichita Falls
Robert Allen
Rodrick Washington
Wayne Allen
Fort Stockton
Robert Washington II
Ama- Monahans
Camilla Smith
Joplin
Cynthia Titus
Crystal Washington
Amarillo
Odessa
Joyce Chaffin
Medical Center Hospital
Crane Cemetery
Jess Little
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Waynesboro
Miss
Joe Chaffin
Robbie Mohr
San Angelo
Robbie Smith
Annie Fulton
Pecos
Marion Russell
Fairview Cemetery
Charles McIintire
Pecos Funeral Home
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
D.H. Armstrong
Austin
Luther Leland Sanderson
Hubbard-Kelly Funeal
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Bartonville
Odessa-Midland
Mary Jeanette Sanderson
Roger Sanderson
Larry Sanderson
Lewisville
Jourdanton
Elroy Dene
Roy’’ Underwood
Tri-City Funeral Home
Walden Harris
Jourdanton City Cemetery
Eastland County
Yvonne T. Underwood
Tammy Underwood
Tracy Johnston
Gradene Arthur
Gene Underwood
Larry Underwood
Seagoville
Crane
George”’ Washington
First Baptist Church
David Miracle
Crane County
Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home
Cass County
Bonnie Washington
Tommy Washington
Stephenville
Sherri Cox
Gloria Rainer
Lamesa
Donald Washington
Linden
Doyle Washington
Lubbock
Reece Washington
Arlington
Abraham
Zeb’’ Womack
U.S
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bill Simpson
Noodle
Gladys Womack
John H. Womack
Midland
Kenneth Womack
Trenton
Elsie Hallum
Brownwood
Ten grandchildren and greats mark Odessa deaths
Multiple Odessa area obituaries for June 13 to 14 1998 report Jimmie H Fletcher 67 buried Rose Hill, Nathan Kreutzer 12 buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, Evelyn Woosley Nance 85 buried at First Methodist Church Gardens, and Lea Tripp 75 with arrangements pending. survivors listed include spouses, children, siblings and parents with local church and funeral home details.
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Odessa
Nathan Lucas Kreutzer
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Spencer Thompson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Frank W. Wilson
Gerald and
Leslie Kreutzer
Dereck Kreutzer
Jerry Blake Kreutzer
Eric Dean Kreutzer
Elissa Ann Kreutzer
Jerome and
Ruth Kreutzer
Gay Joyner
Evelyn Woosley Nance
Austin
First Methodist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Trenton
Kay Nance Townsend
James B. Nance II
Betty Lou Pinkerton
Lea Tripp
Martinez Funeral Home
Libertarians close conference with gun talk and stool
Michigan libertarian Barbara Goushaw closed the Texas Libertarian convention by stepping on a stool to reach the microphone and displaying a handgun. She argued self protection and personal responsibility, joking about not waiting for government help and citing Smith & Wesson as allies.
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Nacogdoches
Michigan
Barbara Goushaw
Smith & Wesson
Goushaw
Warnock West Texas plant expert dies at 86
Barton H. Warnock longtime Sul Ross State University professor and Trans Pecos plant authority has died at age 86. He was found last Tuesday after a suspected heart attack while driving north of Alpine. A 33 year Sul Ross faculty member he described many undescribed Trans Pecos species and more than a dozen named after him. His books Wildflowers of the Big Bend Country Texas Wildflowers of the Guadalupe Mountains and Sand Dune Country Texas and Wildflowers of the Davis Mountains and Marathon Basin Texas earned national recognition. Born July 21 1911 in Christobal he grew up in Fort Stockton and joined Sul Ross faculty in 1946 retiring in 1979. Survivors include his son Tony Warnock of Los Alamos New Mexico.
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Alpine
Texas
Barton H. Warnock
Sul Ross State University
Trans- Pecos
Warnock
Sul Ross
Trans-Pecos
Big Bend
Guadalupe Mountains
Sand Dune
Davis Mountains
Marathon Basin
Christobal
Fort Stockton
Tony Warnock
Los Alamos
N.M
Arson eyed in Mesquite fire at Alumet Building Products
In Mesquite a fire and explosion at Alumet Building Products Inc. prompted a fire department response. Investigators say arson is suspected and focus on six people tied to a labor dispute. No injuries reported as crews fought flames for about 20 minutes amid drums and waste material.
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Mesquite
Dallas
Alumet Building Products Inc
Larry Spurgin
Chiapas Indians rage as eight killed provoke clashes
In Chiapas a mob of 1,100 Tzotzil villagers confronted a 10 member National Human Rights Commission team carrying eight coffins. They accused police and soldiers of killings in a gun battle tied to a Zapatista led parallel town council.
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Tzotzil
Zapatista Nazi Liberation Front
Indi
Ans
Chiapas
Ol Lo
Zapatistas
Zapatista
Uxtla Gutierrez
Tuxtla
National Human Rights Commission
Adolfo Figueroa
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Odessa Funeral Home
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Jacksonsville
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Patricia “Williams” McCutcheon
Morgan
MIDLAND / ODESSA
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Financi Vie
Ernest C. Lynch
C.L.A. Chartered Financial Conse
Ernest Lynch & Associates
Conseco Financial Services, Inc
N. Pennsylvania Street
Carmel
Indiana
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Natalie Garza
Joey Contreras
Luby Park
Corpus Christi
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West Texas Plant Authority
Warnock Dies
Union Progreso
Mexico
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Neilys
Temple Baptist
Paige Patterson
Dr. Patterson
Louisiana
Arkansas
Criswell College
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Europe
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Patterson
Southeastern Seminary
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Odessa, TX
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