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Dee Rowland, 79, Dies Few Days Following FallDee RowlBnd, 79-year-old retired businessman, died at 3:10 p,m. Monday in a local hospital. Rowland suffered a fall a few days ago and had been hospitalized for several days.Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. In the First Christian Church, of which lie was a member. The Rev. B.L. Brown will officiate and burial will be made in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Doran-Vansau Funeral Home.Rowland, a veteran of World War I, operated an appliance store prior to his retirement. He made his home at 505 Johnson St.Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Marie Rowland, of Del Rio; a daughter, Mrs. Chester (Mary Dec) Gleason of Gladewaler, Tex.; a brother, Roy Rowland of Bandera; two sisters, Mrs. Lila Clark and Mrs. R.S. Jordan of Medina; grandchildren, Capt. Stephen Dee Gleason of George Air Force Base, Culif., and Mrs.T.M. Johnson of Texarkana; a number of nieces and nephews.Rowland was born Sept. 25, 1893, in Dilley, Tex.Pallbearers will be John A. Faribault, Leon Mayfield, Edwin Brown, W.B. Smith,Mrs. Thelma Mae Eatmon, 54-ycar-old wife of William S. Eatmon, chief patrol agent of the Del Rio Sector, Border Patrol, died at 10:25 a.m. today in a local hospital, where she was taken Thursday after suffering a stroke.Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Doran-Vansau Funeral Home.The Eatmons, who resided at 241 Elizabeth Drive, relumed to Dei Rio in 1971;B.L. Brown and Billie C. Lewis.Honorary pallbearers will be Ira Ripley, J.A. Kercheville, Joe Mavfield, Ignacio Esquivel, Philip ' A. Ricks, Fred Esenhouer, Dr. F.H. Jeffers, Frank Pegues and T.D. Moore.he had been stationed in Del Rio with the Border Patrol years before and came back from a post at Buffalo, N.Y.Survivors include her husband, William S. Eatmon of Del Rio; her son. Bill Eatmon of Imperial Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Sandra Mullen of Ann Arbor, Mich.; her father, J.L, Bishop of Oklahoma City; three sisters, two of whom reside in Oklahoma City.Mrs. Eatmon Dies Here This Morning
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Del Rio News Herald
Del Rio, Texas, US
Tue, May 29, 1973
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