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Olga Marie Wade
ODESSA — Olga Marie Wade was born on July 12, 1927, in Diriamba, Nicaragua, to David and Lilian Abdallah. She passed away on May 25, 2004. She was 76. Olga married
Arvin Bernard Wade in the Catholic Church at Killeen, Texas, on December 23, 1955. December would have made 49 years.
She was educated in Nicaragua.
She had friends at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and at several embassies in Washington, D.C. She was a member of the International Women’s United Nations Club in the 1960s and enjoyed having teas and meetings in her home. She had a gift for arts and crafts and she liked for children to be safe and happy. Children would sense this and liked being around her. Her recommendation to them was always to act educated and she always threw the bashiest birthday parties for her children and grandson, inviting everyone on the block whether they had a present to give or not. She learned English by the listen and talk method, at first carrying an English-Spanish dictionary with her most of the time. She deeply loved her family and we deeply love her. She always trusted in God and told people not to worry. She was a military wife and traveled halfway around the world. When asked where she would most like to live, she answered, “I like it where he likes it.” She cultivated a taste for western music and made a point to see the SandHills Rodeo. She also liked going dancing all night with her husband and in her later years watching the Lawrence Welk show with him. She also liked Liberace because he sang to his mother. She was very patriotic and once told the Odessa American that she considered Americans to be friendly and eager to offer explanations of new things to her, like U.S. appliances, and salespeople.
Her parents; sister, Susannah Castrillo; brother, Salvador Abdallah; and sister-in-law, Oveta Wulle preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband, Arvin Bernard Wade, daughter, Claudia Carey, son, Victor Wade, and grandson, Rickey Carey Jr., all of Odessa; sister, Milady Chatman and her husband Clifton William “Tex” of Houston; sister-In-law, Ilenia Dexter of Crawfordsville, Ind.; brother-In-law, Alfred R. Wulle of Monticello, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sunset Funeral Home. Mass will be Friday, May 28, 2004, at 11 a.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Francis Frey officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery with Father Francis Frey officiating.
A special thanks to the paramedic, MCH Emergency Room Staff and ICU who had already saved her life once and almost saved it twice.
Services are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Leonard Hanson
MIDLAND — Leonard Lon Hanson, 74, of Midland, went to be with his Lord and Savior at his residence on Sunday, May 30, 2004, after an extended illness.
He was born September 27, 1929, to Bud and Vivian Bigby Hanson, in San Angelo. He was the grandson of Will and Cora Hanson and J.O. and Zylphia Bigby. He was raised and educated in Garden City, where he went to further his education at Howard County College. His parents were longtime Pioneer Glasscock County Ranchers.
Leonard had lived in Midland since 1956, where he married
Shirley Eaton on June 1, 1967. He was a member of Ranchland Heights Baptist Church where he served as Deacon until his illness. He owned and operated his oilfield service company for thirty years, Hanson and Scoggin Field Service, which later became Arrow Plastics. After retiring in 1990, he continued ranching until his death.
His outlook on life was “I believe in trying to keep a positive outlook on everything, and saying something nice to someone everyday.” Living out his dreams, he helped organize and Charter District 2-A1 Lions Eye Bank, and served as its Executive Director for 21 years. He also received an Extension Award in 1984 for organizing the Midland Suburban Lions Club. He was a life member of the Lions Eye Bank, Texas Lions Camp, Lions International, Texas Lions Foundation, Century Club Member, was a Melvin Jones Fellow and was Inducted into the Texas Lions “Hall of Fame”. He had enjoyed 44 years of perfect attendance and received his Key for sponsoring over 80 members into Lions International. He joined the Midland Southside Lions Club in 1958, and later transferred to the Midland Suburnban Lions Club. He served as District 2A-1 Governor in 1986-1987.
Through the years, he also loved playing the drums with the Jack Russell Band at the Senior Citizen Center, nursing homes, VA Hospitals, and various others, to bring joy through music to others’ lives. Leonard also enjoyed sharing his humor at several speaking engagements, and also at every opportunity with friends and family.
Leonard was preceded in death by his parents, Bud and Vivian Hanson.
Surviving Leonard is his wife Shirley of Midland, son Wayne and wife Sally Hanson of Brownwood, daughter Anita and husband Gary Carnett, and son David and wife Cindy Hanson all of Midland, a brother Bruce Hanson of Midland, along with nine grandchildren, cousins, nephews and nieces.
He will be greatly missed by his family and numerous friends.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and nephews: Scott Carnett, Cole Hanson, Will Hanson, Wayne Johnson, Lee Hanson and Donald Hanson.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Paul Bozeman, Norman Cristie, Jim Cobb, Oscar Cook, Dick Cunningham, Don Edwards, Harold Gillam, Mark Hughes, John Kendrick, Carmon McCain, Don Osborn, Paul Palmer, Bobby Riggs, Jack Russell, Mike Smith, Don Tergerson, Cecil Templeton, Max von Roeder, Jim Wilks and all Lions Club Members.
The family will receive friends at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home, 3800 N. Big Spring Street in Midland, on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 10 a.m. at Golf Course Road Church of Christ 3500 W. Golf Course Rd. in Midland, with Robert Kepple, former pastor of Ranchland Heights Baptist Church, officiating, and Mark Hughes assisting. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Garden City cemetery in Garden City.
The family suggests memorials to Texas Lions Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, TX 78029-0247, or to Home Hospice of Midland, 901 W. Missouri, Midland, TX 79701.
The family wishes to thank Dr. Robert Vogel, Nurses Unlimited and Home Hospice for the care Leonard received.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory of Midland. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.npwelch.com.
Dr. Michael P. Hughes
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Dr. Michael P. Hughes, 65, of Mayhill, New Mexico, died Friday, May 28, 2004, in Alamogordo, N.M.
Dr. Hughes was born September 9, 1938 in Lufkin, Texas to James Aubrey and Flora Newman (Aldredge) Hughes. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry. He received his Master of Arts in chemistry from TCU in 1961, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Rice University in 1964. He began his career as a research chemist with Celanese Chemical where he worked from 1964 until 1972. He then worked for El Paso Products, which became Rexene, and then became Huntsman Corporation. He held many positions there before his retirement in 1999, including Research Manager; Director of Research and Development; Director of Environmental Affairs; Vice-President of Environmental Affairs; Vice-President of Research, Development and Quality. During his professional career he was extensively published and held over nine U.S. patents.
Dr. Hughes was very active in church and civic affairs. He had been the youth coordinator and a member of the choir at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Corpus Christi; Chairman of the Building Committee, in the choir, and a Sunday School teach at Asbury United Methodist Church in Odessa; and Chairman of the Finance Committee, in the choir, and a pre-school board member at Cloudcroft United Methodist Church. He was a life member of the American Chemical Society; a longstanding member of Rotary and the Boy Scouts of America; and a past president of the Permian High School Choir Booster Club in Odessa. He moved from Odessa to James Canyon in 2001.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Eloise Hughes of the family home; a daughter Beth Hughes of Cloudcroft, N.M.; two sons, David Hughes of Diboll, and Scott Hughes and his wife Camille of Richardson; nine grandchildren, Courtney Hughes of Cloudcroft, N.M., Holly Hughes and Jordan Hendrix of Gilbert, Ariz., Richard Hughes of Diboll, Lauren Hughes, Brett Hendricks, Andrew Hendricks of Odessa, grandchildren, Benjamin Hughes and Abigail Hughes, both of Richardson; and a brother, Edward Hughes of Albuquerque, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, June 2, at 10:00 a.m. in the Cloudcroft United Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Ray Sharp officiating.
Interment will follow in James Canyon cemetery.
Friends may call Tuesday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Hamilton-O’Dell Funeral Home.
Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Cloudcroft United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 229, Cloudcroft, NM 88317.
To send a tribute to the family, please visit www.mem.com.
Luther Roach
ODESSA — Luther Eugene Roach passed peacefully from this life the morning of May 31, 2004. He was born February 21, 1922, in Roswell, N.M. His parents, William Wallace Roach, Sr. and Birdie Collier Roach were ranchers. Luther and his four siblings grew up on the family ranch, situated between what is now Lovington, N.M. and Tatum, N.M. He graduated from Tatum High School in Tatum, N.M., in 1940. The next two years, Luther attended Baylor University, but his college education was interrupted by World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force. After his honorable discharge, he returned to the ranch and engaged in raising livestock, which was considered an essential wartime industry.
He met and married
Mary Louise Turrentine of Hereford, Texas, on July 23, 1944. Together they had two children, William Wallace Roach of Midland and Martha Frances Roach Kunkel of Odessa. In 1958, a protracted drought occurred and Luther and family relocated to El Paso where he began a distinguished career in safety engineering with Commercial Union Assurance Companies. In 1965 he was transferred to Odessa, primarily to work with the El Paso Products Company petrochemical plant, which at the time was the largest inland petrochemical prsocessing plant in the world. The family remained in Odessa except for a five-year period during which he worked in Dallas to found a petroleum exploration division of the company’s business book. Luther achieved recognition and success in his career, holding an A.S.M.E. National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessels Commission from 1959-1984, as well as a commission from the Nuclear National Board from 1968-1984. He was a past President of the A.S.S.E. and served the local chapter in a variety of capacities.
Luther had a wide variety of interests. He was a skilled machinist and designer, and was called on by many friends as well as a few strangers to provide design assistance on many different problems. He made his own reflective telescopes, grinding the optical mirrors by hand. He learned to facet semiprecious gemstones and produced many beautiful pieces he generously gave to family and friends. He became passionately interested in computers and shot many fine photographs with his digital camera. He embodies the “Power Generation” work ethic and always gave his best on every task.
Luther is survived by his loving wife, Mary L. Roach, of Odessa, Texas; his son, William Wallace Roach, and daughter-in-law Sharon Roach, of Midland, Texas; and three loving grandchildren, Gentry Parker, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Alisha Roach, and Matthew Roach, both of Midland, Texas. He is also survived by his daughter, Martha Roach Kunkel, of Odessa, Texas, and her family; loving grandchildren Nancy Elizabeth Thompson and her husband Brandon Scott Thompson, of Tampa, Florida, and Stuart Alan Kunkel, of Odessa, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Wallace Roach, Sr. and Birdie Collier Roach of Caprock, N.M.; brothers William Wallace Roach Jr. of Hobbs, N.M., Charles Lewis Roach, of Mule Creek, N.M., Carl Lowell Roach, of El Paso and sister Daisy Juanita Jennings of Roswell, N.M.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be presented to Home Hospice of Odessa, of the church of your choice.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at First Baptist Church with minister Johnny Young officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at Sunset Funeral Home.
He was a large presence and he will be missed.
Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home.
Delores Wright Steelman
ODESSA — Delores Wright Steelman, age 54, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2004, at Medical Center Hospital.
She was born December 18, 1949, to John J. and Mary Wright in Comanche Co. TX, and was the youngest of eleven children. She graduated in 1967 from Odessa High School, and later married
her high school sweetheart, Charles Steelman on April 26, 1969, in Perryton, TX. They moved to Odessa in May 2004 from Garland, TX, and were members of West Park Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister, and three nephews.
Survivors include her husband of 35 years, Charles Steelman of Odessa; sons Chris Steelman of Garland and Doug Steelman of Mesquite; mother-in-law Alma Steelman of Odessa; brother Jimmy Wright of Wylie; sisters Pat Carlisle of Hamilton, Shirley Hodges of Iowa Park, Maxine Plummer of Paris, Joyce Weems of Odessa, Jessie Richardson of DeLeon and Jackie Osburn of Big Spring; sister-in-law Terry Palmer of Odessa; grandchildren Michael Steelman and Dakota Steelman of Big Spring; and Joey, Will, and Betty Steelman of Garland; 32 nieces & nephews and numerous great-nieces and nephews.
Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Willie Mae Beck
ODESSA — Willie Mae Beck, a retired ECISD physical education coach’s aide, passed away March 27, 2004, at St. Luke Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas.
She was born January 11, 1935, in Odessa, Texas, to the late Willie Wesley and Ella Smith-Phillips. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty Jo Smith and Ruby C. Smith
Willie Mae united with the Johnson Chapel AME Church as a child and remained faithful until her illness would not permit her to be active. She attended Odessa public schools in Odessa and graduated from Blackshear High School in 1954 and attended Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
While attending Blackshear she excelled in sports. She played basketball and was an All-District forward in 1948 and 1949. She also ran track, was a member of the Home Economics Club, Steer Club and captain of the basketball team.
She leaves to mourn her passing, one son, Tyree Beck of Houston, Texas; four sisters, Bernice Smith, Dorothy McMarion of Odessa, Jewel Haynes of L.A., Calif., and Jean Sims of Pampa, Texas; one brother, Raymond Walker of Odessa, Texas; three grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Visitation will be held today at Martinez Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Johnson Chapel AME Church with the Rev. Nate Hearne of Arlington, TX officiating. Burial will follow in the Ector County cemetery, Rose Hill section.
Arrangements are entrusted to Martinez Funeral Home.
Toynette Martin
ODESSA — Toynette Cathleen Herring Martin was born in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 27, 1970. She passed from this life on Monday, March 29, 2004, at the age of only 33.
Toy is well known for her varied interests. She was an artistic person who drew fantastic cartoon characters. She was always friendly and she was a real friend to those close to her. She loved spending time with her mother, and her best friend Tammy. She loved animals and her favorite job ever had been working as a veterinary assistant.
Toy had been known to bring home wayward teenagers and ask her family to help them get through tough times in their lives. Toy was one who would go the second mile in giving of herself. She was good-hearted and unselfish. She seemed to have a special God given ability to forgive; a trait that is much needed in our world today.
A great enjoyment in her life was her two beautiful daughters. She took special pride in their accomplishments. Terrin (15) is known for her swimming and Tayler (10) is an honor student at Burnet Elementary.
Toy was preceded in death by her father, Tony Herring.
She is survived by her husband, Todd Martin of Odessa; daughters, Terrin Herring and Tayler Freitag; also stepchildren, Skye, Michael and Samantha Martin; her parents, Brigitte and Cliff Thomas of Odessa; brother, Brian Matthews of Florida; grandparents, Charles and Mozelle Herring of Big Spring; her best friend and confidant, Tammy; several aunts and uncles; a special cousin, Charla, and several other cousins; and a host of friends.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 1, 2004, at the Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev Paul Thompson officiating.
Services entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
