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Bosque County Senior Services Menus
— Monday-Friday, June 28-July 2 —
MONDAY
Chicken noodle
casserole, peas/
cauiliflower, bread,
milk. cake.
TUESDAY
Polish sausage
sauerkraut, black
eyed peas, bread
milk, pudding.
WEDNESDAY
Meat loaf, green
pea salad, sour
cream potatoes,
bread, milk,
apple cobbler.
THURSDAY
Tuna salad, maca-
roni salad, pickled
beets, crackers,
milk, fruit crisp.
FRIDAY
Mexican casser-
ole. salad w /
dressing, green
beans, combread
milk, Jell-o.
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Fbr reservations or cancellations, call Bosque County Senior Services
at (254) 435-2930 or BCSS Kitchen at 435-6093. Fbr transportation, call
Bosque County Transit at 435-2685.
New Library To Be Dedicated
At Hill College Thursday, July 8
HILLSBORO - The public is
invited to attend the William R.
Auvenshine Library dedication
ceremony Thursday, July 8, in
Hillsboro. The ceremony will be-
gin at 2 p.m. at the library located
on the Hill College campus in
Hillsboro. A reception in the li-
brary will follow the dedication
ceremony.
Iredell Native
Earns Academic
Honors At HPU
BROWNWOOD — Iredell native
Lindsay Gatewood, a student at
Howard Payne University, was
named to the President’s List for
the 2004 spring semester.
Students must achieve a 4.0
grade point to be named to the
President’s List.
Tarleton Mini Cheer
Camp Starts Tuesday
STEPHENVILLE — The 2004-
OS Tarleton State University
Cheerleaders will hold a mini
cheer camp as a fund-raiser for
the squad. The camp is for any
child ages three and up.
Each child will receive a T-shirt,
ride in a parade, and perform at
the Family FVin Fair on Saturday,
July 3, in Stephenville’s City Park.
The cost is $25 per child, and the
camp runs Tuesday through Fri-
day, June 29-July 2, from 3 to 5 p.m.
daily. The camp will be held in
Tarleton’s Wisdom Gymnasium.
For more information, contact
Misti Reisman at; (254) 968-9755.
Clifton Library Offers
Summer Reading
Tuesday Mornings
CLIFTON — The Nellie
Pederson Civic Library is offering
Summer Reading Club on Tues-
days, June 29 and July 6. Pre-
school children will meet in the
Library at 10 a.m. and children six
years old and older at 11 a.m..
Special stories will be told by
Rayola Stanford and “buggy
crafts” will be made.
The library is open Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, from 1 p.m.
- 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday,
from 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.; and Saturday,
from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
For more information, call the
library at 675-6495.
For more information, contact
Scott Warren III at (254) 582-2555
(ext. 385).
Reesing Family
Holds Reunion
CLIFTON — Members of the
Reesing families gathered at the
VFW Post 8553 in Clifton for their
10th biennial reunion, hosted by
the Raymond Reesing family, on
Saturday, June 12.
Family members began arriv-
ing at 11 a.m., and a large cov-
ered dish lunch was served at
12:30 p.m. The afternoon was
spent visiting and catching up on
family happenings over the past
two years.
Members of the Oscar Reesing
family who attended were Ray-
mond and Lonnie Reesing, Paul
Reesing, Robert and Pat
Reesing, David and Dawn
Reesing, Jennifer Reesing,
Michael and Rhonda Fitch, Kyle
Fitch, Tim and Lori Spake, Andy
Spake, Eric Reesing, Justin
Reesing, Sage Reesing, Eunice
Cooksey, and Bob Jolly, Dean and
Joyce Powell, Kim Bartels, Pam
Owens, Rhett Hoestenbach, Odin
and Lanelle Bronstad, Larry
Bronstad, Ralph and Paula
Hymer, Furman and Francis
Grimm, Jerry Tom and Barbara
Reesing, and Madison Reesing.
Members of the Syvert
Reesing family who attended
were Verna Lee Jones and her
grandson, Corby Jones.
Members of the Matt Reesing
family who attended were Cecil
and Fran Tergerson, Linda and
Lori Tergerson, Julia Tergerson,
Guy and Madeline Dickson, and
Joedale and Donna Reesing.
Members of the Otto Reesing
family who attended were John
and Hallie Jo Reesing, Jack and
Martha Morgan, and Evelyn
Smith.
Special recognition was given
to the oldest and youngest of the
Reesings present. Both of these
individuals came from the Ray-
mond Reesing family, with Ray-
mond Reesing, 91, and his new
great-grandson, Andy Spake, 2'A
months.
Special recognition was also
given to the person who travelled
the farthest at attend the re-
union. Pam Owens, daughter of
Eunice Cooksey, came all the
way from El Paso.
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Orville L. Neystel
Fbneral services for Orville L.
Neystel, 89, of Clifton, were held
Monday, June
14, 2004, at
First Baptist
Church of Clif-
ton, Dr. Jerry
Smith officiat-
ing. Interment
followed in
Meridian
Cemetery.
Neystel died
Friday, June 11, 2004, at Goodall-
Witcher Hospital in Clifton.
He was born April 30, 1915, in
Meridian, a son of the late Oscar
and Matilda Elizabeth Richardson
Neystel. He grew up on the White
Ranch, near Meridian, and at-
tended schools in Bosque County.
On Dec. 31,1935, he was united
in marriage with Nina Loader in
Iredell. They lived in Bosque
County, where he farmed,
ranched, and worked for the Civil-
ian Corps building bridges and
roadways. In 1939, the couple
moved to Fort Worth, where he
worked as an aviation mechanic
and later as a supervisor, and
helped wire B-36 bombers. For a
time, they lived in Hale Center,
working in cotton gins and oper-
ating a custom combining service.
They later returned to Fort
Worth to again work in the aircraft
industry, retiring after some 40
years of service. He was a deacon
at Immanuel Baptist Church in
Fort Worth for some 54 years, and
was a member of Haltom City
Masonic Lodge #1337 since 1957.
In 1993, he and his wife moved to
Clifton, where he became a mem-
ber and a deacon at First Baptist
Church of Clifton.
He was preceded in death by a
sqn, Leonard G. Neystel, and an
infant daughter.
Neystel is survived by his wife,
Nina Neystel of Clifton; sons Ken-
neth and wife Doris Neystel of Clif-
ton, and Ronnie and wife Donna
Neystel of Cedar Hill; grandchil-
dren Scott Neystel, Dwain Neys-
tel, Deidre Chastain, Deborah
Neystel, Nicole Blackmon, and
Jennifer Neystel; nine great-
grandchildren; sisters Mildred
Taylor of Hamilton, and June
Mulligan of Fort Worth; and nu-
merous nieces, nephews, other
relatives, and a host of friends.
Pallbearers included Scott Ney-
stel, Jeff Blackmon, Monty
Chastain, William Chastain,
Dwain Neystel. Jimmy Gilmore,
Harold Leigh, and Elmo Harvey.
Lawson Flineral Home, Merid-
ian, was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Josephine Gordon
Robinson
Flineral services were held for
Josephine Gordon Robinson of
Crockett, on Thursday, June 17,
2004, in the China Spring Cem-
etery with the Rev. Bill Schibler
officiating.
She was born to Clarence E.
Gordon and Charlsie A. McLen-
nan and passed away on Monday,
June 14,2004, in Crockett.
Her family members included
her husband, John C. Robinson;
brother and sister-in-law, Herbert
McLennan Gordon and wife,
Floriede.
Robinson was affiliated with the
First Christian Church in McGre-
gor.
Survivors include nephew,
Donald J. Gordon and wife, Judy,
of Crockett; great nephew,
Laughlin Gordon of Montrose, Co.;
and great niece, Donna Gordon
Kaspar of Crockett.
Interment was at China Spring
Cemetery in China Spring under the
direction of Clifton Flineral Home.
Verlyne M. Wallace
Graveside services were held
for Verlyne M. Wallace, 85, native
of Garrison, on
Sunday, June
13, 2004, at the
Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
She passed
away quietly in
her sleep on
June 12r2004.
Joe Preston
Wallace and
his wife were married 53 years and
were realtor partners in Houston
for 37 years. They were awarded
the John E. Wolfe award by the
Realtor Association—the only
couple to do so.
The Wallaces were known as
generous people in their commu-
nity and church all their lives.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Joe Preston Wallace
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Carolun J. Smith of Houston
and Jenelle Sullivan of Santa Fe,
N.W., and a host of family and
friends.
Arrangements were made by
Crespo Flineral Home.
Bradley Wetterman
Graveside services were held for
BrSdley Wetterman, 32, of Houston
on Wednesday, June 16,2004, at St.
Olaf Lutheran Cemetery (Rock
Church) in Cranfills Gap with
Brother Bill Schibler officiating.
Wetterman passed away on
June 14,2004 in Houston.
He will be missed for his mis-
chievous smile and his love for
hamburgers and French fries.
The Astros, Texans, Rockets,
and the Texas Longhorns were his
favorite sport teams along with the
sport of wrestling.
He was preceded in death by his
father, B.L. Wetterman; grandpar-
ents, Axel and Mary Olsen and
Eddie Wetterman; great-grand-
parents, Professor and Mrs. A.H.
Danby Olsen; uncles, Robert Barrs
and Clarence Barrs; and one aunt,
Lillian Barrs.
Survivors include his mother,
Annie Mae Wetterman; sister
Suzanne Bahm and her husband,
Mike; brother, Kelly Wetterman
and his wife, Delores; four nieces,
Kristina, Dayna, Georgia, and
Elissa; two nephews, Mathew and
Michael; grandmother, Louise
Wetterman; aunt, Anita Miller and
her husband, Hugh; uncles, Jim
Wetterman and his wife, Mary,
Tom Wetterman, and his wife,
Betty, Herman Barrs and his wife,
Betty, Axel Olsen, Jr. and his wife
Elizabeth; and a host of other rela-
tives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family sug-
gests a donation to The Center,
3550 West Dallas, Houston, TX
77019, attn: Momentum Industries
Building 4, or the Association of
Retarted Citizens of your choice.
Arrangements were made
through Clifton Flineral Home in
Clifton and Woodlawn Flineral
Home in Houston.
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Thomas Harold Hill
Flineral services for Thomas
„ Harold Hill, 87, were held Monday,
June 21, 2004, at Baum-Carlock-
Bumgardner Chapel in Mineral
Wells, the Rev. Robert Davenport
officiating. Interment followed in
Woodland Park Cemetery in Min-
eral Wells. Hill died Thursday,
June 17,2004, in a Waco hospital.
He was bom March 29,1917, in
Sumner, the son of Lanan D. Hill,
Sr. and Dicy Ann Couch. He lived
in Clifton for 22 years. He was a
member of the West Shore Volun-
teer Fire Department for over 40
years, and was also a member of
the West Shore Civic Club. He was
a Baptist.
Hill is survived by his wife, Jane
Hill of Clifton; a nephew, John
Dingman, Jr. of Granbury; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Fli-
neral Home, Mineral Wells, was in
charge of arrangements.
Sadie Goodwin-
Richardson
Funeral services were held
for Sadie Mae Myers Goodwin
Richardson, 91, on Thursday,
June 24, at Levingston Funeral
Home in Groves.
Richardson was born in Lake
Gem, Fla., on Nov. 24, 1912, to
Jessie Cason-Myers and Jesse
Myers. She passed away on
Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Clif-
ton.
She received her schooling in
Pensacola, Fla. In 1928, she and
her family moved to Texas, liv-
ing in Port Arthur and Groves
for many years.
In 1933 she married Thomas
Harp; after their divorce, in
1935 she married John H.
Goodwin, who owned Goodwin
Plumbing Company until his
death in June 1964. She then
completed the LVN program at
Park Place Hospital and
worked there for almost 10
years as a medication nurse.
She was a charter member of
the Groves (Port Arthur) Sev-
enth-Day Adventist Church.
In 1975, she moved to Ceres,
Calif, and married George
Richardson. In 1990, health
problemes necessitated a move
back to Texas near her daugh-
ters. She lived in Houston for a
year and Graham for 10 years.
The past three years she had
been a resident of Clifton Luth-
eran Sunset Home in Clifton.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Jessie Crosby and
Jesse Myers; husbands, Tho-
mas Harp, John Goodwin, and
George Richardson; step-chil-
dren, George Goodwin and
Betty Goodwin-Wiggins; broth-
ers, Leo Crosby and John
Crosby; and sister, Doris
Witchen.
Survivors include her daugh-
ter, Frances Harp-Bray and her
husband, Jerry, of Graham;
daughter, Dorothy Goodwin-
Saxon and her husband,
George, of Clifton; step-daugh-
ter, Melba Goodwin-Herman of
Hughesville, Pa.; brother,
George Crosby and his wife,
Sybil, of Fort Walton Beach,
Fla.; three grandchildren; nine
step-grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren; many step-
great-grandchildren; and many
nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family
requests that memorials be
made to the Sadie Goodwin-
Richardson Nursing Scholar-
ship, Advancement office,
Southwestern Adventist Uni-
versity, Keene, Texas 76059.
Arrangements were made by
Levingston Funeral Home in
Groves.
Lillie Anna Hegar Foster
Flineral services for Lillie Anna
Hegar Fbster, 81, of Clifton, were
held Friday,
June 18, 2004,
at the First
United Meth-
odist Church
in Clifton, the
Rev. Tom
Beaty officiat-
ing. Interment
followed in
Penelope
Presbyterian
Cemetery in
Penelope. Fos-
ter died Wednesday, June 16,2004.
She was born Dec. 5, 1922, to
Jaroslav J. and Mary Bolf Hegar in
Hill County on the family farm near
Penelope. She was one of eight chil-
dren. Her grandparents, Frank
Hegar and Anna Turek Hegar and
John Bolf and Hermina Jiricek
Bolk, all came to Texas from
Moravia, Czechoslovakia, in 1903.
She graduated from Penelope
High School, and from Providence
Hospital School of Registered
Nursing. She was employed for six
years with Drs. Woolsey and
Woolsey, at an eye, ear, nose, and
throat clinic, and for three years with
the American Red Cross Regional
Blood Center, traveling to 21 coun-
ties. She did private duty nursing
during the polio epidemic, and also
worked two short sessions in the
office of Dr. A.M. Long of Valley
Mills, two years as office secretary
in the Bosque County Farm Bureau,
and two years as office secretary for
the Clifton Telephone Company.
Fbster was a woman of service
as she gave extensive and special
care to grandmother and grandfa-
ther Hegar, grandmother Bolf, her
father and mother, a retired dis-
abled Navy veteran brother, and
many others. She was a charter
member of the Bosque County Unit
of the American Cancer Society,
the first volunteer organized health
organization in the county, from
1962 to November 2000. Although
she had none, she loved children.
She was a 4-H Club leader from 1962
to 1964, and then became association
volunteer in 1964 of the Central
Texas Youth Fair. In 1984, she was
the first woman to be recognized as
a Central Texas Flair honoree.
She and T.N. (Thurman Norris)
Foster were married on Nov. 3,
1946. Following their marriage,
they resided in Waco, and then on
a farm in Cayote for five years. In
1956, they bought and worked the
Seldom Rest Ranch, located about
two miles southwest of Clifton,
where they raised Angora goats
and Limousin cattle. Foster and
her husband survived three severe
droughts and several hardships.
They enjoyed traveling to Hawaii,
Europe, Alaska, Australia-New
Zealand, and statewide.
Foster and her mother trans-
lated some writings and edited the
family history of Frank and Anna
Hegar in 1975. Only 10 copies were
originally made of the 50 pages of
typewritten work along with docu-
ments, photos, footnotes, and the
family tree beginning in 1750. At
the beginning the area in Czecho-
slovakia was under the “Austro-
Hungarian Empire, being granted
sovereign statehood only during
the 20 years between World War I
and ending World War II.”
She loved her family very much
and tried unsuccessfully to “civi-
lize” her brothers, according to her
brother, John Hegar. She also ap-
preciated the service and sacri-
fices of the U.S. Military. Fbr many
years, and as recent as 2003, she,
with the assistance of her grown
brothers, would put U.S. flags on
the graves of our “Heroes” who are
in the two cemeteries at Penelope.
Within the last two years, Foster
had the Penelope High School is-
sue a special High School gradua-
tion diploma to her father in
recognition of his life, learning, and
service achievements. Her father’s
education had been interrupted by
having to care for his parents and
then by his service in World War I.
Until April 2004 when she en-
tered several hospitals due to her
bout with cancer, Fbster still lived
on the Foster’s farm. At the time
when she was called to her heav-
enly home, she resided at the
Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility
with her husband, T.N. Fbster.
“Lil’s love for others, her unique
sense of humor and service to this
community will be greatly missed,”
said a member of the family.
Foster was preceded in death by
her parents, Jerry (Jaroslav) and
Mary Hegar; and three brothers,
Daniel Hegar, Frank Hegar, and
Edwin Hegar.
She is survived by her husband,
T.N. (Thurman Norris) Foster of
the Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facil-
ity; three brothers, Robert and wife
Val Hegar of Thorndale, John and
wife Alylene Hegar of Forney, and
Henry and wife Kathy Hegar of
Holland; one sister, Gladys Hegar
of Houston; two aunts, Bertha
Hegar of Tyler and Lydia Englert
of San Angelo; two sister-in-laws,
Etha Hegar of Arlington, Bethel
Hegar of Waxahachie; and a host
of cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Accompanist and soloist .was
Rosalyn White. Pallbearers included
Gerald Baker, Floyd Carpenter,
Rusty Day, Clarence Fields Jr., Joe
White, and Raymond Whitney.
Clifton Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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