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Thursday, April 14,2005, / The Comanche Chief / Page m
OBITUARIES
CLARK
Thelma Clark, age 92
years, 7 months and 21 days,
of Comanche, Xexas> died
Friday, April 8, 2005 at Eden
Village Nursing Home in New
Braunfels, Texas.
She was bom on August
17, 1912 in Comanche
County, Texas to Telly Ray
Randall and Venita Lucy Fritts
Randall. Thelma Clark was a
life-long resident of
Comanche County. She
attended Cotton Grove
elementary school and
Comanche High School. After
her marriage the family moved
to a farm east of Blanket living
there until moving to
Comanche in 1974. Thelma
loved to sing, as did her
husband. She was very active
in several churches; Taylor’s
Chapel, Mercers Gap, Blanket
Methodist and Baptist and
First Baptist Church of
Comanche.
She worked in Blanket’s
PTA and Eastern Star. Later,
in Comanche she seldom
missed singing for the Nursing
Home residents and
thoroughly enjoyed the Senior
Citizens. She was ^member of
Happy Travelers, Nutt
Buddies, Camping on
Missions, and a member of the
First Baptist Church of
Comanche.
Mrs. Clark was united in
marriage to Fred Thomas
Clark on December 21, 1931
in Comanche County, Texas.
She is survived by son and
daughter-in-law, Fred and Ann
Clark, Mineral Wells, Texas;
daughter, Peggy Bissett,
Corpus Christi, Texas;
daughter and son-in-law,
Naomi and Jim Griffin,
Sykesville, Maryland; seven
grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren; sister, Ruth I.
Davis, Weatherford, Texas;
brother, Dulan W. Randall,
Mineral Wells, Texas and
several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Telly Ray and
Venita Fritts Randall; her
husband, Fred Thomas Clark;
her son-in-law, J. Wayne
Bissett; a sister, Ruby
Glasgow, two brothers, W.D.
and Elmo Randall.
Funeral services were at
11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April
12,2005 at Comanche Funeral
Home Chapel with Reverend
Van Christian officiating.
Burial followed in the Gardens
of Memory in Comanche
County, Texas with Comanche
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
FOSTER
Charles Kenneth Foster
died peacefully at home on
April 2, 2005. Bom on a farm
in Sipe Springs, Texas on
November 24, 1920, he was
the youngest of Walter F. and
Clara Morris Foster’s seven
children.
After graduating high
school in 1926, Mr. Foster left
home and lived with his
grandparents in nearby
Comanche, Texas, working in
his uncle Sutton Dudley’s
drug store. In 1938, he moved
to California, to live and work
with two of his brothers, Milo
and Morris Foster. He joined
the U.S. Naval Reserve in
1942, serving first as a Radio
Technician and later being
commissioned in Civil
Engineer Corps, Construction
Battalion duty through May of
1946.
Following World War 11,
Mr. Foster came to the
University of Texas, earning
his B.S. in Civil Engineering
in 1949, then began a
distinguished career of more
than 35 years in public health,
his primary employer being
the Texas Department of
Health in Austin. Among his
career accomplishments, he
served as a chief engineer.
Water Supply Programs;
assistant director,
Environmental Health Service;
director, Division of Sanitary
Engineering; director,
Environment Engineering;
director, Water Hygiene; and
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chief, Bureau of
Environmental Health. He
served as chairman of the
Southwest Section of the
American Water Works
Association, receiving their
George Warren Fuller Award
in 1981. A lifetime member of
the Texas Water Utilities
Association, serving as
secretary-treasurer for several
years, he was named recipient
of TWUA’s Ballard
Distinguished Service Award
in 2001. Mr. Foster joined
Hope Masonic Lodge #481 in
Comanche in June, 1946 and
received his fifty year pen
from the Lodge.
Mr. Foster Was also a very
active member of St. John’s
United Methodist church until
physical disability limited his
capabilities in 1999.
He is survived by his
devoted wife of 55 years,
Catherine Clark Foster; son,
Tom, and his wife, Margo
Foster; daughters Mary and
Betty Ann Foster, and their
husbands, Harold Bay, Jr. and
Thomas B. Greenwood; and
son William K., and his wife,
Mary Foster; grandchildren
Dylan Foster, Briana and
Miles Foster-Greenwood and
Owen and Catherine M Foster;
also two sisters, Dorothy F.
Robertson, and Ruby F.
Wyatt, both of Comanche,
Texas; several nieces and
nephews, grand-nieces, grand
nephews; and countless
friends, especially David
Cochran.
In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to
St. John’s United Methodist
Church of Austin, in memory
of C.K. Foster to the Vic M.
Ehlers Scholarship
Foundation, 1106 Clayton
Lane, Austin, Texas 78723, or
to the charity of one’s choice.
Graveside services were at
1:00 p.m. on T uesday, April 5,
2005, Austin Memorial Park
on Hancock Drive, followed at
2:00p.m. by a service
celebrating Charles K. Foster’s
life at St. John’s United
Methodist Church, 2130
Aliandale Road.
JONES
Elsie Jean Jones, 79, of
Midland, Texas passed away
Wednesday, April 6,2005 in a
Midland care center.
She was bom February 28,
1926 in Mineral Wells, Texas
to Tulane Nichols Smith and
Elsie Fay Hamm Smith. On
February 14, 1944, she
married Eldred Emison
(Eddie) Jones of Comanche,
Texas. They lived in
Comanche prior to moving to
Midland in 1956.
Jean is survived by her son,
Ross Jones and wife, Dianne,
of Irving, Texas and eleven
grandchildren. Local survivors
are her sister-in-law, Mary
Goodson, her niece, Kay Hall
and her nephew, David
Goodson. She was preceded in
death by her daughter, Tina
Sue Jones in 1966.
Graveside services were
held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April
8, 2005 at Resthaven
Memorial Park in Midland,
Texas under the direction of
Ellis Funeral Home.
MUEHLBRAD
The Rev. Delvin Lee
Muehlbrad, 74, passed away
suddenly on April 1, 2005 in
Seguin.
Funeral services were held
on Monday, April 4, 2005 at
11:00 a.m. at Emanuel’s
Lutheran Church in Seguin with
the Rev. Dr. Jeffery G Vayda
officiating; interment was in the
Guadalupe Valley Memorial
Park.
He was bom December 26,
1930 in Wichita Falls, Texas to
the Rev. A. H. and Elsie
(Krause) Muehlbrad. He
moved to Priddy in 1941 and
graduated from Priddy High
School.
He was ordained on June
12,1955. On June 9,1957 he
married Gloria Gingrich in Cor-
pus Christi. The Rev.
Muehlbrad served Lutheran
congregations in Ameckeville,
Lindenau, Hallettsville,
Rosenberg, San Antonio,
Pflugerville and Mason.
Survivors include his wife,
Gloria Muehlbrad of Seguin;
daughter, Grace Watkins and
husband Paul of Gonzales; son,
the Rev. Tim Muehlbrad and
wife Catherine of Hutto; son
the Rev. Paul Muehlbrad and
wife Darletta of Victoria;
grandchildren, Paul Watkins Jr.
and wife Alicia, Nathan Wright,
Rebecca Watkins, Talitha
Muehlbrad, Adriel Muehlbrad,
Joshua Muehlbrad, Abigail
Muehlbrad and Jeremiah
Muehlbrad; a great-grandchild,
Michaiah Watkins; brother,
Emory Muehlbrad and wife
Wanda of Austin; sister-in-law,
Maijorie Muehlbrad of Colum-
bus, OH; sister-in-law, Helen
Mauer of Robstown and nu-
merous other relatives. •<
He was preceded in death
by his parents and a brother, the
Rev. Luther Muehlbrad.
Pallbearers were Mark
Muehlbrad, Hollis Pierdolla,
Chris Pierdolla, Nathan Wright,
the Rev. Bobby Vitek, the Rev.
David Priem and Richard
Gingrich.
Honorary Pallbearers were
his grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to
the Pioneer Scholarship fund of
the Lutheran Seminary Pro-
gram of the Southwest in Aus-
tin, Crosstrails Camping Min-
istry in Kerrville, Texas
Lutheran University or
Emanuel’s Lutheran Church.
DeLANEY
Robert LeRoy DeLaney
was bom on December 6,
1915, in Houston, Texas. He
was preceded in death by his
parents, Henrietta Mae and
James Cecil DeLaney, by his
older brother, Cecil DeLaney,
and his baby sister, Nellie Mae
DeLaney. He was also
preceded in death by his
beloved wife of fifty-seven
years, Sybil Campbell
DeLaney.
After graduating from
Jefferson Davis High School,
Robert chose Southwest Texas
State Teachers College over
other schools because they
offered him a $.12 per hour
employment stipend. This
proved to be a fortuitous
choice because in one of his
classes sat Sybil Campbell.
Upon graduation, Robert
became a teacher at Marrs
High School in Aldine, Texas,
while continuing to work on
his Master’s Degree at
Southwest Texas State
College.
With the clouds of war
looming, he enlisted in the
Navy. He was chosen to attend
Officer Candidate’s School at
Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois. Ensign
Robert DeLaney graduated
with honors and began serving
on the U.S.S. Moore DE 240
in World War II.
Home on leave, he married
his college sweetheart on
January 4, 1943. After a
distinguished career in the
Navy, Robert left as a
Lieutenant (s.g.). Robert
returned to Houston where he
joined his daddy and brother
Cecil, in their steel fabricating
business, The DeLaney
Company.
For the next twenty years,
from 1944-1964, Robert
served as the Vice President
and Director of Purchasing
and Personnel. During those
years, he watched his
company grow into the
supplier of fabricated steel for
Dow Chemical Company in
Freeport, Falcon Dam on the
Rio Grande, the plate girders
for Houston’s Loop 610, and
others.
Their family grew with the
births of Bobbie Gayle and
James Cullen.
Robert was a lifelong
member of the Methodist
Church and grandson of a
Methodist minister. As a
young adult, he belonged to
the Reid Memorial United
Methodist Church. He and
Sybil then helped establish
Memorial Drive United
Methodist Church where they
and their children were charter
members and Robert served as
the first Chairman of the
Administrative Board. He was
also very active in Boy Scouts
of America and Indian Guides,
serving various capacities,
including Scout Master. For
the past forty years, Robert
and Sybil participated in every
^role in and deeply loved the
Lamkin Untied Methodist
Church.
In 1962, Robert and Sybil,
along with their two children,
left Houston for Guam where
Robert taught Mathematics at
the College of Guqm and Sybil
taught first grade.
After a three year stint in
Guam, Robert and Sybil
purchased Sybil’s familys land
in Lamkin, Texas, and began
the Rafter 4D Ranch. Robert
initially bred horned
Herefords, but Sybil’s
tenderness over the de-homing
process led him to a successful
Polled Hereford business.
Always eager to learn new
technologies to improve his
herd, he served as Past
President of Cross Timbers
Polled Hereford Association.
Robert was a true
Renaissance man. He was a
life-long learner who taught
himself everything from pecan
grafting to animal husbandry
to crop rotation to indulging
his love of investing in the
stock market. He never met an
unknown word he did not look
up. His enduring goal was to
complete A Son of a
Blacksmith, a tribute to his
father. He accomplished this
goal and his book was
published in the summer of
2004.
He and his wife Sybil
adored their five
granddaughters and instilled in
them a spirit of adventure and
love of travel. As a proponent
of self improvement through
education he was so proud of
his granddaughters’
accomplishments, which
include pursuit of graduate
education by all five of them.
Robert is survived by his
younger brother John Henry
DeLaney of Carlton, Texas;
precious sister-in-law, Gayle
Campbell Love of Lamkin,
Texas; daughter Bobbie Gayle
DeLaney Whelan of Houston,
Texas; son, James Cullen
DeLaney and wife Linda
Pierson DeLaney of Plano,
Texas; former son-in-law Tom
Whelan of McAllen, Texas;
five granddaughters, Amy
DeLaney-Hernandez,
Samantha DeLaney Masucci,
Jennifer Ellen DeLaney, Emily
Sashel Whelan, April Delaney
Thomson; four great-
grandchildren, Allegra, Drew,
and Henry Hernandez, and
James Masucci, as well as a
loving extended family.
For those wishing to
remember Robert in a special
way, contributions may be in
his name to ; Cross Timbers
Polled Hereford Association.
Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box
555, Stephenville, Texas
76401.
Union Cemetery
annual meeting,
Saturday, April 16,h
The annual meeting of the
Union Cemetery Association
will be held on Saturday, April
16, at the City Hall in Gustine.
The meeting will start at 10:00
a.m.
All interested people are
urged to attend this important
meeting.
East Side Echoes
By Mary Jane Hicks
April 14,h at 2:00 p.m.
the50's Club will board the bus
at East Side Baptist Church
and go to the Blackwell home.
Janetta will be our hostess for
the afternoon.
April 16th the youth will go
to Western Hills Nursing
Home for a ministry.
The Youth Led Group will
be hosted by David and
Jeannette Ross on Sunday
evening, April 17"’.
Thank You!
I would like to thank everyone
for the calls, cards, prayers and financial
aid while I was off work recovering
from a broken ankle.
Special thanks to Bro. Boone and
Bro. Derickson for the ramp and gate, and
to everyone at Brookshire's.
God bless you all.
Vickie Andrews
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for
the Estate of Leota S. Landress, Deceased, were issued on the
11* day of April, 2005 under Docket No. 6851, pending in the
County Court of Comanche County, Texas, to Paul G.
Landress. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney
for the Estate addressed as follows: Paul G. Landress,
Representative, Estate of Leota S. Landress, Deceased, do
James H. Dudley, Attorney, Woodley & Dudley Law Office,
P.O. Box 99, Comanche, Texas 76442. All persons having
claims against this Estate which is currently being
administered are required to present them within the time
and in the manner prescribed bj
April, 2005.
by law. Dated this 11"1 day of
Woodley & Dudley Law Office
By: James H. Dudley, Attorney
for the Estate of Leota S. Landress,
Deceased
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Wilkerson, James C., III. Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 2005, newspaper, April 14, 2005; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148687/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.