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The BOERNE Star & Hill Country Recorder
OBITUARIES
BIKERS
FROM PAGE 1A
Jerald Louis Merritt Malissa Ingrid Smith Hayden
April 18, 1912 - September 24, 2004 August 31, 1960 - October 2, 2004
Jerald Louis Merritt of Boerne, beloved father, grandfather and Malissa Ingrid Smith Haden, age 44, passed away at her residence
great-grandfather, passed into the arms of his Lord on Friday, Sept, in Boerne on Oct. 2, 2004. She was born on Aug. 31, 1960, in San
24, 2004 at North Central Baptist hospital in San Antonio. Jerald Antonio.
was born in Roff, Okla, on April 18, 1912, to parents, Mary Savage Malissa was a very loving, caring person who was a great role
Merritt and Edward James Merritt. He graduated from Ada high model for everyone to look up to. She was always there to lend a
School attended both Oklahoma State Teachers College and the Uni- helping hand or to listen to your problems. She was a great person
versity of Texas at Austin. all around in every way, shape and form. She loved spending time
Jerald married Eva Mae Finchum in 1936. He worked first with with her family and laying in her hammock on the back porch, re-
J.M. Huber Company in Borger and later with Sinclair Oil in Cor- laxing and watching the deer. Malissa always felt comforted to
pus Christi and Atlantic Richfield in Pasadena. Jerald and Eva re- know that her loving guard dog, Lady, was around to keep her and
tired to Lakeway in 1974, where they lived for 20 years. her family safe. She enjoyed going to work to see her extended fam-
Jerald was preceded in death by his wife, Eva Mae; parents, Mary ily at the church office, drinking a Big Red, finding bargains at the
and Edward; brother, E.J., and a sister, Helen Merritt Beachamp of thrift store and reading the rap sheet in the local newspaper. She has
Dumas. taught all of us something special and she will never be forgotten.
Survivors include sister, Elizabeth Merritt Hawes of San Angelo; Visitation started at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, with the Rosary be-
son, Dr. Jerry Merritt, Jr. and Wife Ginger;
grandchildren, Dr. Jeff Merritt and wife
Shanna, Randy Merritt of Austin, Melissa
Merritt Funk and husband Dr. Dale A. Funk
of Abilene; great-grandchildren, Macy
Valentine and Hudson Scout Merritt of
Boerne, Taylor Sue, Emily Lou and Rachel
Merritt Funk of Abilene; many dear nieces
and nephews, Sherrill Cobb of Frisco, Jim
Awes, wife Donna and young James of
Austin, Mike Hawes of South Bend.
Jerald was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Boerne. He loved to be with his Jerald Louis
family and spent many happy hours fishing Merritt
with his son and grandsons for Big Reds in the waters off Port
Aransas.
A Memorial Service was held on Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at
Boerne First Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m., officiating were Pastors
Mike Meadows and Richard Page. The church is located at 631
South School Street in Boerne. In lieu of flowers, if friends desire,
memorial contributions may be made to Star Ranch, a Hill Country
ministry for neglected and abused children with learning disabilities
at HCR7, Box 39-C, Ingram 78025.
Sunset Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
ginning at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Mass was cele-
brated on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.
Malissa was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Al-
fred H. and Katherine S. Heidemann Fincke, and by her paternal
grandparents, Sloan and Sarah Elizabeth McCall Smith.
Malissa is survived by her husband, Mark Edward Hayden;
daughters, April Christine Hayden and Alyssa Kathryn Hayden, all
of Boerne; mother, Janet Marie Fincke Nabb of San Antonio; father,
Robert Jerome Smith of Austin; sister, Roxanna Chapman of San
Antonio; brother, Sloan Smith of Boerne; sister-in-law and hus-
band, Brenna and Edward Adame of San Antonio; brother-in-law
and his wife, Randy Hayden and Shawn of San Antonio; nieces,
Sarah and Elizabeth Chapman of San Antonio, Kori Adame of San
Antonio and Tracy Pendry of North Carolina; nephews, Edward
Adame, Jr. of San Antonio, Matthew, Phillip, Michael and Travis
Hayden of San Antonio; great nieces, Hanna Hayden of San Anto-
nio and Katie and Sawyer Pendry of North Carolina; and Leslie
McBree of Boerne who was like an adopted daughter.
Family request in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Amer-
ican Cancer Society or to St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Arrange-
ments with Ebensberger Funeral Home in Boerne.
Hope Angela Sill
December 3, 1938 - October 2, 2004
Hope Angela Sill nee Ammann passed away Oct. 2, 2004 in San
Antonio. She was born December 3, 1938 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Eugene Sill, Jr. of Boerne;
her daughter and son-in-law, Janie
Schick and Kurt of San Antonio;
sons, Joseph Eugene Sill, III, and
wife, Stephanie, of San Diego, Cal-
ifornia, Jeffrey Ammann Sill and
his wife, Karen, of Chicago, Illi-
nois, and John Elliot Sill of Boerne;
grandchildren, Samantha, Tiffany,
Katie, Shelby and Annie Sill, Con-
nor Sill, and Rachel and Kyle
Schnick; and her brother and his
wife. James Otto and Darlene Am-
mann of Boerne.
Funeral services were held Oct. 5
at St. Helena’s Episcopal Church
with interment following in the
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William Roy Kosub
March 4, 1936 - October 1, 2004
William Roy Kosub, a native of San Antonio, passed away in
Boerne on Oct. 1, 2004, at the age of 68. Bill was born to Regina
M. Kosub and the late F.A. Kosub on March 4, 1936.
Bill was a member of the 1954 Class of Thomas Edison High
School and the Texas National Guard. After retiring from Conti-
nental Airlines, he was employed by Cavender Cadillac.
Bill touched the hearts of family and friends throughout his life
with his humor, his love and courage. Of special
inspiration ‘was the way he tenderly nursed his
wife, Jan, through her lengthily illness last year,
before bidding her farewell “never goodbye”
this same date one year ago, Oct. 1, 2003.
He is survived by his daughter, Kim Killough,
and husband Rod of San Antonio; mother, Mrs.
Regina Kosub of Natalia; sisters, Carol Ratcliff
and husband Lynn of Houston, and Peggy R.
Nelson of Boerne; and grandchildren, Clayton,
William Roy Connor and Kendall Killough of San Antonio.
Kosub Also, mother-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Riggs; broth-
er-in-law, Frank (Sharon) Riggs, Jr; sisters-in-
law, Nancy (Steve) Burington of Boerne, and Robin Morin, and a
host of loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9,
2004 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 15270 Huebneror
Road, San Antonio. 15002 nisi
The family extends gratitude to all the friends and colleagues who
loved Bill, dedicated friend Ed Nufer, and a special thanks to the
Vista Care Hospice Nurses. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the Cancer Therapy and Research Center,
VistaCare Hospice or a charity of your choice.
ROD RUN
FROM PAGE 1A
thusiasts now use fiberglass
replica cars.
“About 10 to 20 percent of the
cars you will see this weekend
are fiberglass replicas,” he said.
Unlike antique cars, street rods
can keep up with modern traffic,
Brehmer said.
“They’re fully drivable,” he
said. “Some people drive them
20,000'to 30,000 miles a year.”
Awards will be given to the top
10 cars Sunday at noon. There
will also be a raffles and draw-
ings for a $2,000 set of wheels
and various other items. The raf-
CCGCD
FROM PAGE 1A
the area. “It is imperative we
have some sort of well spacing
requirement,” he said. “The
fle is open to the public, and fewer wells drilled equals more
proceeds from the raffle will go
to a scholarship in memory of
Wendy Schladoer, a Boerne
High School graduate.
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some of their sponsors had
promised the money after they
completed the course.
Carla Carter, Tyler’s mother,
said she followed the cyclists in
her car so she could give them a
ride back from Corpus Christi.
She was impressed with their
persistence, but a little nervous
about the bad weather.
“There was a little anxiety,”
FRIDAY, October 8, 2004
of the long ride by sorting out
his thoughts.
“If I was going slow, I would
think about going faster,” he
said. “And then sometimes I
would think about what’s hap-
pening next week at school.”
He said a wide range of people
took part in the ride, from senior
citizens to babies on the back of
bikes.
“Some were as young as 11,
and there were people as old as
65,” he said.
After the first day, the group
spent the night at Coastal Bend
she said. “But mainly I was just College in Beeville. Some
really proud.” camped, but Carter said she and
Andrew said they rode along the boys slept on the floor of the
State Highway 181 to avoid the college gym.
traffic on Interstate Highway 37. Even though she wasn’t cy-
In all those hours of biking, he cling, Carter said, it was an ex-
said he didn’t really notice the citing experience.
time passing. “My son asked me to go with
“I thought about getting to the them,” Carter said. “And when a
next stop and getting to the fin- teenager asks you to do some-
ish,” he said. thing with them, you usually
Tyler said he took advantage want to take advantage of that.”
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FEES
FROM PAGE 1A
Shumpes agreed with King,
acknowledging that the current
fee system is less than equi-
table, however, “This is the
only way we can work from
with the district and what we are given the state mandate and
supposed to do,” he said. people turning down twice the
What the district will do with small tax to support the dis-
some of the budgeted money is trict.”
pursue factual studies of the That’s why, Shumpes said, the
aquifer and not just “guessti- board decided to raise the well
mates,” Shumpes explained. He drilling fees dramatically and
also said that the state mandat- keep the yearly fee the same,
ed district is responsible for “We raised the drilling fees to
limiting development densities pass some of the expense on to
and protects the water re- those who are currently moving
sources in the area. to the area but it’s not appropri-
However, the lack of paid in- ate to have these newer folks
voices has made it harder to run swallow the entire burden,” he
the new district. “If these fees said adding that it’s also not re-
are not paid, there will be what- alistic to tell potential Kendall
ever reasonable legal action we County residents “...we were
can pursue to collect these here first and now the rest of
fees,” he said. “We’re not in the you go away.”
business to browbeat people “We are not here as gate
but it’s not fair for some people closers but as guardians to the
to turn their nose up.”
aquifer,” he said.
POET
FROM PAGE 1A
create poetry about the world
around him. He does all his
writing on the computer, and
likes to work on his poems all at
once.
water supply.”
On Thursday, Shumpes said
the board has every intention of
taking under consideration
King and other citizen com-
ments. However, Shumpes said
that a one to six-acre well spac-
ing limit is “attainable.”
“This has been looked at by
the Texas Water Development
Board and can be done,”
Shumpes said. “It’s not at all
appropriate to put up a gate that
says, ‘I’m sorry, no more wel-
come,’ which is kind of what
would happen if a spacing re-
quirement of 500 feet was en-
forced, but it is appropriate to
place a sign that says ‘con-
serve.’”
Although Shumpes agrees
with King in taking a more
stringent approach to protecting
water resources as opposed to a
more lenient one, Shumpes be-
lieves King might be taking
things to an extreme.
“The best thing we can do
right now is to be very conser-
vative,” he said. “But I think
King’s suggestion could be con-
sidered ultra-conservative.”
King was unavailable for com-
ment at press time.
E-mail Theresa Lucio at there-
salucio@boernestar.com
create a poem in its honor. “Once I get an idea, I’ll work
“At first glance we missed so until I’m roughly done,” Green
much,” the poem begins. “’Till a said. “That takes maybe a cou-
closer look at nature’s touch re- ple of hours, and then I’ll come
vealed the things we did not see back later to refine it.”
that’s been preserved for you When not writing, Green said
and me."he spends a lot of his time read-
inn Young said she Was delighted ing poetry. The sunroom in his
with the finished poem and was home is filled with books, with
especially impressed with many of Green’s favorites close
Green’s ability to rhyme. The at hand.
final line, “Come back to take “I like to read a lot of the
another look,” perfectly reflects American anthologies,” Green
the goal of the center, she said, said patting a well-worn vol-
“That’s the biggest compli- ume. He said he looks to classic
ment anyone can pay us,” she works for inspiration, and is
said. “To come back.” also interested in Western poet-
After a few years of collecting ry.
his works, Green said, his “I don’t write about one partic-
friends encouraged him to make ular thing,” Green said. “I found
his writing public. it works out better that way.”
“I would write stuff and it just Rhyming poetry can be more
accumulated,” he said. “Until I difficult for some people, he
had enough to fill a book.” said, but the best way to im-
Though actually getting the prove all-around writing skills
book published was a lot of is to read widely and often,
work, Green said, the result has However, Mildred Green said,
been more than worth it. writing seems to be second na-
“Shades of Green” was pub- ture to people like her husband,
lished in 2004. “It just comes easy for him,”
“It’s been received really she said. “I guess it’s just a nat-
well,” he said. “We’ve sold hun- ural talent.”
dreds of dollars worth of books, For more information on Ho-
and we’ve also given lots of race A. Green and his book,
them away.” “Shades of Green,” call 249-
Now that his book is finished, 9060 or email
Green said he will continue to greensaba3@aol.com.
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