VEGA - Letha Russ, 92, died Saturday, March 11, 2006.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church of Vega with the Rev. James Peach, pastor of Frio Baptist Church, and Jim Fox, minister of pastoral care for Vista Care Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vega by Boxwell Brothers of Vega.
Mrs. Russ departed this life on Saturday, March 11, after a long and happy life.
Letha was born June 14, 1913, in Cora, Okla., to Henry and Mary Steward. The family moved to Vega in the early 1930s. She was the oldest of six children and resided in Vega until her health forced her to leave her home in 2004.
She cooked in several restaurants and owned and operated two of her own. She was a member of First Baptist Church and loved the challenge of pie making. Playing dominos became one of her great hobbies.
Letha married Spencer W. "Shorty" Russ on Feb. 18, 1934. In this union were born six children.
She was a dear mother, grandmother and friend to all.
The family expresses deep thanks to Beth, Rachel, Jim and Nancy Fox and the staff of Vista Care Hospice.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons at birth; a precious daughter, Fran; her parents; three brothers; and a sweet daughter-in-law.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Alice Nation of Amarillo and Jane Carroll and husband, Anthony, of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, William H. Russ of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Lucille LaMunyon of Amarillo and Ida Paine of Groom; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Park Cemetery Fund in Vega.
The body will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the funeral home in Vega.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 13, 2006
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church of Vega with the Rev. James Peach, pastor of Frio Baptist Church, and Jim Fox, minister of pastoral care for Vista Care Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vega by Boxwell Brothers of Vega.
Mrs. Russ departed this life on Saturday, March 11, after a long and happy life.
Letha was born June 14, 1913, in Cora, Okla., to Henry and Mary Steward. The family moved to Vega in the early 1930s. She was the oldest of six children and resided in Vega until her health forced her to leave her home in 2004.
She cooked in several restaurants and owned and operated two of her own. She was a member of First Baptist Church and loved the challenge of pie making. Playing dominos became one of her great hobbies.
Letha married Spencer W. "Shorty" Russ on Feb. 18, 1934. In this union were born six children.
She was a dear mother, grandmother and friend to all.
The family expresses deep thanks to Beth, Rachel, Jim and Nancy Fox and the staff of Vista Care Hospice.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons at birth; a precious daughter, Fran; her parents; three brothers; and a sweet daughter-in-law.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Alice Nation of Amarillo and Jane Carroll and husband, Anthony, of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, William H. Russ of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Lucille LaMunyon of Amarillo and Ida Paine of Groom; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Park Cemetery Fund in Vega.
The body will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the funeral home in Vega.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 13, 2006
VEGA - Letha Russ, 92, died Saturday, March 11, 2006.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church of Vega with the Rev. James Peach, pastor of Frio Baptist Church, and Jim Fox, minister of pastoral care for Vista Care Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vega by Boxwell Brothers of Vega.
Mrs. Russ departed this life on Saturday, March 11, after a long and happy life.
Letha was born June 14, 1913, in Cora, Okla., to Henry and Mary Steward. The family moved to Vega in the early 1930s. She was the oldest of six children and resided in Vega until her health forced her to leave her home in 2004.
She cooked in several restaurants and owned and operated two of her own. She was a member of First Baptist Church and loved the challenge of pie making. Playing dominos became one of her great hobbies.
Letha married Spencer W. "Shorty" Russ on Feb. 18, 1934. In this union were born six children.
She was a dear mother, grandmother and friend to all.
The family expresses deep thanks to Beth, Rachel, Jim and Nancy Fox and the staff of Vista Care Hospice.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons at birth; a precious daughter, Fran; her parents; three brothers; and a sweet daughter-in-law.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Alice Nation of Amarillo and Jane Carroll and husband, Anthony, of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, William H. Russ of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Lucille LaMunyon of Amarillo and Ida Paine of Groom; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Park Cemetery Fund in Vega.
The body will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the funeral home in Vega.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 13, 2006
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church of Vega with the Rev. James Peach, pastor of Frio Baptist Church, and Jim Fox, minister of pastoral care for Vista Care Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vega by Boxwell Brothers of Vega.
Mrs. Russ departed this life on Saturday, March 11, after a long and happy life.
Letha was born June 14, 1913, in Cora, Okla., to Henry and Mary Steward. The family moved to Vega in the early 1930s. She was the oldest of six children and resided in Vega until her health forced her to leave her home in 2004.
She cooked in several restaurants and owned and operated two of her own. She was a member of First Baptist Church and loved the challenge of pie making. Playing dominos became one of her great hobbies.
Letha married Spencer W. "Shorty" Russ on Feb. 18, 1934. In this union were born six children.
She was a dear mother, grandmother and friend to all.
The family expresses deep thanks to Beth, Rachel, Jim and Nancy Fox and the staff of Vista Care Hospice.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons at birth; a precious daughter, Fran; her parents; three brothers; and a sweet daughter-in-law.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Alice Nation of Amarillo and Jane Carroll and husband, Anthony, of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, William H. Russ of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Lucille LaMunyon of Amarillo and Ida Paine of Groom; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Park Cemetery Fund in Vega.
The body will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the funeral home in Vega.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 13, 2006
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