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Aileen A. Eigenberg
Born in Waterville, KS on Nov. 8, 1922
Died Jan. 26, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
SERVICE: Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National cemetery
Aileen A. Eigenberg, daughter of Edward and Karen Alderson, born November 8, 1922, in Waterville, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006.
A graduate of Research School of Nursing, Kansas City, Missouri and the University of Kansas, she entered military service as a 2nd Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corp. and served in Korea, Army of Occupation –World War II. As a reserve officer, she was discharged as a Captain in 1955.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Lt. Col. Alfred Eigenberg, Retired; and children, Dr. Michael C. Eigenberg, Ft. Worth, his wife, Patti and daughter Ashley; her daughter, Joy M. Eigenberg, San Antonio, TX and her husband, Blake Ghidarpour and daughter, Raja, Benghazi, Libya.
The family extends their thanks to the skilled nursing staff of Brighton Gardens Nursing Home for their compassionate and loving care.
Joann Ruth Connolly Holland
Born in Atlanta, GA on May 27, 1946
Died Jan. 30, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Friday Feb. 3, 2006
Memorial Service: Sunday Feb. 5, 2006
Reception: Sunday Feb. 5, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Joann Ruth Connolly Holland, born May 27, 1946, passed from this life on January 30, 2006. Joann was a librarian for Holy Name Catholic School as well as the Assistant to the Principal. Before coming to Holy Name School, Joann was the Administrative Assistant to Charles Kight, CEO for Community First Health Plans.
Prior to moving to San Antonio, Joann worked as an Administrative Assistant for various doctors and departments at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Al., where she worked for Dr. David Dean, a neurosurgeon now in practice here in San Antonio.
Joann was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. The daughter of Joseph Connolly and Ruth McKenney Connolly, she has two younger brothers and a younger sister.
After graduating from high school, she took some classes at Georgia State before marrying her high school sweetheart, Benjamin Holland, Jr. Joann and Ben moved to San Antonio in the late 1960’s and remained here until 1975. They returned to San Antonio in 1994 and have been here ever since.
Joann was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church for several years before her husband became an Anglican Minister. She was a certified Precepts instructor as well as a Sunday School teacher at her husband’s church over the past few years. She found her greatest joy in teaching children and enjoyed being around her grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Joann is survived by her husband of 38 years, Rev. Benjamin E. Holland; daughter, Leslie Holland; granddaughter, Joanna Marie; grandson, Nicholas Alexander; her brothers: Mr. and Mrs. John and Annette Connolly, and Rev. and Mrs. Bill and Debbie Connolly; her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Melissa Cooler; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Ann Holland; brother-in-law, William Thomas Holland and Beth Boland Holland; four nephews: Kevin Connolly, Sean Connolly, Robert Cooler and Jonathan Cooler; and three nieces: Anlea Connolly Kittinger, Rachel Holland and Katherine Holland, and the people who are St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church. Many cousins and friends around the country also survive her.
A reception will follow the memorial service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Michael and All Angels, the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Franklin George Jacobson
Born in Rockford, IL on Jul. 22, 1916
Died Jan. 28, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006
Service: Thursday Feb. 2, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National cemetery
Franklin G. Jacobson, 89, of San Antonio, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2006.
He served in WW II in the South Pacific as a radio technician in the Navy. He worked as a plumbing contractor in Illinois.
He retired to San Antonio in 1982 from Glen Ellyn, IL where he lived with his wife for 38 years.
He was a member of Alamo Heights United Methodist Church and also of the American Legion for 51 years.
He was a volunteer at Methodist Hospital for many years and also loved to play the harmonica, clarinet and organ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Jacobson.
Franklin is survived by his daughters, Louise A. Butler and her husband, Lawton Butler, Jr. of Spring Branch, TX and Lori J. Mohan and her husband, John Mohan of Schaumburg, IL; 3 grandsons, Grant Jansen and his wife, Jackie, Douglas Mohan and Scott Mohan, all of Chicago; and sister, Leona Records of San Antonio.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Loring Mortuary North.
The Rev. Michael Crocker officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Sam Houston National cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Mohan, Douglas Mohan, Scott Mohan, Grant Jansen, Ed Malesky and Gen. Jim Smith. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the American Diabetes Association online @www.diabetes.org, by phone 1-800-342-2383 or mail to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038.
Willie Mae Ward
Born in Corcicana, TX on Jan. 23, 1913
Died Jan. 29, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Private
Memorial Service: Thursday Feb. 2, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Private
Willie Mae Ward, known to her family and friends as Bill or Billie, died January 29, 2006.
She was born November 23, 1918 to R. H. and Bennie Mayo in Corsicana, Texas. She finished high school and on June 16, 1938 married
Thomas W. Ward.
he was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Eugene and Robert; and a son, Thomas Ward, Jr. She is survived by her husband; her daughter, Carol Roberts and husband, Tommy; a sister Ladell Cranford; three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Before her late illness, she enjoyed playing golf and traveling. She was a member of the Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church.
She and her husband were married
67 years.
Marshall Harold Heim
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Jul. 11, 1944
Died Jan. 29, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Friday Feb. 3, 2006
Service: Saturday Feb. 4, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Marshall Harold Heim passed peacefully from this life January 29, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
Marshall was an entrepreneur who developed the first credit card gasoline dispensing equipment in the United States. He developed automated fueling stations utilizing the first touch screen technology, and later was a pioneer in the telecommunications industry.
The first 14 years of his career were spent working with the U S Army and NASA in communications and tracking operations. While at NASA, Marshall was awarded the Astronaut Corps “Silver Snoopy” award for outstanding contributions.
Marshall was a member of the Broken Arrow Masonic Lodge, Broken Arrow O.E.S. and Worthy Patron of Friendship O.E.S.
Marshall was a beloved husband, father and grandfather who was preceded in death by his mother, father and son, Scott D. Heim.
Marshall is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; children Marshall, Jr., John & Suzanne Armezzani, Richard & Susan Lang, Les & Jonnalyn Hines, Jeff & Trina Coats; brother, Tom and wife, Sandy; and many beloved grandchildren.
Marshall will be remembered for his generosity and kindness to everyone.
Rev. Msgr. Gino Bernasconi
Born in San Antonio, TX on Sep. 5, 1926
Died Jan. 31, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
ROSARY: Thursday Feb. 2, 2006
MASS: Friday Feb. 3, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: San Fernando Archdiocesan cemetery No. 2
Rev. Msgr. Gino V. Bernasconi, born September 5, 1926, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. He entered St. John’s Seminary and was ordained on May 27, 1950. Msgr. Bernasconi served in local parishes, but mainly in Victoria, Texas.
Survivors include his brother, Louis; two nieces, Elizabeth A. Bernasconi and her two daughters, Jennifer and Judith; and Henrietta Huff and her husband, Harry.
Dr. Jack Domnitz
Born in Milwaukee, WI. on Nov. 26, 1929
Died Jan. 28, 2006 and resided in Peoria, IL.
Graveside: Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Agudas Achim Memorial Gardens
Jack Domnitz, M.D. passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 8:12 A.M., CST at Proctor Hospital.
He was born on November 26, 1929 in Milwaukee. He attended Peoria, Illinois school system through 1947, and graduated from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois in 1950, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, as a M.D. in 1954.
He did his Internship at Saint Francis Hospital, Peoria, Illinois 1954-1955. Dr. Domnitz served his Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center, in San Antonio, Texas 1956-1959. Dr. Domnitz was a long standing, deeply respected member of the Peoria Medical Community. His achievements included development of CCU protocols for all three of Peoria’s hospitals; Program Director for the Internal Medicine rotation at Methodist Medical Center; Chair and founder of the Department of Internal Medicine at Proctor Hospital; Chair of Endocrinology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, where he was an assistant clinical professor; He was on the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation in Peoria; and giving of his time at the Heartland Clinic, a free medical clinic in Peoria, Illinois and Medical Director of Health Plus Proctor Health Services.
He separated from the Army in 1962 as a Major. The Peoria Medical Community deeply mourns the loss of this respected colleague. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Trimm Domnitz whom he married
in August 1953 in Chicago, she died in 1985. Survivors: wife, Miriam Spitz Domnitz whom he married
in Peoria in March 1986; children, Esther Thompson and husband, Roger, Thomas Domnitz, Melody Chase, Nancy Spitz Shiloff and husband, Stuart, Richard J. Spitz, MD and wife, Norma, and Lynn McCue and husband, Raymond McCue, MD; grandchildren, Rebecca, Asa, Noah, Talia, Adam, Daniel, Sean, Brian, Andrew and Elizabeth; sister, Miriam Lebedun and husband, Martin; brother, David Domnitz.
Florence C. Forrester
Born in Linden, Texas on Aug. 1, 1923
Died Jan. 23, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Thursday Jan. 26, 2006
Service: Friday Jan. 27, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National cemetery
Florence Christine Forrester, age 82, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Alonzo Forrester, and son, Joe E. Forrester.
She is survived by her son, James P. Forrester; daughters, Virginia Nipper, Sandra Adcock, Helen Mattox, and Barbara Tiede; 24 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth Ragnhild Sykes
Born in Portovelo, Ecuador on Oct. 22, 1918
Died Jan. 28, 2006 and resided in San Angelo, TX.
Graveside Service: Saturday Feb. 4, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Mission Burial Park South
Elizabeth Ragnhild Tweedy Sykes passed away on January 28, 2006 in San Angelo, Texas. She was the proud and gentle matriarch of a family that prospered under her love, energy, wisdom and devotion.
She was born October 22, 1918, in Portovello, Ecuador, a small town in the Andes, her father serving then as General Manager of a gold mine there. Her father was Andrew Mellick Tweedy of Knickerbocker, Texas; her mother Florence Dahl Tweedy, an R.N., was a third generation Norwegian-American of Washington State. Elizabeth’s childhood was filled with fascinating experiences, including travel through Indian country on a tributary of the Amazon River. In childhood she developed partial deafness, thought to have been secondary to anti-malarial medications. She became exceptionally proficient at lip reading. Her education in Ecuador was through the Calvert Course, designed for the children of American parents serving overseas. It was taught by a teacher brought to Portovello from America. For high school, she was sent to Hartridge School, a private girl’s school in Plainfield, New Jersey, hometown of the Tweedy family. She was President of the Student Council and recipient of the “H” Medal awarded to the outstanding member of her graduating class. She graduated from Vassar College, Class of 1940.
She had a strong interest in anthropology and in the 1930’s identified several significant Pre-Columbian artifacts in the American West.
Her grandfather, Joseph Mellick Tweedy, was a pioneer West Texas rancher who, in 1877, established with three New Jersey friends, the Tweedy–Knickerbocker Sheep and Cattle Ranch in Tom Green County. It is still operated by Tweedy family descendants. He was an organizer and first president of the Wool Growers Association, antecedent of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association.
During World War II she returned to Texas where she met Captain Edwin M. Sykes Jr., Medical Corps, stationed then in the hospital at the San Angelo Army Air Force Bombadier School. They were married
January 29, 1944, at St Marks Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Dr. Sykes’ home town. After the ending of World War II and the completion of his surgical training, they settled in San Antonio. Upon his retirement in 1992 they moved to San Angelo and the Knickerbocker Ranch.
She was pre-deceased by her son, Thomas James Sykes, her brothers Andrew Mellick Tweedy, Jr. and John Bayard Tweedy, a sister-in-law Maria Margaret Sykes and her beloved cousins Katherine Tweedy Waring and Joseph Lord Tweedy of San Angelo.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years, four children, ten grandchildren, one great grandchild; a sister-in-law, Louise Morse (Mrs. Andrew) Tweedy; and a brother-in-law Dr. John H.J. Sykes (of San Antonio).
Her surviving children are daughter Anne Bayard Sykes Reese & husband Morris Marcus Reese Jr, and their daughters Elizabeth Nickelson Reese (Mrs. Christopher) Haine, and Rachel Lantrip Reese (Mrs. Michael) Trulove; son Edwin Meredith Sykes III, his former wife Linda Moody and their children Sally Dahl Sykes (Mrs. Owen) Brainard, Edwin Meredith Sykes IV, Elizabeth Anne Bayard Sykes (Mrs. Brent) Rains, and Mary Janice Moody Sykes (Mrs. Eric) Reisdorf; son Dr. Mellick Tweedy Sykes and wife Barbara Taylor and their children Taylor Meredith Sykes (Mrs. William) Bowles, Mellick Tweedy Sykes, Jr., James Maestri Sykes and Anne Riordan Sykes; and son Andrew (Drew) Greenhow Sykes.
In San Angelo, she was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Junior League. In San Antonio, she was a member of Our Reading Club, Military-Civilian Club, and the Junior League of San Antonio. She was a volunteer at Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and Sunshine Cottage, a school for deaf children. She also served on the Board of the Good Samaritan Center of San Antonio.
