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Keith S. Whitlock
FORT WORTH -- Keith S. Whitlock, 80, retired from the horse business, died Friday, May 9, 1997, at a local hospital.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday at King of Glory Lutheran Church.
Memorials: Camp Carter Equestrian Program.
Keith S. Whitlock was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Dix, Ill.
A former thoroughbred horse jockey, he retired from the horse business and settled in the Fort Worth area.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Virgie Whitlock.
Survivors: Daughter, Camille Whitlock; brothers, James Whitlock, Ralph Whitlock and Robert Whitlock; sister, Dorothy Cicigo; and granddaughter, Cat Schmid.
Effie Jane Wood
GODLEY -- Effie Jane Wood, 82, a homemaker, died Thursday, May 15, 1997, at a Glen Rose nursing center.
Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Acton Cemetery.
Memorials: Muscular Dystrophy Association, Box 9132, Fort Worth 76147- 2132, in honor of Kevin Hall.
Effie Jane Wood was born July 2, 1914, in Monticello, Ky.
Survivors: Sons, Billie E. Wood of El Sombrante, Calif. and Lowell D. Wood of Victorville, Calif.; daughters, Dorothy Morgan of Alton, Ill. and Ruby Irvin of Godley; brothers, Willard New of Ellensburg, Wash., and Orville New of Raleigh, N.C.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great- grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild.
Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield
Cleburne, (817) 558-2322
Betty Andujar
FORT WORTH -- Betty Andujar, 84, who made political history here when she was elected the first woman and first Republican since Reconstruction to the Texas Senate, died Sunday, June 8, 1997, in her sleep.
Memorial service: 1 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Private burial: State Cemetery in Austin.
Memorials: Salvation Army, 1955 E. Lancaster; The Women's Center, 1723 Hemphill; Presbyterian Night Shelter, 2400 Cypress; or a charity of choice.
Betty Andujar was the wife of retired pathologist Dr. John J. Andujar, former president of the World Association of Pathology Societies. They had been married 62 years.
Mrs. Andujar was born Nov. 6, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pa., where her father was chief justice of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. She came to Texas in 1937 when Dr. Andujar was appointed laboratory director at Harris Hospital.
Mrs. Andujar was elected to the Senate in 1972 and served until a heart attack forced her retirement in 1982. With her husband, she continued to be active in Republican politics and medical associations until a few weeks before her death.
The late senator had many firsts to her credit. She was the first Republican to occupy the Governor's Chair since the days of the carpetbaggers after the Civil War. Elected president pro tempore of the Senate, she acted as governor when Gov. Dolph Briscoe and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby were out of Austin at the same time. She was also the first senator to have a husband, the others having been spinsters or widows. With the Senate Wives Club closed to him, Dr. Andujar established and served as the president and only member of the Senate Husbands Club.
In 1996 she was the first layperson to receive the Citation of Merit Award from the Texas Society of Pathologists. The award honored her for legislation she carried during her three terms in the Senate. One bill established today's medical examiner system, putting a qualified patholgist in charge instead of a justice of the peace serving as coroner. Campaigning for its passage, her husband said the coroner system in use then was so inefficient that "it is easier to kill a Texan than to steal his horse."
For her successful efforts to permit doctors to remove corneas, she was honored by the Lions Club. She also was honored for carrying bills to help women collect child support.
In 1992 she became the first physician's wife to have her portrait hung in the Texas Medical Association headquarters in Austin -- a tribute to the Andujar partnership of physician and politician.
She was a delegate to GOP national conventions in 1972 and 1976 and served as Republican national committeewoman for Texas.
The Andujars' early leadership of the Republican Party here caused one politician to quip: "They have made being a Republican respectable in Texas." Many credit them with the Republican sweep of the courthouse where almost every elected office is now held by Republicans.
Together, the Andujars in 1988 established the first permanent chair of pathology at Southwestern Medical Center. She was active in the Texas and Tarrant County Medical Association auxiliaries and founded and served as first president of the auxiliary to the international pathology association.
She served on the boards of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Texas Rape Prevention and Control Project, National Order of Women Legislators, Association for the Prevention of Blindness and the Tarrant Unit of the American Cancer Society.
Among her many honors, she was named a Newsmaker by the Headliners Club of Fort Worth and the Zonta Club's Woman of the Year. She was a past president of Club Fidelite of the Woman's Club of Fort Worth.
Survivors: Besides her husband, Mrs. Andujar is survived by two daughters, Linda Lee Andujar of Irving and Betty Jo Andujar of Arlington; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Dr. Lisa Meyer, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, is a pathologist like her grandfather and, having recently completed her residency, begins a fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She and her brother, Michael of Euless, a pilot with Conquest Airlines, are the children of Linda Lee Andujar. Tracy Lee Elmore of San Antonio, daughter of Betty Jo Andujar, and her husband Neil are parents of the four great-grandchildren.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole
702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Gilbert H. Ayres
ARLINGTON -- Gilbert H. Ayres, 92, a retired professor of chemistry, died Monday, June 9, 1997, in Bedford.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at University Methodist Church in Austin. Burial: Austin Memorial Park.
Memorials: Taylor University, Upland, Ind.
Gilbert H. Ayres, Ph.D., was born Aug. 29, 1904, in Upland, Ind. He was a professor of chemistry for 44 years. He was a retired captain in the Navy Reserve and a member of the American Legion and American Chemical Society. Survivors: Daughters and sons-in- law, Margaret J. and her husband, Robert G. Petersen, of Arlington and Barbara and her husband, Donald L. Baeder, of Houston; eight grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Arlington Funeral Home
1221 E. Division, 548-1791
Bea Bobbitt
AZLE -- Bea Bobbitt, 81, a homemaker, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, at a local nursing home.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at White's Funeral Home in Azle. Burial: Azleland Cemetery. Visitation: 8 a.m. until service Saturday at the funeral home.
Bea Bobbitt was born Sept. 7, 1915, in Bald Prairie.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elgin Bobbitt, on March 14, 1996.
Survivors: Sons, Wayne Bobbitt and Larry Bobbitt, both of Azle; daughter, Lynda Hightower of White Settlement; two brothers; and three sisters.
White's Funeral Home
Azle, 444-3211
James A. Bowman
BOWIE -- James A. "Jake" Bowman, 76, a retired carpenter, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, in Bowie.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday at Central Baptist Church in Bowie. Burial: Truce Cemetery in Truce.
James Bowman was born July 6, 1920, in Newport.
Burgess-Fry-Owens-Brumley
Bowie, (940) 872-1144
Velma Shine Chandler
BEDFORD -- Velma Shine Chandler, 85, a retired legal secretary, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, in Shreveport, La.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Brown Trail Church of Christ in Hurst. Burial: 3 p.m. in Eastland Cemetery.
Memorials: "The Truth in Love" in care of Brown Trail Church of Christ, P.O. Box 865, Hurst, Texas 76053.
Velma Shine Chandler was born March 9, 1912, in Madisonville, Texas.
She lived in Eastland in her early life. She moved to Grand Prairie in 1942, to Dallas in 1955 and to Bedford in 1962. She was a member of Brown Trail Church of Christ in Hurst and a life member of the Arlington Women's Golf Association.
She was preceded in death by her husband, W.D. Chandler, in August 1993.
Survivors: Grandchildren, Jeri Charles and her husband, Toney, of Shreveport, La., and Blake Kellett of Miami, Fla.; and great-grandchildren, Toney, Robert, Aleesa, Derek and Camille, all of Shreveport.
Moore Funeral Home
1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
C.A. Dacus Jr.
FORT WORTH -- C.A. Dacus Jr., 71, retired vice president of operations for Sysco Food Systems, died Tuesday, June 10, 1997, at an area hospital.
Funeral was 10 a.m. Friday at Rosemont Church of Christ. Burial was in Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth.
C.A. Dacus Jr. was born Aug. 17, 1925, in Hermleigh. He was a member of Rosemont Church of Christ. He served in the Army 10th Mountain Division during the Italy invasion of World War II. He married Patsy Ruth Wade on June 12, 1948.
Survivors: Wife, Patsy Dacus of Fort Worth; sons, Mike Dacus of Navasota and Pat Dacus of Denton; daughter, Kathy Roden of Burleson; brother, Kenneth Dacus of Hermleigh; and five grandchildren.
Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth
7100 Crowley Road, 293-1350
Sheila Gail Gilbert Durst
GRAND PRAIRIE -- Sheila Gail Gilbert Durst, 31, a food service worker for the Grand Prairie school district, died Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at an Arlington hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday at Biggers Funeral Home. Burial: Azleland Memorial Park.
Sheila Gail Gilbert Durst was born Jan. 7, 1966, in Fort Worth and had lived in Grand Prairie for 28 years. She attended Grand Prairie High School and had worked for Braum's, Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center and the Grand Prairie school system. She was associated with Lancaster Church of God.
Survivors: Husband, Charles D. Durst of Grand Prairie; son, Tyler Wayne Durst of Grand Prairie; daughter, Sheba Gail Durst of Grand Prairie; parents, Wayne and Janett Gilbert of Grand Prairie; sisters, April Jane Lewis of Mannheim, Germany, and Angela Joy Gilbert and Shelly Irene Stanley, both of Grand Prairie; grandparents, Mr. Forrest Gilbert of Fort Worth and Grover and Hazel Ferguson of Poolville; and a number of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Biggers Funeral Home
7139 Jacksboro Highway, 237-3341
Jean Elizabeth Eden
KELLER -- Jean Elizabeth Eden, 77, a retired secretary, died Friday, June 13, 1997, at a local nursing home.
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Post Mountain Cemetery in Burnet. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Lucas Funeral Home in Grapevine.
Memorials: Family Hospice of Fort Worth, 4040 Fossil Creek Blvd. Suite 204, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
Jean Elizabeth Eden was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Brownsville. She was a secretary for the Buchanan Dam Chamber of Commerce until her retirement.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Carl Eden.
Survivors: Son, Clifford E. and his wife, Dianne Lowrance, of Keller; daughter, Sue and her husband, David Watlington, of Richmond; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Lucas Funeral Home
Grapevine, 488-7566
Mary Frances Ekholm
ARLINGTON -- Mary Frances Ekholm, 86, a retired cafeteria manager, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, in Arlington.
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens.
Mary Frances Ekholm was born July 20, 1910, in Palmer. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister.
Survivors: Daughters, Francine Wilson of California, Carlene E. Anderson of Arlington and Angalene Prindle of Austin; sisters, Maudie Ivy of Irving; and five grandchildren.
Moore Funeral Home
1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
