Obituaries
Clara A. Dierschke, 88, died Dec. 25 in a Stanton care center and was buried at the St. Lawrence Cemetery. She was born Jan. 31, 1916 to Joseph and Annie Fayte Malinak in Shiner and graduated from Shiner High School. She married Bernard “Ben” Dierschke in 1949 in Shiner. They lived and farmed in St. Lawrence, with Ben preceding her in death in 1996.
Clara was a leather tooler for many years, working on saddles and other leather goods. She enjoyed baking, gardening and listening and dancing to polka music. She was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church and the St. Theresa Altar Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one brother, Ed. Survivors are her son, Alan J. Dierschke of St. Lawrence; one sister, Adel Kruse of Victoria; one brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Floy Malinak of Marietta, GA.; two sisters-in-law, Cora Dierschke of San Angelo and Elizabeth Truman of Houston and numerous nieces and nephews.
Wanda Johnson Forbis, 74, died Jan. 1 in a Midland hospital and was buried at Gooch Cemetery in Mason. She was born April 7, 1930 in Arnett, TX. She moved to Garden City in 1981 and had worked as a deputy clerk in the Glasscock County Clerk’s Office. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Garden City and had served as church treasurer. She had been Glasscock County’s Election Judge for many years. She did volunteer work for several organizations, including Hi-Sky Emmanus Community, Alzheimer’s Fund Raising, the Cancer Walk, the Veteran’s Administration Hospital, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and others.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Berry and Shirley Johnson of Andrews and Billy and Bambi Johnson of Bedias, TX; one brother and sister-in-law, Charlie and May Wise of Gatesville, one brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Don and Gail Johnson of Llano; two sisters-in-law, Vera Johnson and Zula Johnson, both of Mason; eight grandchildren, and others.
Husbands Berry T. Johnson and Don Forbis, parents Esteen and Ruth Williams and sister Bess Ernst preceded her in death.
Charles T. Jackson, 95, of Anson died Jan. 9 at his home and was buried in Lubbock. He was born July 1, 1909 in Lubbock, the son of Charles and Ada Lou Ella (Coffman) Jackson. He was reared in Lubbock and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1944, and later from Perkins Theological Seminary at Southern Methodist University. He married Nita Farquhar in 1961; she preceded him in death in 1990.
Jackson had served as pastor of the Methodist Church in Garden City for several years and later was pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Anson from 1972 to 1976. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 575. He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Diane Martin; a son, Ben Jackson; a daughter, Jan Scheider; a granddaughter, Rebecca Jackson; two brothers and five sisters. Survivors include a daughter, Beth Redwine of Hobbs, N.M.; three stepdaughters, Eileen Haney of Big Spring, Nan McAdams of Abilene and Nita Gibbs of Los Angeles; a stepson, John Farquhar of Abilene; five grandchildren, Bob Redwine, Tracy Clark, Paula Howe, Mark Scheider and Charles Jackson and 16 step-grandchildren.