Obituaries
• Joyce Lueders of San Angelo died Feb. 15, 2008 and was buried in Mertzon Cemetery. She was born to Dave and Lorada Elkins in Coger, OK Aug. 26, 1940, the eldest of seven siblings, and graduated from Central High School in San Angelo. She lived and worked for most of her life in Mertzon, where she raised her family and where she will be remembered for her generous spirit. She loved and laughed with and fed several generations of Irion County students and served coffee and cookies to the senior citizens.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Mechelle and Kenny Grice of Carlsbad, TX, Tracy and Rusty Hollingsworth of Garden City, Amy and Chris Chumney of Mertzon and seven grandchildren. She is also survived by her mother, Lorada Elkins, siblings and their spouses David and Sherri Elkins, Charlotte and Mark Hamilton, Rocky and Debbie Elkins, Darlene Grice, Charlene Holland, Todd and Michelle Elkins and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her beloved grandparents, Millie and F.L. Stevens; her treasured father, Dave Elkins, and the love of her life, Pon Lawdermilk.
• Paula Pilcher Talbot, formerly of Garden City, died Feb. 27, 2008 in Sun City West, Arizona, and was interred at the Arlington Mortuary in Riverside, CA. She is survived by her father, Curtis Pilcher of Sun City West, and a brother, Bob Pilcher of Riverside. The family requests memorials be made to Faith Community Church, 4750 Challen Ave., Riverside, CA 92503, your local church or favorite charity.
• Clarence Kellermeier of Mereta died March 3, 2008 at his residence and was buried in St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery in Wall. Clarence was born on July 15, 1935, to A.D. and Hattie (Steinbach) Kellermeier in Concho County. He married Marjorie Cmerek on March 3, 1962, in Wall, and they were blessed with 46 wonderful years together. He and Marjorie spent much time traveling and supporting the Wall Hawks and Garden City Bearkats.
Clarence was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, the Wall Knights of Columbus, the Mereta Lions Club, and the Wall Polka Club. He had served as a director of the Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers and was currently serving as a Director of Concho Valley Electric Coop. He and Marjorie have also served as chairmen of the dressing committee for the Annual St. Ambrose Fall Festival for the past 30 years.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; two sons, Sammy and his wife, Charlotte, of St. Lawrence and Lonnie and his wife, Melissa, of Mereta; his grandchildren, Garrett, Whitney, Karli, Samantha, Koy, Korby and Kriss Kellermeier; one sister, Anna Lois Kalina and her husband Marcel, of Eola; sister-in-law Dorothy and husband Gary Granzin, of Miles, Texas; one brother, Edward Kellermeier of Mereta; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends Betty Joyce Schwartz, Erwin and Carolyn Weiershausen, and James and Florine Kellermeier.
He was preceded in death by his parents, A.D. and Hattie Kellermeier; his in-laws, Louis and Lucy Cmerek; and special friends David Schwartz and Alton Odell. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the St. Ambrose Cemetery Fund, Box 228, Wall, TX 76957.