GENE H. TINDEL
Graveside services for Gene H. Tindel, 79, of Tyler, will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with Jeff Christian officiating.
Burial will follow in the Roselawn Cemetery in Tyler under direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Tindel passed away Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at the Serenity House in Tyler. He was born Dec. 13, 1927, in Anadarko, Okla., to the late John Homer and Cary O. Tindel.
Gene and his family moved to Tyler in 1966. He was a member and a former deacon of Glenwood Church of Christ. Gene proudly served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army and during the Korean War in the U.S. Air Force. He was the vice president and general manager of the Tyler-based Gibson's Discount Center and an independent home builder in Tyler for several years. He enjoyed carpentry and playing golf.
Mr. Tindel was preceded in death by a sister Betty Dixon.
Gene is survived by his loving family including his wife of 59 years Mary Tindel of Tyler; son, Terry Tindel and wife Pam of Tyler; daughter, Cindy Jones of Woodstock, Ga.; grandchildren, John Tindel, Josh Tindel, Chris Jones and wife Cathy, Casey Jones and Kaitlyn Jones; great-grandchild, Tyler Jones; and sister, Joanne Waters of Chickasha, Okla.
PATSY BECK
Funeral services for Patsy Beck are pending with Ferguson Funeral Home.
She was born on April 3, 1930 and died Sept. 1, 2007.
KAREN E. WALLACE
Funeral service for Karen E. Wallace, 55, of Chickasha will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel.
Karen Wallace was born December 7, 1951, in Danville, Illinois, the daughter of George and Betty (Murphy) Hanover. She died August 30, 2007, in Oklahoma City.
She attended high school in Perrysville, Indiana. She moved to Pamona, California in May of 1975.
While in Pamona she gave birth to her three children. After moving from California she lived with her family in various locations throughout the country, supporting her husband and raising her children with the knowledge that they were always loved unconditionally. She was most known for her compassion, acceptance and caring heart toward everyone she met. Not only was she the mother to her own three children, but was a surrogate mother to countless kids in the neighborhood. Karen was active in churches in every place she lived, as well as serving in the PTA, school functions and her children’s multitude of activities. While giving to others in her personal life, Karen was also committed to loving others in her professional pursuits as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
She was preceded in death by both parents and one sister.
Survivors include her husband, Bill Wallace, of the home; daughter D’Ambra Purcey, of Wichita, Kansas; two sons: Christopher and Jeffery Wallace; two sisters; two brothers; five grandchildren: Dylan, Jordin, Camille, Katelyn and Josalyn; and numerous other relatives.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.
Interment will be in the Pioneer Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.
