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Margaret Mae Mansfield Allen, 76, of Junction, passed away April 12, 2004, at her ranch home.
Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, April 15, at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church of Junction. Burial will follow in the Junction Cemetery.
Margaret was born June 30, 1927, in Junction to Homer Edward and Lillie Ramsay Mansfield. She began her education at the Station B School on the Watson Divide, and graduated from Junction High School in 1945. She attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College and graduated from Sul Ross State College, following which, she became a home demonstration agent in Eastland. She married William Raymond Allen on December 4, 1948, and returned to Junction where she was a ranchwoman, wife, mother and grandmother. She was a longtime and active member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Daedalian Study Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and by a brother, Bill Mansfield.
She is survived by two sons, Tom and wife, Cathy, of Dallas and Bob and wife, Laurrie, of Junction; four grandchildren, Stacy Allen of Houston, Trisha Allen of Dallas and K.K. and Bill Allen of Junction. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Hazel Mansfield of Junction; two nephews, Homer Mansfield of Junction and Allen Grubbs of Houston; a niece, Georgia Billingsley of Keller; two aunts, Dolly Mayfield of Amarillo and Lou Vanderveer of Bandera, and by several special cousins.
Pallbearers will be Charles Hagood, Jack Hoggett, Rufe Holland, Awbrey Kothmann, Archie Lennon, Homer Mansfield, Bill McMillan, John Nunn, Bill Stewart and Hayden Woodard. Honorary pallbearers are Charles Dowell, Clayton Murr and Preston Wright.
Memorials may be made to the Kimble Hospital Foundation, Nurses for Kimble County or to a favorite local charity.
Services are under the direction of Gentry-Fife Funeral Home. On-line condolences may be made at www.gentryfifefuneralhome.com.
James Santiago Gonzales, 81, of Menard, passed away April 10, 2004, in Ballinger.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 13, at 10 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in the Garden of Memories cemetery. Father Floro Hinacy officiated.
James was born July 25, 1923, in Melvin, to Nasario and Margarita Garcia Gonzales. He married Guadalupe Perez on June 17, 1942. He was a sheep shearer, laborer and a member of the Scared Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife of Menard; one son, Jamie Gonzales of Menard; two daughters, Elida Abilez of Junction and Patricia Spiller of Menard. Also surviving him are four brothers, Ruben Gonzales of Brady, Robert and Rigoberto Gonzales, both of Menard and Nolerbrito Gonzales of Arco, Idaho; eleven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
James was preceded in death by both of his parents.
Services were under the direction of Heritage Funeral Home of Menard.