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Genevieve Bradley Vol-lentine,

1924-2011VOLLENTINE

Genevieve Bradley Vol-lentine joined her dearHenry Howard on Turs-day, August 11, 2011. B ornin Gonzales, exas, May30, 1924 to Gilmer Elliot(G.E.) and Hattie KellumBradley, Genevieve attend-ed Gonzales public schoolsand graduated rom Gon-

zales High School in 1934.She married her lielongpartner and riend, HenryHoward Vollentine, onJune 8, 1946. She was a1945 graduate o the Uni-

versity o exas, Genevievetaught in Freer, Navasota,and Austin beore servingas Gonzales County SchoolSuperintendent rom 1950to 1979. While CountySuperintendent, she cre-ated the rst positions orschool nurse and truantocer. Genevieve was apioneer in the visual aidindustry. She developed a

business around the use ovisual aid devices in educa-tion, and instructed schoolpersonnel throughout theState. Retirement was nev-er an option or Genevieveas she became an inspira-tional civic leader. As ah generation Gonzalesnative, Genevieve will bebest remembered or heravid interest in and dedi-cation to preservation inGonzales County. She wasinstrumental in the estab-lishment o the GonzalesCounty Historical Com-mission and the Gonzales

County Archives. In 1975,she was appointed chair othe Gonzales County His-torical Commission. Sheguided the creation o Pio-neer Village, spearheadedthe renovation project orthe Old Jail, and developedthe tour routes o historicGonzales. She coordinatedresearch or, and publishedthe Gonzales County His-tory Book. Genevievereceived the exas Histor-ical Commission Distin-guished Service Award veyears in a row, and earnedthe Commissions Lie-time Achievement in His-toric Preservation Awardin 1978. Genevieve, TeFirst Lady o GonzalesHistory remained activeuntil the spring o 2011,regularly attending theGonzales County Histori-

cal Commission meetingsto plan the restoration othe Old Jail Museum. Gen-evieve was an active mem-ber o her church, and wasthe rst woman to serve onthe vestry o the EpiscopalChurch o the Messiah inGonzales. She was a mem-ber o the Daughters o theRepublic o exas, and theDaughters o the Ameri-can Revolution. She wasnamed to the Whos Whorosters o exas, o exasEducation, o the Southand Southwest, and oexas Women. She chairedthe Gonzales County PolioFoundation, the AmericanCancer Crusade, and theGonzales U.S. Bicenten-nial Committee, and wasa charter member o theSpade and rowel GardenClub. Genevieve was cho-sen Citizen o the Year in1983, and was awarded the

David B. Walshak LietimeAchievement Award romthe Gonzales Chamber oCommerce in 2001. Out-side o her public interests,Genevieve loved to travelwith her husband and am-ily, and loved to quilt andscrapbook. She enjoyedthe company o amily andriends, and always man-aged to nd time or achallenging bridge gameand tracking personal am-ily histories. Genevieve issurvived by her daughter,Lucianne, and her husbandDan Blakemore o Oak

Point; her sons, WilliamBradley (Brad) o Huttoand Henry H., Jr. (Sandy)and his wie racy o Hut-to; ve grandchildren, Ash-ley Burleson and husbandDarren o Hagerstown,Maryland, Caris, Jess, Lo-gan, and Emma Vollentineo Hutto; two great grand-daughters, Sherri and KaraBurleson, o Hagerstown,Maryland; numerous niec-es, nephews, cousins, andhundreds o riends. Shewas preceded in death byher husband or lie, HenryHoward Vollentine, who

on their 51st anniversarywrote Te view ahead isone o the best. Just a littlebit urther and then we canrest. Funeral services wereheld at 10 a.m. uesday Au-gust 16, 2011 in the Episco-pal Church o the Messiahwith Fr. Randy Melton o-ciating. Interment ol-lowed in the GonzalesMasonic Cemetery. Pall-bearers included: RichardCrozier, Brent Christian,Dr. Bob Williamson, Dr.om iller, Steve Clark-son, Jeery Braune, MikeMikesh and Ronnie ate.

Honorary pallbearers washer beloved community oGonzales . Visitation washeld at the uneral homeMonday evening. Memo-rials can be made to TeEpiscopal Church o theMessiah, Gonzales County

Archives, Gonzales CountyHistorical Commission orthe Old Gonzales CountyJail Restoration Project.Funeral services are un-der the care and directiono Seydler-Hill FuneralHome.

Kenneth Wayne Baker,1972-2011

BAKER

Kenneth Wayne Baker,

38, passed away Wednes-day August 10, 2011. Hewas born November 23,1972 in Gonzales to HurleyBaker and Pauline WeschBaker. Kenneth gradu-ated rom Gonzales HighSchool and worked orommy Huber Construc-tion as a carpenter. Hehad worked or Carolynand Danny Malik tendingcattle and poultry as wellas James Lassig beore go-ing to work at Soncrest EggFarms. Kenneth enjoyedshing with his son and

joking around with riends.

He had served as a Vol-unteer Fireman in Smileywhen he was living in thatarea. Kenneth was a verydedicated and dependableworker and a loving andcaring man. He had beena long time member o theFirst Baptist Church inGonzales and has presentlybeen attending Faith Fam-ily Church as well. He issurvived by his wie, NoraBaker o Gonzales, daugh-ters, Kailyn Whitney Bakero Smiley, Brittany Lynnorres o Gonzales, Jenni-er Lynn orres o Victoria,

Briah Shae Ramos o Gon-zales, sons, Carlos orres,Jr., (Veronica) o Gonzales,Jathan Eric Martinez oGonzales, brother, JamesLee Baker (Rachel) o PortLavaca, Loving Compan-ion, Kathy Marie Martinezo Gonzales, grandchil-dren, Mary Ellen Baker,Devin Cantu, Brandy or-res, Jayla orres and Darianorres and his niece LeigAnn Baker o Port Lavaca.He was preceded in deathby his parents and inantbrother Hurley Baker, Jr.Funeral services were held

at 10 a.m. Saturday August13, 2011 at Seydler-HillFuneral Home with Rev.Forrest Hamilton ociat-ing. Interment ollowed inHermann Sons Cemetery.Pallbearers included: Ge-rardo Rodriguez, Luciano

Rodriguez, Sherman Baker,Je Koricanek, Philip Cal-zado, and Bryan Martinez.Memorials may be made toFaith Family Church P.O.Box 663 Gonzales, exas78629, or First BaptistChurch 422 St. Paul Gon-zales, exas 78629. Servic-es were under the care anddirection o Seydler-HillFuneral Home.

Marjorie NederhoodMacAllister,1921-2011

MACALLISTER

Marjorie Nederhood Ma-cAllister died on Friday, Au-gust 12, 2011 at the age o 90.She was born on April 16,1921 in Chicago, Illinois toMarie Doornbos Nederhoodand Albert Nederhood. Shemarried Howard MacAllisteron June 8, 1942. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents,her beloved husband Howard,her grandson Gregory RayMacAllister and her 2 broth-ers Al and Otto and her sister

Ange.Marjorie enjoyed a longlie ull o service to others.Her husband was a Methodistminister who was a sailor inthe US Navy when they metin Chicago. Aer the war Mar-

jorie, her husband and twinsons Dwight and Sid traveledto exas which became heradopted home. As part o anitinerant ministry her amilymoved oen during her lie-time. Marge was an integralpart o her husbands ministryserving as pianist, organist,womens groups, choirs, Sun-day School and oen as bothpaid and unpaid secretary

or the church. Marge lovedworking in the churches herhusband served, rememberingpast associations and nameso past church members longaer others had orgotten.Marge was a very talented art-ist, having painted many pic-tures or the amily. She had alove or fowers and plants andloved planting in the Spring.A great letter writer, her letterswere so clearly and beautiullywritten that amily and riendsremarked they envied her skill.Marjorie is survived by her sonDwight and his wie Cynthia oCost and son Sid and his wieMary Helen o Austin. She isalso survived by grandchil-dren im MacAllister and wieBrandi o Denton, JennierMacAllister o Pfugerville, Co-lin MacAllister and wie Alisono New York City and ShelleyMacAllister o Austin. GreatGrandchildren are Gregory,Garrett, Kailey and Jordan o

Denton and Dylan and Katieo Austin. A beloved niece EdieSauter and her husband Ralphand their sons Scott and hiswie J.J. and Cole and his wieMeredith and their childrenare also remembered. She isalso survived by sisters-in-law Janet Nederhood andRuth MacAllister as well asmany other amily membersall across the United States.

Services were held at 10a.m. Monday August 15,2011 in the First UnitedMethodist Church with Pas-tor Andy Smith and Rev. PaulSmith ociating. Burial ol-

lowed in Monthalia UnitedMethodist Cemetery. Pall-bearers included Ralph Sau-ter, Scott Sauter, Cole Sauter,Colin MacAllister, im Ma-cAllister and Dwight MacAl-lister. Honorary Pallbearersinclude her great grandchil-dren: Gregory, Garrett, Kai-ley, Jordan, Dylan, Katie andRaina. Te amily had re-ceived riends Sunday eve-ning at Seydler-Hill FuneralHome. Memorials may beto the First United Method-ist Church in Gonzales or theMonthalia United MethodistCemetery Association. Ser-

vices are under the care andirection o Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home.

Freddy MartinMarty MouseRosas,

1973-2011

ROSASFreddy Martin Marty

Mouse Rosas, 37, o Gonzalespassed away uesday August 9,2011. He was born September27, 1973 in Gonzales to onyand Lupe Arrellano Rosas.Marty had worked or IowaBee Packers and a line packerbeore moving back to Gon-zales and going to work in thepoultry business. Marty lovedhis amily and enjoyed bar-b-ques surrounded by amily andriends. He enjoyed watchingthe Dallas Cowboys and listen-ing to music and Marty en-

joyed reminiscing and tellingstories with his older brotherroy. Marty was a very lovingperson and son and his great-est joy was spending qualitytime with his mother. FreddyMartin Rosas is survived by hisadoring mother, Lupe Rosaso Gonzales, a daughter, LindaDarlene Perez, a sister, YolandaKay Esparza o Seguin, hisbrother roy Anthony Rosasand his wie Rebecca o Seguinand his lie long riend FreddyFonseca o Gonzales. He waspreceded in death by his ather,a brother David Anthony Ro-sas and a sister, Linda DarleneRosas. A memorial uneralMass will be held at 2 p.m.Saturday August 20, 2011 atSacred Heart Catholic Church.Services were under the careand direction Seydler-Hill Fu-neral Home.

The Gonzales Cannon Thursday, August 18, 2011Page B4

Obituaries

Fik pk RiRotarian Bryan Glass had the program or Rotarys regular noon meeting onTuesday. He invited Allan Fink rom Farm Bureau to be his guest speaker. Mr.Fink enlightened the club on what the Farm Bureau is all about and how it canbe very benefcial to rural America. The Texas Farm Bureau was established in

1933 and has been a big voice in Washington or the armers and ranchers since.(Courtesy Photo)

Si-L Ip Spk LiRachel Vargas, a certifed sign language interpreter with Vital Signs, Inc. o SanAntonio, was the guest speaker at the Monday, August 15th meeting o theGonzales Noon Lions Club. Ms. Vargas spoke o some o her many experiencessince becoming a certifed language interpreter and has done sign languageinterpreting in hospitals, universities, governmental meetings and on variousstages. She related an instance when she worked at the opening o MorgansWonderland in San Antonio and was on stage next to ormer Spur Daivd Rob-inson. The diminutive Ms. Vargas, who is just under fve eet tall, said she onlycame up to the belt buckle o the ormer NBA champion.Rachel was the guest o Noon Lions president Brent White and just happens tobe his sister-in-law.In other business, the Noon Lions will be cooking and serving a meal at a discgol tournament this weekend at the disc gol course on East Avenue.And the public is reminded that they have only about a week let to get ticketsor the annual Lions Fajita Dinner, scheduled or Thursday, August 25th at the

Lions Pavilion in Independence Park. Tickets at $7.00 each are available romany Lions Club member. (Courtesy Photo)