RUBY FITZPATRICK

RUBY FITZPATRICK with her son, Bill Fitzpatrick

RUBY FITZPATRICK a longtime resident of Universal City, died on Friday, 7 Oct 2016 at the age of 94.  Ruby was born on April 22, 1922 to Ed and Ora Ray.  She will be laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with her beloved husband Bill, who died in June 2003.  She met “Chief Fitz” at Sewart AFB, TN and they were married for 60 years.  She was also preceded in death by her sons, Jim and Michael.

Ruby is survived by her son Bill and daughter-in-law Christina Fitzpatrick and their four children: Amy and Wayne Walters of Katy, TX; Jim and Holly Fitzpatrick of Indianapolis, IN; Colin and Erin Randolph of Omaha, NE; and Nico Randolph of Goldsboro, NC.  Ruby is also survived by her son Michael’s widow, Denise Fitzpatrick, and her four children: Billy and Andrea Fitzpatrick; Teddy and Vanessa Fitzpatrick; Shannon and Casey Brandt; and John and Rachel Fitzpatrick, all of Austin TX.  She also has numerous Great Grandchildren.

A Memorial Service for Ruby will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, 5 Nov 2016 at Colonial Funeral Home in Universal City, TX. 625 Kitty Hawk Rd., Universal City, TX 78148 (210) 658-7037.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Universal City Animal Shelter.  Donations can be sent to:  City of Universal City, ATTN: Animal Care and Control Operations, 2150 Universal City Blvd, Universal City, TX 78148.

Condolences can be sent to and the Fitzpatrick family

Bill Fitzpatrick (Class of '64)
b52billy@aol.com
206 Quail Drive
Universal City, TX 78148

Denise Fitzpatrick (Class of '68)
denisefitzpatrick@sbcglobal.net
 1301 Roadrunner Dr.
Cedar Park, TX 78613


Ruby was one of my greatest supporters when I started the Newsletters and Reunions. She even attended a few reunions!  She sent me a note yearly to report on her family.  She was a feisty and sassy lady. She was just the cutest little lady.   I will remember her always and smile.  Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65


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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM C. LINDLEY JR.

August 3, 2016

We lost one of the Greatest Generation's members. Dad died at 3:40 this afternoon with all three sons, one daughter-in-law, and his wife, Roselyn, in attendance. It was a very calm transition and mom handled it like mom always does. Gracefully and with great love.  Goodbye, Pop.  Say hi to Marty.

Jeff Lindley, Class of '66
Brothers Bill and Jon
and Mother, Roselyn
827 Schumann's Beach Road
New Braunfels, TX 78130
jlindley@satx.rr.com

Roselyn and Bill

The Lindley Guys

Jeff, Jon, Pop Lindley and Bill

Bill, Jeff, Mom Roselyn Lindley (96) and Jon

Reprinted from Biographies AFPC:

Major General William Cecil Lindley Jr., vice commander, Fifth Air Force (Pacific Air Forces).

General Lindley was born in Waynesboro, Miss., in 1919. He graduated from Starkville High School in 1936, and Mississippi State College in 1940 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. Soon after graduation, he entered pilot training with the Army Air Corps and in July 1941 received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant at Kelly Field, Texas.

He served for a year at Brooks Field, Texas, as an observation instructor. He next received multi-engine training and in late 1942 joined the newly activated 95th Bombardment Group as a B-17 pilot. He flew 41 missions with the 95th Group in the European Theater of Operations.

In January 1945 General Lindley returned to the United States for an assignment with the Operations and Plans Division, and later as chief of the Reserve and National Guard Division, Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. He entered the Air Command and Staff School in 1947; and, after graduation a year later, he was assigned to the Public Information Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, as chief, Special Events Division.

During the Korean War General Lindley flew the B-26 on night intruder missions as commander of the 17th Bombardment Group. He flew 50 missions before returning to the United States in March 1953 as pilot training commander at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. He later served with Headquarters Flying Training Air Force, as assistant deputy chief of operations, staff, and deputy chief of staff, installations.

In July 1958 General Lindley was assigned as deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, for the Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force in Italy. During this assignment he supervised and planned all North Atlantic Treaty Organization tactical operations for the Italian Air Force and U.S. Air Force rotational squadrons in Italy.

Following his tour of duty in Italy, General Lindley was named deputy commander of the 3525th Pilot Training Wing at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., and in March 1963 he became commander. He was transferred to Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, as commander of the 3510th Flying Training Wing and in February 1965 assumed duties as deputy chief of staff, operations, Headquarters Air Training Command, where he was responsible for pilot/navigator and advanced flying training, communications and electronics, operations services, and the ATC Command Post.

General Lindley assumed duties as deputy commander, Seventh Air Force/Thirteenth Air Force, Thailand in June 1967.

His military decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with four oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with eight oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal and the Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). 

FRANCES M. LIEBERMAN, Mother of John Lieberman '66

Frances M. Lieberman

August 14, 1922- June 1, 2016

Frances M. Lieberman, age 93, of San Antonio, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016. She was born August 14, 1922 in Pittsburg, Kansas, daughter of Joseph and Myrtle (Overton) McCrea. She graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School, Pittsburg, Kansas in 1940. She married James H. Lieberman on June 16, 1942 at Randolph Air Force Base; he preceded her in death. She held various jobs prior to becoming a mother, but stayed home and raised her children once her son was born. After her daughter graduated from high school, she was the office manager at St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church. She was active in the base chapels while her husband served in the Air Force, then at St. Matthew’s once he retired. She is survived by son, John Joseph Lieberman of Shreveport, Louisiana; and daughter, Jo Ann Lieberman of San Antonio. Visitation will be on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Porter Loring on McCullough.

SERVICE

WEDNESDAY

JUNE 8, 2016

9:00 A.M.

PORTER LORING CHAPEL

Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 2738 MacArthur View, San Antonio, TX 78217 or a charity of choice. You are invited to sign the guestbook at www.porterloring.com Arrangements with

PORTER LORING

1101 MCCULLOUGH 227-8221

Condolences can be sent to:
John Lieberman
520 Browning Street
Shreveport, LA 71106
jlieberman37@comcast.net

KINGSLEY F. POOR, JR. - Karen Poor Peck's father Passes

September 17, 1923 - April 19, 2016

Kingsley F. Poor, Jr. age 92, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016. He was born in San Antonio to parents Kingsley F. and Nellie (Chittenden) Poor and graduated from Harlandale High School. Nicknamed "Sonny" by his mother, it stuck with him by all the family for the rest of his life. After graduation he joined the Army Air Corps until the two branches split and he chose the Air Force. He retired after 32 years of devotion to his country.

Not one to be idle, after his retirement, he worked in the entertainment business, the auto business, but in the end it was his passion for golf that led him to the Dominion Country Club as head marshal for the course. Other passions were crossword puzzles and chocolate. He was a Shriner after reaching the 33rd degree level as a Free Mason and was a lifetime member of Randolph Lodge 1268, AF/AM Masonic Lodge in Schertz, where he was the last living past Master.

For Kingsley spending time as a Father, Grandfather and Great-grandfather was his biggest joy. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 67 years, Frankie Bea, whom he had known since grade school. Kingsley was preceded in death by 3 sisters, Elizabeth, Norris and Jerry Nell, and one brother David. He is survived by daughter Karen Poor Peck and husband, Robert; son Michael; 2 granddaughters Courtney Fultz and Michael-Anne Peck; great-grandchildren, Lauren, Devon, Hannah, MacKensie and grandson, Shane as well as numerous nieces and nephews and a large group of beloved friends that he collected throughout is lifetime.

Please join the family for a Visitation

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Porter Loring North

Funeral Service

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

11:00 AM

Porter Loring North Chapel

2102 N. Loop 1604 East

San Antonio, TX 78232

(210) 495-8221

Send Condolences to:

Bob and Karen Poor Peck ('64)

13714 Wilderness Point
San Antonio, TX 78231

email:  KJPECK47@att.net

FEEL FREE TO LEAVE YOUR MESSAGES TO KAREN IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW:

PASSING OF JANIS THOMPSON FIELDER'S MOM

Betty "Jean" (Whitworth) Thompson

Some unofficial obituary notes for my mother:

- Mother of Janis (Thompson) Fielder (RHS '69), Jon Thompson, Jimmy Thompson, Jill (Thompson) Koerth, & Joe Thompson

- Wife of Jack Thompson (deceased),  CMSgt. in the USAF,  last stationed at Randolph AFB ; they were married for 60 years

- Lived/grew up in Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen, TX. Then lived in California (March Air Field), Japan (Tachikawa Airfield), Hawaii (Hickam AFB), Harlingen, TX (Harlingen AFB) and Universal City, TX (Randolph AFB)

- Charter member of First Baptist Church of Universal City; worked in First Baptist Academy for 30+ years as an administrative assistant and “milk lady” at lunchtime in FBA

- Superfan of Dallas Cowboys

- Double superfan of San Antonio Spurs

- Inveterate shopper and bargain hunter

- Made the best tacos, pinto beans and peanut brittle ever! 

 

Betty "Jean" Thompson, born on August 22, 1925, in Whitewright, Texas, passed away on April 4, 2016, in Bozeman, Montana, at the age of 90.

She was an administrative assistant at First Baptist Academy in Universal City. Jean is preceded in death by her loving husband, Jack; parents, Ruby and Lee Whitworth; sisters, Bonnye and Dorothe. She is survived by her children, Janis Jean Fielder and husband, Ron of Pasadena, TX, Jon Edward Thompson and wife, Brenda of Boerne, TX, James Lee Thompson and wife, Tricia of Bozeman, MT, Joseph Robert Thompson and wife DeAnna of Helotes, TX, and Jill JoAnn Koerth and husband, Ronald of San Angelo, TX; twelve grandchildren; five great grandchildren. The visitation service will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 12:00 PM, at First Baptist Church of Universal City with the funeral service to begin at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at 2:30 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial donations be made to the Jean Thompson Scholarship Fund at First Baptist Church of Universal City.

Condolences may be sent to:

Janis Thompson Fielder

1319 Chandler Cove

Pasadena, TX 77504

Schertz Funeral Home

2217 FM 3009

Schertz, TX 78154

(210) 658-9224

WILLIAM "BILL" D. MOLICK , Class of '71

William D. Molick

William D. Molick
On February 25th, 2016 William “Bill” D. Molick. He proudly served as a police officer in the Baltimore City Police Dept. for over 27yrs. Devoted husband of Cynthia Molick (nee Buchanan). Beloved father of Johnny Angel and his wife Jessica, Irene Kirkpatrick and her husband Justin, the late Cody Molick, and the late Gina Molick. Loving “Grand Dad” of Kegan, Paisley, Cody, Kinsey, Chloe, Courtney, Kelly, and Kylie.

Dear brother of Joyce Molick Adkins, Kathy Molick Haag, the late Linda Grove and the late Roy Molick.

Funeral Arrangement Details

Relatives and friends are invited to visit the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex (300 Mace Avenue | Baltimore, Md 21221) on Sunday February 28th and Monday February 29th, 2016 between the hours of 3:00pm to 5:00pm and 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Funeral Services will be held at the Rosedale Baptist Church (9202 Philadelphia Road | Baltimore, MD 21237) on Tuesday March 1st, 2016 at 11:00am.
Interment: Meadowridge Memorial Park

Condolences may be sent:
Joyce Molick Adkins, Class of '66
jacricket5@gmail.com
809 Shadywood Dr.
Apt. C101
Perkasic, PA 18944

"UPDATE" -- MARTY LINDLEY'S PASSING AND ARRANGEMENTS

Martha “Marty” Carolyn Callicoat Lindley

                                                                        11/22/48- 2/21/16                                                                               

TOUCH - To put and hand or finger on, to be in contact with, to change or move someone or something.

Sometimes we take what we can feel for granted.  Your “touch” can feel a single human hair between your fingers.  Your “touch” can sense if someone has a temperature.  Your “touch” can feel a heart beating deep inside someone.  Your “touch” can make your heart race.   

You can swing an arm over and “touch” your spouse in bed and sense if he or she is sleeping well.

Touch can be disrupted by drugs, surgery, death, to name a few.  These few Marty and I have felt. Together.

Marty spent part of the past 11 years in an argument with the silent killer, never with God.  She refused to accept she could lose.  Her denial coupled the doctors and medical advances and a very special someone kept her here in the land of the living, of which she prayed for every day, longer than had she been without all of it.  Her best and most reliable asset, that special someone, was Jesus.  She never doubted his unfailing grace and mercy on her or anyone else. She was sure of this until she left us Feb. 21^st. 

During her time here, she endured multiple surgeries, chemotherapies and radiation treatments, all of which left physical scars.  Scars destroy your sense of feeling.  Drugs make you unperceptive, but not insensitive. Chemotherapies make your body into something unnatural.  In Marty’s case, she itched and burned.  Touching her in certain places made her itch and hurt more.  Add all this up and she was being denied her sense of “touch”, in a way.  However, she never lost her spiritual “touch”.  Those who knew her are all grateful for this.

I was denied “touch”.  She could recall how “touch” feels in certain places, but the feeling had been removed, erased.  I could feel scar tissue and knew she couldn’t feel me as before.  I heard her last breath, held her hand and touched her as her heart stopped.  Her journeys began and ended.  I can remember the ”touch” on her neck to feel her heartbeat stop. Her heart was there but she had already left us. In days before, she would grip my hand in response to my touch. She could not feel my last “touch”. 

Can you learn something here?  Let me help you out, get out there and touch before you can’t anymore. Marty would want you to do this.    

Sincerely, Jeff Lindley

February 29, 2016

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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MARTY

Marty’s service and celebration will occur April 1, 2016 at 10:00 AM at:

Memorial Service at Oakwood Baptist Church

2154 Loop 337 N
New Braunfels, Texas 78130
Phone (830) 625-0267

Noon celebration “Marty Party” at

Seekatz Opera House in downtown New Braunfels

           

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Martha “Marty” Carolyn Callicoat Lindley                           

          

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Martha “Marty” Carolyn Callicoat Lindley    11/22/48- 2/21/16 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path. -- Proverbs 3:5-6

Marty would like to let you know that her work here is done. Her new “life’s work” takes her to a wonderful place where she will be socializing, dining, dancing, gardening, and watching over all of us to ensure we are all surrounded by music, laughter and love. She left detailed instructions for her husband Jeff and their daughter, Jessica to celebrate her mission on this earth, which has now been completed, and will be thoroughly celebrated with a “Marty Party” in March. Marty did an awesome job and we will remember her smile, her hugs, her “force of God” energy, and her love for life, family and friends, and also her beagles.  She worked very hard all her life and her aggressive, pro-active combat with cancer ended with a deep, calming sigh and stillness. She now goes to her eternal home with our Lord, physically complete and free of pain.  She died as graceful as she lived. She made a profound difference in the lives of many.

Marty left this list of To-Do’s for all of us.

“I have walked with Jesus through my yesterdays and today. Now I will walk with Him in my eternal tomorrows.”

Life is too brief…   
Wear your diamond earrings to the grocery store.
Wear the colors you are comfortable wearing... even if it is only three or four.
Enjoy the best wine from your favorite wine glass and never save champagne.
Drink beer from a wine glass.
Eat bread when you want to.
Eat only what feels good in your mouth and tastes good to you.
Always drink the best coffee from your favorite coffee cups.
Have short breakfast meetings; two-hour-talking lunches; and long, elegant dinners with friends.      
Turn on the little joy lamps in the morning and turn them off at night, but always leave one little joy on.
Never look for, or expect appreciation, encouragement, justice or forgiveness.
Just do, with personal excellence, all that God gives you the opportunity to do.
Let Him set-up your journey, then follow His direction
Always give appreciation, encouragement, justice and forgiveness.
Always hug dogs and most people.

Marty sincerely wishes to be in the hearts with all of you- Please help us perpetuate her memory with donations to The Marty Lindley Foundation, benefitting the New Braunfels Volunteers In Medicine Clinic, the Adult Sarcoma Research Center at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the New Braunfels Kids Club. The foundation may also seek to inform sarcoma patients of the importance of receiving medical treatment at a cancer center specializing in sarcoma cancer and early detection. Additionally, the foundation may contribute to other non-profit organizations with a focus on health and wellness and the betterment of life for women and children.

To honor God, the Marty Lindley Foundation encourages the support of the New Braunfels area medical community, the research to develop a cure for leiomyosarcoma cancer, and the women and children of Comal County.

Tax deductible gifts can be made through www.martylindleyfoundation.org or mail to PO Box 310645, New Braunfels, TX  78130.  The MLF is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation.

Condolences to:

Jeff Lindley, Class of '66
827 Schumann's Beach Road
New Braunfels, TX 78130
jlindley@satx.rr.com

Marty Lindley remembered for toughness, faith

Foundation’s namesake died Sunday at age 67

1 image Laura McKenzie

  

By Molly Block | The Herald-Zeitung | Updated 2 days ago

Marty Lindley, New Braunfels resident and president of the Marty Lindley Foundation, passed away at 2:45 a.m. on Feb. 21 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by the ones who loved her the most. 

Lindley was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and survived a double mastectomy, multiple surgeries and six months of chemotherapy. 

Three years later, her doctors told her she had uterine leiomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer. The cancer reappeared in 2010, and she battled through more cycles of chemotherapy, surgeries and radiation. 

Against all odds, Lindley survived well beyond the five years her doctors predicted she would live. Time enough to help build the Marty Lindley Foundation.

The foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization established on Sept. 1, 2013 by Marty’s husband, Jeff Lindley, their daughter Jessica and some close friends. 

The local foundation primarily supports the New Braunfels Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, the Adult Sarcoma Research Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center and the New Braunfels Kids Club. Additionally, the foundation may contribute to other nonprofit organizations with a focus on health and wellness and the betterment of life for women and children. 

In the two years since its inception, the foundation has donated more than $200,000 to the organizations — a fact that Lindley was immensely proud of. 

Wayne Vrba, director for the Marty Lindley Foundation, believes Lindley’s death is a significant loss to the community of New Braunfels. 

“This is something I’d been dreading for years,” Vrba said. “If there’s anyone who has fought the good fight, it’s Marty. She was so tough, and her faith in God carried her a long way. Today is surreal, especially for her family. Everyone was always so taken by her, and I’ve just been thinking, ‘What is it about Marty?’ So many people respected her, and she was one of the only people I’ve ever met that made me want to be a better person — just by her example.”

Vrba said that Lindley had been sick for a long time, and was at peace with the fact that she probably didn’t have much time left on this earth.

Her unwavering faith in God, Vrba believes, is what allowed her this peace. 

“She was so sick,” Vrba said. “Her kidneys weren’t working, and she had pneumonia. She knew it wasn’t going to be much longer. I truly believe the reason why she lived this long was because she lived with a peace and trust in her heart. For people who pay attention, it’s interesting to see how far faith can carry you. When you don’t have any tangible reason to feel optimistic, but you keep going anyway — there has to be a source of strength coming from somewhere. The Lord said, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.’”

Marty and Jeff

Marty and Jeff

Marty, Jeff and their grandson, Lindley

Marty at her Foundation Launch

Jessica, their daughter, Marty and Jeff

MARGARET A. SUMNER (Cal Sumner ('64) and Dennis Sumner's ('66) Mother)

12/4/1919 - 02/02/2016 ...... WITH GREAT SADNESS I REPORT MY MOTHER MARGARET A SUMNER PASSED AT 5:30AM ...PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP... SHE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CREMATION YEARS AGO AND ESPECIALLY REQUESTED "NO" CEREMONIES ! MOTHER A VERY, VERY PRIVATE PERSON WAS BORN INTO A METHODIST FAMILY AND WAS RAISED WITH INTENSE CHRISTIAN VALUES. A GRADUATE OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY DALLAS SCHOOL OF NURSING 1942. SHE WAS ONE OF DR DE BAKEY'S "SCRUB NURSES" DURING HIS WORK ON PLASMA DURING... THE GREAT WAR

Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a world-renowned Lebanese American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman. DeBakey was the chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, director of The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, and senior attending surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston. He is known for his work on the treatment of heart patients and for his role in the development of the mobile army surgical hospital.DeBakey served in the U.S. Army during World War II and helped to revolutionize wartime medicine by supporting the stationing of doctors closer to the front lines. This concept greatly improved the survival rate of wounded soldiers and resulted in the development of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units during the Korean War....At age 23, while still in medical school at Tulane University, DeBakey developed the roller pump, the significance of which was not realized until 20 years later when it became an essential component of the heart-lung machine. The pump provided a continuous flow of blood during operations. This, in turn, made open-heart surgery possible.

Mother a Baylor Dallas RN Graduate 1941 was one of Dr De Bakey's 'Scrub Nurses' while he worked on Plasma during the 'GREAT WAR' ...Mother called him when my Cabbage Patch was in the planning which he Consulted on...He was amused I was born on his birthday ?

AFTER BAYLOR SHE FOUND HER GREATEST JOY IN PEDIATRICS AND OB/GYN .... AS AN AIR FORCE WIFE OF 33 YEARS SHE BECAME THE 'ENTHUSIASTIC TOURIST' READY WITH A CAMERA TO RECORD HER EXPLOITS AND FANTASIES...HER BEST MEMORIES WERE OF HAWAII c. (1960-1963)... A DESTINATION HER MOTHER DREAMED OF.... BUT AS A TEXAS TRANSPLANT SHE BECAME A TOTAL SAN ANTONIO PERSON ! FIESTA BECAME HER FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR ! SHE WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FIND MY PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE EXPRESS-NEWS 1996.... SHE ONLY ATTENDED ONE OFFICIAL FIESTA HAT KING EVENT.... AT THE KING WILLIAM FAIR/PARADE 1997. SHE WAS SHY AND CROWDS FRIGHTENED HER...

Condolences may be sent to:

Cal Sumner
9815 Salisbury Drive
San Antonio, TX 78217
calsumner@sbcglobal.net