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- March 20, 2012
Mayna Lee Tekell
Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana —
Mayna Lee Tekell, 92, formerly of Crane, Texas passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Middleton, Wis.
She was born to Oliver and Bessie Steele April 25, 1919, in Streetman, Texas, and graduated from Streetman High School. During World War II she received production training from the Federal Security Agency National Youth Administration, and worked to assemble B-24 and B-42 planes at Consolidated Aircraft in Ft. Worth between 1943 and 1945. She married William Q. (Bill) Tekell in 1945. Together they lived for a short time in Belleville, Ill., and then Corsicana, moving to Crane in 1949, where Bill began work on the Texas-New Mexico pipeline. Mayna and Bill lived in Crane for more than 60 years, relocating to Wisconsin late in 2010.
She was active in the Home Demonstration 4-H program in Crane County, and was a member of the Crane Presbyterian Church, later attending the First Methodist Church of Crane. She was a life-long gardener, wrestling beautiful flowers and abundant vegetables from the hard, dry West Texas caliche. She quilted, canned, collected a-to-z, spent hours on the front porch, loved all things lemon, cherry and Dr. Pepper. We’ll miss the fried chicken.
Mayna was preceded in death by her parents, sister Erlene, son Billie, nephew Edwin Knight, and niece Ruthie Knight.
She is survived by her husband Bill, her daughter Sue, son-in-law John Westbury, grandchildren John, Tracy and Will, all of Middleton, Wis., a nephew Richard Knight of Streetman, and a niece Mary Knight of Rockdale.
Funeral arrangements were provided by Gunderson Funeral Home in Middleton, WI, USA. Graveside services will be held at Birdston Cemetery near Streetman.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. [4]
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