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Edna Begert <I>Falkner</I> Trask

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Edna Begert Falkner Trask

Birth
Plainview, Greer County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
7 Oct 2005 (aged 92)
Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA
Burial
Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. A
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PAMPA - Edna Begert Trask, 92, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Hiram Begert, nephew of Mrs. Begert, will deliver the eulogy. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Mrs. Begert went to her heavenly home on Oct. 7, in Pampa.

Mrs. Begert was born July 18, 1913, on the family farm near Plainview, Okla., to Iola and Andrew Jackson Falkner. She was the youngest of 10 children, all of whom preceded her in death. She graduated from Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Okla., where she met and married Sam Begert. They lived and taught school in Allison before moving to Pampa in 1946. After 40 years together, Mr. Begert preceded her in death in 1977. She married Lon Trask in 1981, and he preceded her in death in 1991. Her only child, El Dean Begert also preceded her in death in 2001.

She taught fifth grade at Sam Houston Elementary for 29 years, three years at Woodrow Wilson and then substituted for three more years. She was past memorial chairperson for the American Heart Association, volunteered for the American Cancer Society and the Red Cross and had played the piano for her Sunday school class at First Baptist Church, where she was a member. She was a member of the Son Shine Club and the Retired Teachers Association.

Survivors include a granddaughter, D'Ann Gonzales and husband, Johnny, of Pampa; three great-grandchildren, Anthony Gonzales and wife, Maricel, and Cristan Whittington and husband, Jason, all of Amarillo, and Andrew Gonzales of Pampa; two great-great-grandchildren, Cheyenne Whittington and Collin Gonzales, both of Pampa; and a daughter-in-law, Sherry Begert of Pampa.

The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association, 6605 W. Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79106 or the American Cancer Society, in care of Gerry Caylor, 2130 Charles, Pampa, TX 79065.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 9, 2005
PAMPA - Edna Begert Trask, 92, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Hiram Begert, nephew of Mrs. Begert, will deliver the eulogy. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Mrs. Begert went to her heavenly home on Oct. 7, in Pampa.

Mrs. Begert was born July 18, 1913, on the family farm near Plainview, Okla., to Iola and Andrew Jackson Falkner. She was the youngest of 10 children, all of whom preceded her in death. She graduated from Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Okla., where she met and married Sam Begert. They lived and taught school in Allison before moving to Pampa in 1946. After 40 years together, Mr. Begert preceded her in death in 1977. She married Lon Trask in 1981, and he preceded her in death in 1991. Her only child, El Dean Begert also preceded her in death in 2001.

She taught fifth grade at Sam Houston Elementary for 29 years, three years at Woodrow Wilson and then substituted for three more years. She was past memorial chairperson for the American Heart Association, volunteered for the American Cancer Society and the Red Cross and had played the piano for her Sunday school class at First Baptist Church, where she was a member. She was a member of the Son Shine Club and the Retired Teachers Association.

Survivors include a granddaughter, D'Ann Gonzales and husband, Johnny, of Pampa; three great-grandchildren, Anthony Gonzales and wife, Maricel, and Cristan Whittington and husband, Jason, all of Amarillo, and Andrew Gonzales of Pampa; two great-great-grandchildren, Cheyenne Whittington and Collin Gonzales, both of Pampa; and a daughter-in-law, Sherry Begert of Pampa.

The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association, 6605 W. Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79106 or the American Cancer Society, in care of Gerry Caylor, 2130 Charles, Pampa, TX 79065.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 9, 2005


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