Dorothy "Dot" Lee Talbert, 93, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Services will be at 1 a.m., Thursday, July 18, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Josephine Roberts and the Rev. Brad St. Romain officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Interment will be in China Spring Cemetery.
Dot was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, to the late Maude Etta Montier and Matthew Pitts Rylander. She graduated from Lillie Jolly School of Nursing as an R.N. Dot married Milton Talbert, Sr., on December 14, 1940. They made their home in Houston before moving to the Talbert family ranch in 1953. Dot was involved in church and community activities including Women of St. Paul's, PTA, the Civic Club. She was the first woman elected to the China Spring School Board, and she helped administer the first public polio immunizations. She was an astute businesswoman. Her Merry Wood Poodles Kennel took several miniature poodles to National Championships. She and Patsy Thomas opened Show and Tell Antiques in Waco, now run by her son, Milton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Talbert, Sr.; sons, Thomas Matthew and Lee Talbert; a sister; and two brothers.
Survivors include sons, Milton Jr., and wife, Tot, and Richard Patrick; grandchildren, Tracy Larsen and husband, Michael, Julie Talbert Webb and husband, Nick, Todd Talbert and wife, Michelle, and Brad Talbert and wife, Marta; great-grandchildren, Sam and Ella Webb, Luke and Ada Larsen, Reece and Chance Talbert, Madison and Grace Talbert; and extended family, Mike and Patti Tamberella, the Thomas family, and the Langford family; and numerous friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/15/2013...B3
Dot was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, to the late Maude Etta Montier and Matthew Pitts Rylander. She graduated from Lillie Jolly School of Nursing as an R.N. Dot married Milton Talbert, Sr., on December 14, 1940. They made their home in Houston before moving to the Talbert family ranch in 1953. Dot was involved in church and community activities including Women of St. Paul's, PTA, the Civic Club. She was the first woman elected to the China Spring School Board, and she helped administer the first public polio immunizations. She was an astute businesswoman. Her Merry Wood Poodles Kennel took several miniature poodles to National Championships. She and Patsy Thomas opened Show and Tell Antiques in Waco, now run by her son, Milton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Talbert, Sr.; sons, Thomas Matthew and Lee Talbert; a sister; and two brothers.
Survivors include sons, Milton Jr., and wife, Tot, and Richard Patrick; grandchildren, Tracy Larsen and husband, Michael, Julie Talbert Webb and husband, Nick, Todd Talbert and wife, Michelle, and Brad Talbert and wife, Marta; great-grandchildren, Sam and Ella Webb, Luke and Ada Larsen, Reece and Chance Talbert, Madison and Grace Talbert; and extended family, Mike and Patti Tamberella, the Thomas family, and the Langford family; and numerous friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/15/2013...B3
Dorothy "Dot" Lee Talbert, 93, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Services will be at 1 a.m., Thursday, July 18, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Josephine Roberts and the Rev. Brad St. Romain officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Interment will be in China Spring Cemetery.
Dot was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, to the late Maude Etta Montier and Matthew Pitts Rylander. She graduated from Lillie Jolly School of Nursing as an R.N. Dot married Milton Talbert, Sr., on December 14, 1940. They made their home in Houston before moving to the Talbert family ranch in 1953. Dot was involved in church and community activities including Women of St. Paul's, PTA, the Civic Club. She was the first woman elected to the China Spring School Board, and she helped administer the first public polio immunizations. She was an astute businesswoman. Her Merry Wood Poodles Kennel took several miniature poodles to National Championships. She and Patsy Thomas opened Show and Tell Antiques in Waco, now run by her son, Milton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Talbert, Sr.; sons, Thomas Matthew and Lee Talbert; a sister; and two brothers.
Survivors include sons, Milton Jr., and wife, Tot, and Richard Patrick; grandchildren, Tracy Larsen and husband, Michael, Julie Talbert Webb and husband, Nick, Todd Talbert and wife, Michelle, and Brad Talbert and wife, Marta; great-grandchildren, Sam and Ella Webb, Luke and Ada Larsen, Reece and Chance Talbert, Madison and Grace Talbert; and extended family, Mike and Patti Tamberella, the Thomas family, and the Langford family; and numerous friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/15/2013...B3
Dot was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, to the late Maude Etta Montier and Matthew Pitts Rylander. She graduated from Lillie Jolly School of Nursing as an R.N. Dot married Milton Talbert, Sr., on December 14, 1940. They made their home in Houston before moving to the Talbert family ranch in 1953. Dot was involved in church and community activities including Women of St. Paul's, PTA, the Civic Club. She was the first woman elected to the China Spring School Board, and she helped administer the first public polio immunizations. She was an astute businesswoman. Her Merry Wood Poodles Kennel took several miniature poodles to National Championships. She and Patsy Thomas opened Show and Tell Antiques in Waco, now run by her son, Milton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Talbert, Sr.; sons, Thomas Matthew and Lee Talbert; a sister; and two brothers.
Survivors include sons, Milton Jr., and wife, Tot, and Richard Patrick; grandchildren, Tracy Larsen and husband, Michael, Julie Talbert Webb and husband, Nick, Todd Talbert and wife, Michelle, and Brad Talbert and wife, Marta; great-grandchildren, Sam and Ella Webb, Luke and Ada Larsen, Reece and Chance Talbert, Madison and Grace Talbert; and extended family, Mike and Patti Tamberella, the Thomas family, and the Langford family; and numerous friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/15/2013...B3
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