Esther L. Parmelly, 87, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2005, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village in Odessa.
She was born January 2, 1918, to Alvin Liebscher and Antonia Wilke Liebscher in LaGrange, Texas.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Blossom Matthews officiating.
Esther attended school in Houston, graduating from high school in 1936 and worked as a secretary in Houston until she married her husband of sixty-four years, James H. “Jim” Parmelly, on June 12, 1938. Jim was an electrical engineer employed in Houston by ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil & Refining Company), and he received a temporary six-month assignment by the company to work at various company locations in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle. The assignment was extended and in 1940, Jim and Esther were transferred from Pampa to Odessa, where they lived from that time except for a short two-year period in the late 1950s, when they lived in McCamey.
Esther loved Odessa, Texas, and was proud to call it her home. She was a Christian; and she and Jim were longtime and devoted members of the First United Methodist Church of Odessa, being active members of the Couples Class. They were avid supporters of Odessa High School football, and traveled many, many times to the games wherever they were played. In the OHS glory days of the late 1940s, they attended every game of the 1946 and 1947, seasons including the state championship game won by the Bronchos. They also attended all of the playoff games of the 1953 season when OHS lost in the state championship; game in Houston. In addition to being continuous OHS supporters, they also became avid Permian supporters, being season ticket holders, and attended many of the playoff and state championship games of the Panthers.
Esther was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and caring friend and neighbor; and devoted much of her time in that endeavor including being a Cub Scout den mother for several years, and volunteering for many charitable and worthwhile activities. She loved gardening and working in her yard, and was a friend of many species. She cared for the many turtles she would find wandering about and would put them in her back yard where there were always a dozen or more to be found. She regularly fed the birds in her neighborhood and hundreds of them would gather about dusk each evening on the telephone wires in the alley awaiting their feeding from her. She seemed to always have a stray cat wander up to the house, and would feed and befriend them. She was particularly fond of and loved her Boston terriers, always having one or two about the house for decades, and breeding them on several occasions.
Her father, mother, and husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by her only child, Donald F. Parmelly and wife, Eve, of Odessa; one brother, Charles Liebscher and wife, Ingrid, of San Diego, California; four grandsons, Jay Mitchell and wife, Lisa, of Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, John Mitchell and wife, Judy, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Joe Mitchell and wife, Hollie, of Enterprise, Alabama, and Brian Parmelly of Los Angeles, California; five great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alvera Liebscher of LaGrange, Texas, and Alice Davidson and husband, Bob, of Fort Worth, Texas; and two brothers-in-law, Jack Parmelly and wife, Sandy, of Visalia, California, and Paul Dick Parmelly of Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorial contributions in honor of Esther to be made to the Parks Methodist Retirement Center, the First United Methodist Church of Odessa or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
The family will be receiving visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 16, 2005, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born January 2, 1918, to Alvin Liebscher and Antonia Wilke Liebscher in LaGrange, Texas.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Blossom Matthews officiating.
Esther attended school in Houston, graduating from high school in 1936 and worked as a secretary in Houston until she married her husband of sixty-four years, James H. “Jim” Parmelly, on June 12, 1938. Jim was an electrical engineer employed in Houston by ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil & Refining Company), and he received a temporary six-month assignment by the company to work at various company locations in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle. The assignment was extended and in 1940, Jim and Esther were transferred from Pampa to Odessa, where they lived from that time except for a short two-year period in the late 1950s, when they lived in McCamey.
Esther loved Odessa, Texas, and was proud to call it her home. She was a Christian; and she and Jim were longtime and devoted members of the First United Methodist Church of Odessa, being active members of the Couples Class. They were avid supporters of Odessa High School football, and traveled many, many times to the games wherever they were played. In the OHS glory days of the late 1940s, they attended every game of the 1946 and 1947, seasons including the state championship game won by the Bronchos. They also attended all of the playoff games of the 1953 season when OHS lost in the state championship; game in Houston. In addition to being continuous OHS supporters, they also became avid Permian supporters, being season ticket holders, and attended many of the playoff and state championship games of the Panthers.
Esther was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and caring friend and neighbor; and devoted much of her time in that endeavor including being a Cub Scout den mother for several years, and volunteering for many charitable and worthwhile activities. She loved gardening and working in her yard, and was a friend of many species. She cared for the many turtles she would find wandering about and would put them in her back yard where there were always a dozen or more to be found. She regularly fed the birds in her neighborhood and hundreds of them would gather about dusk each evening on the telephone wires in the alley awaiting their feeding from her. She seemed to always have a stray cat wander up to the house, and would feed and befriend them. She was particularly fond of and loved her Boston terriers, always having one or two about the house for decades, and breeding them on several occasions.
Her father, mother, and husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by her only child, Donald F. Parmelly and wife, Eve, of Odessa; one brother, Charles Liebscher and wife, Ingrid, of San Diego, California; four grandsons, Jay Mitchell and wife, Lisa, of Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, John Mitchell and wife, Judy, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Joe Mitchell and wife, Hollie, of Enterprise, Alabama, and Brian Parmelly of Los Angeles, California; five great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alvera Liebscher of LaGrange, Texas, and Alice Davidson and husband, Bob, of Fort Worth, Texas; and two brothers-in-law, Jack Parmelly and wife, Sandy, of Visalia, California, and Paul Dick Parmelly of Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorial contributions in honor of Esther to be made to the Parks Methodist Retirement Center, the First United Methodist Church of Odessa or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
The family will be receiving visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 16, 2005, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Esther L. Parmelly, 87, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2005, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village in Odessa.
She was born January 2, 1918, to Alvin Liebscher and Antonia Wilke Liebscher in LaGrange, Texas.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Blossom Matthews officiating.
Esther attended school in Houston, graduating from high school in 1936 and worked as a secretary in Houston until she married her husband of sixty-four years, James H. “Jim” Parmelly, on June 12, 1938. Jim was an electrical engineer employed in Houston by ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil & Refining Company), and he received a temporary six-month assignment by the company to work at various company locations in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle. The assignment was extended and in 1940, Jim and Esther were transferred from Pampa to Odessa, where they lived from that time except for a short two-year period in the late 1950s, when they lived in McCamey.
Esther loved Odessa, Texas, and was proud to call it her home. She was a Christian; and she and Jim were longtime and devoted members of the First United Methodist Church of Odessa, being active members of the Couples Class. They were avid supporters of Odessa High School football, and traveled many, many times to the games wherever they were played. In the OHS glory days of the late 1940s, they attended every game of the 1946 and 1947, seasons including the state championship game won by the Bronchos. They also attended all of the playoff games of the 1953 season when OHS lost in the state championship; game in Houston. In addition to being continuous OHS supporters, they also became avid Permian supporters, being season ticket holders, and attended many of the playoff and state championship games of the Panthers.
Esther was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and caring friend and neighbor; and devoted much of her time in that endeavor including being a Cub Scout den mother for several years, and volunteering for many charitable and worthwhile activities. She loved gardening and working in her yard, and was a friend of many species. She cared for the many turtles she would find wandering about and would put them in her back yard where there were always a dozen or more to be found. She regularly fed the birds in her neighborhood and hundreds of them would gather about dusk each evening on the telephone wires in the alley awaiting their feeding from her. She seemed to always have a stray cat wander up to the house, and would feed and befriend them. She was particularly fond of and loved her Boston terriers, always having one or two about the house for decades, and breeding them on several occasions.
Her father, mother, and husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by her only child, Donald F. Parmelly and wife, Eve, of Odessa; one brother, Charles Liebscher and wife, Ingrid, of San Diego, California; four grandsons, Jay Mitchell and wife, Lisa, of Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, John Mitchell and wife, Judy, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Joe Mitchell and wife, Hollie, of Enterprise, Alabama, and Brian Parmelly of Los Angeles, California; five great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alvera Liebscher of LaGrange, Texas, and Alice Davidson and husband, Bob, of Fort Worth, Texas; and two brothers-in-law, Jack Parmelly and wife, Sandy, of Visalia, California, and Paul Dick Parmelly of Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorial contributions in honor of Esther to be made to the Parks Methodist Retirement Center, the First United Methodist Church of Odessa or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
The family will be receiving visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 16, 2005, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born January 2, 1918, to Alvin Liebscher and Antonia Wilke Liebscher in LaGrange, Texas.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Blossom Matthews officiating.
Esther attended school in Houston, graduating from high school in 1936 and worked as a secretary in Houston until she married her husband of sixty-four years, James H. “Jim” Parmelly, on June 12, 1938. Jim was an electrical engineer employed in Houston by ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil & Refining Company), and he received a temporary six-month assignment by the company to work at various company locations in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle. The assignment was extended and in 1940, Jim and Esther were transferred from Pampa to Odessa, where they lived from that time except for a short two-year period in the late 1950s, when they lived in McCamey.
Esther loved Odessa, Texas, and was proud to call it her home. She was a Christian; and she and Jim were longtime and devoted members of the First United Methodist Church of Odessa, being active members of the Couples Class. They were avid supporters of Odessa High School football, and traveled many, many times to the games wherever they were played. In the OHS glory days of the late 1940s, they attended every game of the 1946 and 1947, seasons including the state championship game won by the Bronchos. They also attended all of the playoff games of the 1953 season when OHS lost in the state championship; game in Houston. In addition to being continuous OHS supporters, they also became avid Permian supporters, being season ticket holders, and attended many of the playoff and state championship games of the Panthers.
Esther was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and caring friend and neighbor; and devoted much of her time in that endeavor including being a Cub Scout den mother for several years, and volunteering for many charitable and worthwhile activities. She loved gardening and working in her yard, and was a friend of many species. She cared for the many turtles she would find wandering about and would put them in her back yard where there were always a dozen or more to be found. She regularly fed the birds in her neighborhood and hundreds of them would gather about dusk each evening on the telephone wires in the alley awaiting their feeding from her. She seemed to always have a stray cat wander up to the house, and would feed and befriend them. She was particularly fond of and loved her Boston terriers, always having one or two about the house for decades, and breeding them on several occasions.
Her father, mother, and husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by her only child, Donald F. Parmelly and wife, Eve, of Odessa; one brother, Charles Liebscher and wife, Ingrid, of San Diego, California; four grandsons, Jay Mitchell and wife, Lisa, of Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, John Mitchell and wife, Judy, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Joe Mitchell and wife, Hollie, of Enterprise, Alabama, and Brian Parmelly of Los Angeles, California; five great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alvera Liebscher of LaGrange, Texas, and Alice Davidson and husband, Bob, of Fort Worth, Texas; and two brothers-in-law, Jack Parmelly and wife, Sandy, of Visalia, California, and Paul Dick Parmelly of Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorial contributions in honor of Esther to be made to the Parks Methodist Retirement Center, the First United Methodist Church of Odessa or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
The family will be receiving visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening, March 16, 2005, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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