Dora Barsch Whiteley, 88, passed away on September 15, 2017. Burial will be at College Station Cemetery.

Dora was born at home in Calf Creek, Texas, the second daughter of the late Erdman Seatman Barsch and Amy Irena Chesser Barsch. Her father was in charge of running a ranch and farming the land. She went to school at Calf Creek with her older sister, Edna, and in time her younger sisters Nellie, Frieda, and Anna Ray. Dora and her family later moved to Lohn, Texas, where her parents continued farming. She graduated from Lohn High School and her small class group has remained close to this day.

At 18, she moved to Brady and started working in the Brady National Bank. She would advance in positions, sometimes changing to the Commercial National Bank also in Brady.

On July 4, 1951, she married Thomas Edward Whiteley from Voca, TX. She followed him to Southwest Texas State College where he was on a track and basketball scholarship. After Ed's graduation in 1952, they moved back to Lohn where Ed got a coaching and teaching job. They welcomed their first child, Paula Ann while at Lohn and they moved to Brady, Texas, where Ed accepted a coaching and math teaching position. Two years later they added a son, Kenneth Wade, to their family.

Dora continued working in banks every year until she retired in 1990. Ed's career led him to serve as Brady High principal from 1966 to 1974, then to O'brian, Texas, as school superintendent and to Claude, Texas, four years later as school superintendent. Dora loved those years in the bank and faithfully attended Ed's games and Ken's games as well.

After retirement, Dora became proficient at all types of needlework and family history. These were quiet hobbies she could do while nursing Ed through a long illness that required a liver transplant and long hospital stays. While Ed was in the hospital for so long, Dora was a bright spot for the families of other patients. Dora's gift of compassion, encouragement, and an infectious smile and giggle made her life-long friends everywhere life took her.

Dora had a very strong relationship with God. She taught many a Sunday School class, fed many visitors and preachers, looked after many elderly neighbors and made sure that she gave God the glory for her every action. Dora and Ed moved to Bryan, Texas, to be nearer to Paula for help with Ed.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ed Whiteley; brothers, Otto Barsch and Bud Barsch; and sisters, Ann Ray Barsch and Nelli Barsch Kidd.

Survivors include her son Kenneth Wade and his wife, Missy, of Adkins, TX; daughter, Paula Whiteley Bernard and husband, Bernie, of College Station; grandchildren: Amy McBroom Landry, of Bryan, Tiffany Whiteley Blaylock and husband, Chad, of Houston, and Austin McBroom and wife, Annie, of Austin; great-grandchildren: Hayes McBroom and Sloan McBroom, of Austin, and Sutton Blaylock, of Houston; other relatives and many friends. N5