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- [S84] E-Mail, Linda Jauch Graba [BillandLinda0203@aol.com], 12 Jan 2007.
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 17 Dec 2006.
Jackson "Jack" Carttar Oswald, 66, of Colleyville, TX has won the race! A good and faithful servant entered into glory on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at home, surrounded by his loving family.
Jack was born on August 31, 1940, in Dallas, TX. He was raised in Metairie, Louisiana. by his mother, Gladys Double Oswald and dad, Lowell Oswald. He graduated from East Jefferson High School, Metairie and with a B.A. from Tulane University, New Orleans. On June 16, 1962 Jack and Jenny Sue Farmer were married at Metairie Ridge Presbyterian Church. They welcomed their first daughter, Susan, in 1964 and their second, Shanan in 1966. During a 41-year career with Graybar Electric Co., the family lived in Louisiana, Texas, Missouri and California. Jack retired from Graybar in Dallas in July 2001. After retirement, Jack had many "careers"; as a volunteer with KCBI radio, as "Chamber Dude" for the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce and as a deacon at his church, First Baptist of Colleyville.
Funeral: 1:30pm Monday, December 18, 2006 at First Baptist Church Colleyville, TX. Visitation: 5:00-8:00pm Sunday, December 17, Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Chapel, 5725 Colleyville Blvd. Burial: 11:00am Wednesday, December 20, Walnut Lakes Cemetery, Pickens, Arkansas.
Memorials: The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made as donations to Chifundo School c/o First Baptist Church Colleyville; GBM Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center; KCBI, American Cancer Society; or a hospice of your choice.
Predeceased by: mother, Gladys Double Oswald; dad, Lowell Oswald; mother-in-law, Frances Farmer; father-in-law, Paul R. Farmer, Sr.; and father, Jack Valtair. Survived by: beloved bride of 44 years, Jenny; daughters: Susan Swan (Peaches) Peters (Michael) of North Richland Hills, Mary Shanan (Shanie) Shepherd (Robbie); and granddaughter: Jessie Marie Shepherd of Camarillo, California, siblings: Hazel Stanley (David), Lowell Oswald (Trudy), Leonard Oswald (Ruth), Mary Chiozza (Frank), Norma Badeaux (Van) and Jaci Kenagy-Valtair (John); brother-in-law, Paul R. (Buddy) Farmer (Martha) and Ruth McCully; and 12 loving nieces and nephews.
Special thanks to the doctors and caring staff at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Vitas Hospice, Deetz, Sandy, Dean, Eddy, Dick, Mary Jane, Gary F., Gail, Peggy, Gary S., and so many loving friends and neighbors, the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce and his entire FBC church family.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 817-498-5894
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www.star-telegram.com/obituaries
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