Extracted from The Bosque County News (Meridian, TX)
GASKEY
Wilna Gaskey, 97, of
Stephenville, formerly of Meridian,
died on Sunday, August
12, 2007, in a Stephenville hospital
after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at
11:00 a.m., Wednesday, Aug.
15, in the Lawson Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Bill
Schibler. Burial followed in the
Meridian Cemetery.
Martha Wilna Caraway, was
born April 17, 1910, in Erath
County. She was a daughter
of the late Robert Foster and
Minnie Violet Kelly Caraway.
She attended North Texas
State University and received
her bachelors degree in education.
She taught school for
many years.
On Feb. 4, 1938, she married
John R. ``Buck'' Gaskey. The
couple lived in Meridian since
1947 and moved to
Stephenville in 1998. Her husband
preceded her death on
Sept. 5, 2001.
Mrs. Gaskey was a member
of the Meridian First Baptist
Church.
Survivors include: sons, Jerry
Gaskey and wife, Carol, of
Stephenville and Lyndon
Gaskey and wife, Mary, of
Bulverde; five grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren; and
a great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Jerry
Gaskey, Lyndon Gaskey, Rick
Gaskey, John Gaskey, Michael
Shelton and Michael Gaskey.
Lawson Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007