Extracted from The Bosque County News (Meridian, TX)
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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.