Extracted from The Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, TX)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Truman Merle Looper
Service for Truman Merle Looper, 83, of Port Aransas will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel.
Burial will follow in Prices Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Merle went peacefully to be with the Lord on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at home with his family in Port Aransas.
He was born Nov. 23, 1928, in Cleburne to Leonard Truman Looper and Edna Mae Dietrich Looper.
He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1946 and married his high school sweetheart, Jimmie Borden, in 1948.
Mr. Looper was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. from 1948 until his 1987 retirement in San Antonio. During his 39 years of dedicated service, he worked throughout Texas and one early assignment in Kansas City, Mo.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jimmie Borden Looper of Port Aransas; two daughters, Linda Smith and Susan Zieglar and husband, Ed, all of Port Aransas; son, Dan Looper and wife, Tabi, of Hillsboro, Ore.; grandchildren, Heidi Harris and husband, Justin, David Smith and Tiffany, Brooke Atkins and husband, Tim, Halie Looper, Lisa Looper, Ed Zieglar Jr. and fiancee, Sarah Blegen, Amanda Zieglar and fiance, Tim Templeton, and Jinny Davis and husband, Frankie; 11 great-grandchildren; one niece, of the home, Lana Moody; one sister, Jane Swain and husband, Glynn, of Arlington; one brother, Don Looper and wife, Denver, of Ardmore, Okla.; and many nephews, nieces and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Billy Looper.
Merle was of the Methodist faith. He never met a stranger. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers Family Campers (Bluebonnet Bells).
He lived life to the fullest and traveled with his wife many years in their motor home, with the motto of “leave it cleaner than you found it” and made many friends across the country.
He was a very loving and giving husband, father, brother and friend and will be greatly missed.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 2630 W. Freeway, Suite 250, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
You may sign guestbook, view photo and obituary at www.cpcleburne.com.
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home
512 N. Ridgeway Drive
Cleburne, TX 76033
817-648-0522