Individual Details

Carl Todd VanWay Jr.

(9 Sep 1927 - 18 Nov 2001)

The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas, Tuesday, November 20, 2001: Carl Todd VanWay Jr., 74, of Victoria, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2001. Carl was born September 9, 1927 in Corpus Christi, Texas to the late Carl Todd VanWay and Gertrude West VanWay. He was a graduate of Texas A&M University, a U.S. Army veteran, a stockbroker, and was a member of First Baptist Church of Victoria. Carl was preceded in death by his parents, his brother James William VanWay, and his first wife Karel Freeman VanWay. Carl is survived by his wife, Suanne Moses VanWay of Victoria; sons Carlton Freeman VanWay and wife Cindy of Dinero, and Todd VanWay and wife Donna of Dinero; daughters, Cindy Roebuck Schmidt and husband Tom of Victoria, Joyce VanWay of Austin, and Amy VanWay Watts and husband Jason of Pflugerville. Carl has six grandchildren, David Schmidt of Austin, Michael Schmidt of College Station, Nicholas VanWay of Dinero, and Jamie Watts, Peyton Watts, and Hayden Watts of Pflugerville. Pallbearers will be John Crews, J.W. McCauley, Scott Murray, Jody Norris, Dick Scheibelhut, and Britt Sides. Honorary pallbearers are Jimmy Bednorz, A.C. Brown, Benson Catchings, Turney Crawford, Charles Gladden, Bobby Hoffmann, Les Meis, Gene Migura, Spec Phillips, David Scott, Holley Stephenson, and Spec Phillips' Men's Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Victoria, with the Reverend Jim Shamburger officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-3535. Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church of Victoria or the American Heart Association.


Events

Birth9 Sep 1927Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas
Residence1930Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas
Residence1935Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence1 Apr 1940Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., Texas
Military12 Feb 1946Fort Sam Houston, Bexar Co., Texas
Residence1948Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., Texas
Residence30 Oct 1954Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence6 Nov 1962Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence15 Nov 1962Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence14 Apr 1963Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence28 Dec 1975Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Residence1992Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
Death18 Nov 2001Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
MarriageMathis, San Patricio Co., Texas - Karel Lynn Freeman
BurialMemory Gardens, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas

Families

SpouseKarel Lynn Freeman (1933 - 1963)

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