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Obituary for ENSMINGER


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday August 27, 2010

Lela Maurine Ensminger, 94, of Nolan, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at her daughter's residence in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Finch, Benton Finch, Dale Finch and Roland Finch officiating. Burial will follow at Nolan Cemetery under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home. She was born on September 23, 1915 in Nolan, Texas. She married Olan B. Ensminger on December 21, 1934 in Menard, Texas. She was a longtime Member of Normandy Avenue Church of Christ. Survivors include one son - Mike Ensminger and wife Lynda of Nolan, Texas; one daughter - Torksey Merewether and husband David of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and son-in-law - Charles Kellogg of Lubbock, Texas; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Callie Finch; her husband- Olan B. Ensminger; one daughter -Nedra Kellogg; and three brothers - Howard Finch, Derrell Finch and Norman Finch. Pallbearers will be Don Suggs, Mark Jones, Ken Lofton, S.C. Head, Dale Critz and Skeet Kimbrell; Honorary pallbearers will be Bill McMaster, David Linn, and Al Stewart. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Nolan/Divide Community Center, P.O. Box 30, Nolan, Texas 79537, Nolan Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 72, Nolan, Texas 79537 or charity of ones choice. Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, August 27, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.