Submitted by

Ken Gates

 

 

Published in the Waco Tribune-Herald from 11/26/2008 - 11/28/2008

 

Hollis Vasser

November 30, 1924 - November 25, 2008

 

Hollis Vasser, 84, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at Meadowbrook Baptist Church with Pastor Cary Killough officiating. Burial will follow at Chilton Cemetery in Chilton. The family will receive visitors 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Pecan Grove Funeral in Waco.

 

Hollis was born Nov. 30, 1924, to Charles Gibson and Julia Pearl Vasser in Chilton. He graduated from Chilton High School and entered the U.S. Army Air Force on May 13, 1943. He was a World War II veteran. Upon the honorable discharge, he started a 37 year career with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He married Eunice Anna Bussse on Nov. 22, 1947, in Malone, Texas.

 

Hollis was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters; two brothers; and one granddaughter.

 

Hollis is survived by his wife of 61 years; four children, Judy Stafford and husband, Larry of Lorena, Bonnie Smith and husband, Bill of Salado, Karey Patterson and husband, Allen, of Woodway, and Leisa Gant and husband, Michael of West; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

 

Memorial donations may be made to Chilton Cemetery Association, 240 Hwy. 7, Chilton, TX 76632, or Meadowbrook Baptist Church, Bible Fund, 1207 N. Old Robinson Road, Waco, TX 76706.