DURWOOD VASSER

     Durwood Vasser, b May 13, 1916 at Chilton, Falls County, Texas-was a son of Charles Gibson and Julia Pearl (Nelson) Vasser, Durwood married Gertrude Drews, b April 28, 1921 - a daughter of Albert and Emma (Kamfhenkel) Drews, of the St. Paul Community near Marlin, Texas.

     Durwood was a carpenter and worked for his father-in-law for many years. He is now with the Maintenance Department of the Marlin Independent Schoo] District. Durwood and Gertrude were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Marlin until their children were teenagers. Because of the excellent Youth Program at the First Baptist Church of Marlin, they transferred their membership to that Church, and are still members there.

     Durwood and Gertrude (Drews) Vasser are the parents of two children:

     Donald Vasser, M.D., b October 1, 1954 - who married Debbie Huffman, of Euliss, Texas. Dr. Vasser is a Pediatrician in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. They have two children: Sue Ann Vasser, b 1984, and Murray Vasser, b 1986, in Oklahoma.

     Carol Vasser, b May 31, 1958 in Marlin - works for Hillcrest Medical Tower in Waco, Texas. She resides in Cedar Springs, Falls County, Texas. She is a talented musician, and one of the pianists for the First Baptist Church of Marlin.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 467 column 1 and 2.  
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.