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.