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Established 1948   Betty A. Seidlits 1930 - 2018 Curtis L. Seidlits 1929 - 2002  Betty Ann Henderson Seidlits passed away peacefully Sunday, April 15, 2018 at the age of 87. A longtime resident of Sherman, Texas, Betty graduated from Sherman High School in 1947 and worked at General Telephone Co. in Sherman for 27 years. She married the love of her life, Curtis Lee Seidlits in Weatherford, Texas in 1949 and shared 53 years together until his death in 2002. They had 2 children, Deborah Lee Seidlits Worley and Curtis Lee Seidlits, Jr. A wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Betty was well loved for her compassionate and generous spirit, uncanny ability to read people and contagious sense of humor. Her favorite pastime was waterskiing and swimming with her family at Lake Texoma. After retiring in 1980, she and Curtis began renovating and selling numerous properties in Sherman, but they managed to travel extensively, as well. In their variety of recreational vehicles, they traveled the continental U.S. and also visited Hawaii, Jamaica, Australia, Alaska, England and Canada. In 2003 Betty moved to Kerrville, Texas to be near her children. After 7 years in Kerrville, she moved to Horshoe Bay, Texas where she resided until taking up residence at Windchime at the Village in Kingsland, Texas. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Lee Seidlits and husband, Bob, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas; and her son, Curtis Lee Seidlits, Jr. and wife, Melody, of Austin, Texas; 5 grandchildren: Holly Woodrow Sprague of Boulder, Colorado; Julie Woodrow Purchase of Centennial, Colorado; Stephanie Seidlits of Valley Glen, California; Sarah Seidlits Wollitz of Frisco, Texas and Curtis "Lee" Seidlits, III of Austin, Texas; and 7 great-grandchildren: Reid Christopher Sprague; Harper Marie Sprague; Grayson Alexander Purchase; Phoebe Ann Purchase; Emma Lee Wollitz; Ava Lucille Wollitz; and Eliot Patrick Seidlits Sullivan. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willie Trenton Henderson and Laura Esther Murphy; and 7 siblings, Emma Edith Henderson; Minnie Irene Henderson Grimes; Dorothy LaVern Henderson Stamper; Martha Jo Henderson McMillion; Marjorie Henderson Streun; Willard Ruth Henderson Lentz Sanders; and Preston John Henderson. Graveside services were held Thursday morning, April 19, 2018 at Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Texas. - - - Waldo Funeral Home  Texas Legislature - House for Grayson County, Texas  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |