 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas
The Herald Banner September 28, 2011 Lillian Ethelene Probst, 92, formerly of Sherman, Texas, passed away on September 25, 2011 at Spring Hills Assisted Living in Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were held September 30, 2011 at Dannel Funeral Home Chapel with interment following at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman, Texas. Lillian was born April 28, 1919, daughter of Hefley Franklin and Mabel Fogle Franklin in Sherman, Texas. Mrs. Probst graduated from Bells High School. She married Murry W. Probst on April 25, 1942 in Collinsville, Texas. Mrs. Probst was a longtime member of Western Heights Church of Christ and later while in Ohio became a member of Turner Road Church of Christ. She worked at Perrin Air Force Base, Piggly Wiggly's, Day Manufacturing and Turley's Grocery Store; then she retired after many years from Gibsons Department Store of Sherman. Ethelene also volunteered at Crutchfield Elementary School where she taught many children to crochet. Ethelene's favorite thing to do was play "Forty-Two" with her family and friends of the Snap Center. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister, Dorothy Stewart; brother, George Franklin and wife, Dottie; sister-in-law, Alva Lewis; brother-in-law, Harold Gibbs and his daughter, Sylvia Gibbs. Survivors include daughters, Ruth Cooper and partner, Roy Pratt, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Vanna Garrett and husband, Chester, of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Kathleen Gibbs and Jeannie Art and husband, Paul, all of New Castle, California; brother, Mike Franklin and wife, Reba, of Elm Grove, Louisiana; grandsons, Shane Crowell and Jeremy Cooper; great-grandchildren, Dylan Kyler Lucas, Lillian Leona Jackson, Madilynn Nicole Crowell, Sayra Beth Crowell and Trace Emory Crowell; and several nices, nephews, and cousins; and special longtime friend, Hiawatha McGill. Pallbearers were Shane Crowell, Ricky Cabezas, Jason Gardner, John Inman, David McTee and Neil Loving. Honorary pallbearers were Jon Brown, Richard Loyd, and Brian Robinson. West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2019 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
