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Edward & Sarah Pasal Family
 
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A Memory Book of Nellie Mae Pasal          Christian & Sarah Ann Dietz Doss

 


Edward Carl  (1868 - 1961) & Sara Emeline Doss (1870 - 1955)

My name is Edward Carl Pasal. I am the son of Helmut and Sophia Pasal. I was born in 1868 in Canal Winchester, Ohio. When I was 5 months old, my family moved to Savannah, Missouri where I spent my childhood and attended a country school. I married Sarah Emeline Doss in 1895 and we moved to Urbana, Illinois where I worked at the Big Four Railroad. I was making 15¢ an hour. Our daughter Mabel was born in 1902 on our 7th wedding anniversary. I moved my family to Palacios in 1904. Palacios was still just a dream for real estate developers at that time. It had a train depot, a hotel down on east bay and a post office. We opened a small hotel with a dining room which sold meals and groceries so you could make your own meals. We carried water from the railroad station pump. It was the only well in town. I served as assistant Post Master under Christian Doss for nine years. Cattle roamed the streets and one day a cow came in the opened back door of the Post Office and left through the front plate glass window. We joined the Presbyterian Church in 1922 and I used my carpenter skills to craft the baptismal font and the altar chairs which remain today. We lived on Fourth Street in a stately home. My wife, Sara, died in 1955 two months after we celebrated our 60th  wedding anniversary. I celebrated my 90th birthday with friends and family in 1958 My daughter Mabel moved into my home to take care of me and operated an answering service until my death in 1961 (the year of Hurricane Carla). I died at the age of 93. I had a good life.

Palacios Cemetery Tour              Marker pictures courtesy of Renee Huff



 


 


E. C. J. Pasal, Pioneer Palacios Resident, To Be Buried Thursday

 

One of Palacios’ oldest and most active citizens, Edward Carl John Pasal, died Tuesday morning, December 26 in the Wagner General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Pasal will be held at 3 p. m. Thursday, December 28, in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Earl Price of Dallas officiating. Interment will be in the Palacios Cemetery.

 

A resident of Palacios since May 5, 1903, he was born the son of Helmut and Sophia Pasal on May 5, 1868 in Canal Winchester, Ohio. When he was five months of age the family moved to Savannah, Missouri, where he spent his boyhood and attended school.

 

On October 2, 1895, he married Sarah Emeline Doss, who preceded him in death on December 23, 1955. After their marriage they moved to Urbana, Illinois, where he worked at the Big Four Railroad learning the carpenter trade. In 1950 he retired from this work.

 

An active member of the First Presbyterian Church, in 1958 he was elected to the office of Elder Emeritus and was presented a certificate of recognition of his long years of service as an elder in the church.

 

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Lane of Palacios and Mrs. Nellie Mae Fooshee of Houston and one grand daughter, Mrs. June Havel of Blessing.

 

Palacios Beacon, January 4?, 1962
 


Funeral Services Held For Mrs. E. C. Pasal, Pioneer Resident

 

Funeral services were held Monday at the First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Pasal, 85, a pioneer resident of Palacios for 51 years.

 

Mrs. Pasal died Friday, December 23. Burial was in Palacios Cemetery.

 

She is survived by her husband, E. C. J. Pasal of Palacios, and two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Lane of Palacios and Mrs. Nellie Mae Fooshee of Houston.

 

Taylor Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

 

Palacios Beacon, December 29, 1955
 


Mabel Emmaline Lane

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Emmaline Lane were held at 10 a. m Tuesday, March 29, at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leon Maxwell officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

Daughter of the late Edward C. J. Pasal and Sarah D. Doss Pasal, she was born in Champaign, Illinois, on October 23, 1902. A resident of Palacios for 72 years, for many years he operated a telephone answering service. For several years she has been a resident of Leisure Lodge. She died Sunday, March 27, in Wagner General Hospital.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. June Havel of Blessing; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Mae Fooshee of Houston; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Palacios Beacon, March 31, 1977
 


Nellie Mae Fooshee

Funeral services for Nellie Mae Fooshee, 80, of Houston, were held at 11 a. m. Nov. 29, at Settegast Kopf Funeral Home in Houston. Graveside services followed at 3 p. m. at the Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Fooshee died Nov. 26, 1988.

Mrs. Fooshee taught piano and was assistant housekeeper of the Shamrock and Rice Hotels. She and her husband operated the Plaza Motel for 24 years.

Survivors include a step-son, Thomas S. Fooshee, Jr. of Houston; niece June Havel and husband Frank of Blessing, along with several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

Palacios Beacon, December 7, 1988
 


Sidney Fooshee

Graveside services for Sidney Fooshee, of Houston, were held in the Palacios Cemetery, Thursday, September 4 at 3 p. m. Services were held that morning at 10:30 in the Settegast-Kopf Chapel with Dr. David L. Stitt officiating.

A native of Cadiz, Ky. and a Houston resident for 46 years, he passed away Tuesday, September 2. President of Hotel Greeters Association, he was assistant manager of the Rice Hotel for 32 years and owner of Plaza Motel for 24 years.

He is survived by his wife, Nellie Pasal Fooshee; son, Tommy; sister, Dor-Lee Haines, all of Houston; brothers, Felix of Phoenix, Ariz., Guy of Cadiz, Ky. and Lewis of Colorado Springs, Colo; several nieces and nephews.

Palacios Beacon, September 11, 1975
 


 

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