Austin American-Statesman METRO STATE Thursday, November 24, 2005 RETIRE: Doctor wanted hospital for every child Continued from B1 Teel helped establish Children's Hospital of Austin in 1988 and served on the planning board for the Dell Children's Medical Center, a $200 million hospital set to open at the old Mueller Airport at 51st Street and Airport Boulevard in 2007. She is the pediatrician for some of the area's big figures: Michael Dell's and Lance Armstrong's children are her patients. "She is probably the person most responsible for the level of pediatric health care that we have in Central Texas right now," said Maie Killian, president of the Pediatric Physician Alliance of Central Texas. "How many physicians' children she takes care of is a greater reflection of how highly regarded she is in the community than her rich and famous patients." Teel grew up the daughter of two journalists in Littlefield, a town 45 miles northwest of Lubbock. She first became interested in medicine to channel the helplessness she felt after the mother of one of her friends died of cancer.
She attended Texas Tech University as an undergraduate and Baylor University for medical school, then worked as a pediatrician at Bergstrom Air Force Base and Brackenridge Hospital before opening her private practice in 1977. Her passion for establishing a centralized, high-quality-care children's hospital in Austin came after she had her first child, Chris, who had health problems at birth. There was no one in Austin to perform the surgery Chris needed, so his father drove him to Houston the day he was born. "It was really a nightmare. You don't want to turn loose of your first baby when they're eight hours old and you're scared to death that they're not going to be OK," Teel said.
"It made it so clear what the difference is between having those services here near our home or not. And it's not just OK to have them here, I want to know that it will be done Funerals and Memorials Funerals and Memorials are paid announcements placed through Classified Advertising. For information, corrections or comment, please call 512-445-4005 or e-mail condolences may be placed with online death notices by visiting statesman.com/obituaries. Fred C. Guerrero Jr.
April 1, 1946 Nov. 21, 2005 Our beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, Fred C. Guerrero Jr. of Austin, departed on Monday November 21, 2005. Services will be held at Angel Funeral Home on Friday, November 25 at 7:00 p.m.
Recitation of the Rosary will be on Saturday, November 26 at 8:00 a.m. Preceded in death by his parents, Frederico and Margarita Guerrero; and brother, Dale Guerrero. He is survived by his wife, Mary Helen; daughters, Susana, Melissa, Gina, Margarita; stepdaughter, Ana Nerio; sons, Adam, Fred III, Richard; stepsons, Carlos, Danny, Joey Nerio; brothers, Pete Terrazas, Benny, David; sisters, Manuela Mendoza, Laura Segura, Rachel Rodriguez. He is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. Mario E.
Flores Mario E. Flores, 51, of Dale, passed away Monday, November 21, 2005 in Austin, Texas. He was born on November 7, 1954 in Victoria, Texas. Survivors are his wife, Lesa Preiss Flores of Dale; parents, Henry A. Flores of Victoria and Beatriz Martinez Flores of Austin; daughters, Natalee Walters and husband James of Pflugerville and Chloe Flores of Dale; brothers, Richard Flores and wife Fran of Victoria and Carlos Flores and Akiko of Austin; -in-law and husband, Rox Ann and Wade Boyd; two grandchildren, Trinady Sowell and Presley Walters.
Rosary, will November be held at 2005 7:00 p.m., McFriday, 25, at Curdy Funeral Home. Services are at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2005 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Father Becker officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Victoria, Texas at 3:00 p.m. Arrangements under the care of McCurdy Funeral Home, 105 E.
Pecan Lockhart: Inside Line offers helpful information about Hospice Austin's Loss of a Mother support group. 416-5700 INSIDE LINE category 8661 FREE 512 PHONE 416 INFORMATION 5700 As you give thanks, remember her stuffing By Margalit Fox THE NEW YORK TIMES Ruth Siems, a retired home economist whose -known innovation will make its appearance, welcome or otherwise, in millions of homes today, died Nov. 13 at her home in Newburgh, Ind. Siems, an inventor of Stove Top stuffing, was 74. She died of a heart attack, according to the Warrick County coroner's office in Boonville, Ind.
Siems (pronounced spent more than three decades on the staff of General Foods, which introduced the Stove Top brand in 1972. Today, Kraft Foods, which owns the brand, sells about 60 million boxes of it at Thanksgiving, a company spokeswoman said. Ruth Miriam Siems was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Evansville, Ind. She earned an undergraduate degree in home economics from Purdue University in 1953.
After graduation, she took a job at the General Foods plant in Evansville, where she worked on flours and cake mixes. She moved to the company's technical center in Tarrytown, N.Y., not long afterward. Siems retired in 1985. Comforting or campy, Stove Top stuffing is an enduring emblem of postwar convenience culture. Its early advertising tag line, "Stuffing instead of potatoes?" remains in the collective consciousness.
As Laura Shapiro, the author of the 2004 book "Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America," said Tuesday: "Stove Top made it possible to have the stuffing without the turkey, probably something no cook would ever have dreamed of but people eating Thanksgiving dinner might well have thought of: 'Take away everything else; just leave me here with the It's kind of like eating the chocolate chips without the cookies." Stove Top's premise is threefold. First, the dish prepared in five minutes offers speed. Second, it divorces the stuffing from the poultry, sparing cooks the nasty business of having to root around the bird's clammy interior. Third, it frees stuffing from the yoke of Thanksgiving; it can be cooked and eaten on a moment's notice any day of the year. In 1975, General Foods was awarded U.S.
Patent No. 3,870,803 for the product, generically called Instant Stuffing Mix. Siems is listed first among the inventors, followed by Anthony Capossela, John Halligan and Robert Wyss. The secret lay in the crumb size. If the dried bread crumb is too small, adding water to it makes a soggy mass; too large, and the result is gravel.
In other words, as the patent explains, "The nature of the cell structure and overall texture of the dried bread crumb employed in this invention is of great importance if a stuffing which will hydrate in a matter of minutes to the proper texture and mouthfeel is to be prepared." A member of the research and development staff at General Foods, Siems was instrumental, her sister Suzanne Porter said, in arriving at the precise crumb dimensions: about the size of a pencil eraser. Besides Porter, Siems is survived by a sister and a brother. DEATH NOTICES ALEXANDER, J.C., 49, of Bastrop died Nov. 19. Visitation 2 p.m.
Friday, Pendergrass Mortuary, Smithville. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Rose Baptist Church, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery. CARTLEDGE, Robert Lee 78, of Austin died Tuesday.
Services pending. Arrangements by Forest Oaks. FLOWERS, Rabe, 59, machine of Llano, formerly of San Antonio, died Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, WaldropeHatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home, Llano.
GORDON, Zerlee, 91, retired schoolteacher, of Smithville died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, Smithville. Burial El Campo Community Cemetery, El Campo. Arrangements by Pendergrass-People's, Smithville.
HANER, Edgar J. 91, retired transportation supervisor, of Martindale died Tuesday. Survived by wife Adelia. Visitation 8 a.m. and services 10 a.m.
Friday, Pennington Funeral Home, San Marcos. Burial Memory Lawn Memorial Park, Martindale. HEFNER, Agnes Anderson, 90, retired schoolteacher, of Marble Falls, formerly of New Braunfels, died Tuesday. Visitation 6 p.m. Friday, Edgar Funeral Home, Marble Falls.
Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Edgar. Burial Marble Falls City Cemetery. HONC, Marjorie, 82, of Austin died Carrie Roth Deason Carrie Roth Deason, age 30, of Austin, formerly of Kansas City area died Sunday, November 20, 2005, in Austin. A celebration of her life will be 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 2005, at McGilley Midtown Chapel. Friends may gather starting 2:00 p.m. Carrie was born December 14, 1974, in Kansas City, to Ray and Christine (Galt) Roth. She graduated from Pembroke Day School in 1993, Rice University in Houston, in 1997. She was a financial analyst.
Carrie was preceded in death by grandparents. She is survived by her parents; a sister, Sarah Herbest and her family of Barnhart, Mo. Arrangements handled by McGilley Midtown Chapel, 20 West Linwood, Kansas City, Missouri. (816) 753-6200. Recorded Funeral Information at No Charge Call 416-5700 and enter 4-digit code: When death 4400 The importance of 4401 Funeral 4402 Children and death.
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Lamar Ben White at 4435 Frontier Trail 443-1366 www.HarrellFuneralHomes.com Ruth Siems 1931-2005 Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN Dr. Karen Teel's first child had Houston to get the medical care health problems at birth; his he needed. 'It was really a right here." Teel 1 worked with local pediatrician Milt Talbot and the City of Austin to build a consensus among local pediatricians to plan the city's first children's hospital. She pushed for building a single hospital rather than spreading services around the city. "If you divide it up and do some things here and some things at another hospital, what you really end up with is uninsured patients in one hospital and insured patients in another one, and we didn't want to do that," Teel said.
"We had to convince everyone that we're going to do it really well at one place so that any child who needs care will be taken care of at the children's hospital, period." Children's Hospital of Austin opened near Interstate 35 and 14th Street on Valentine's Day, 1988, as an arm of the city-run Brackenridge Hospital. Seton Healthcare Network began running the hospital in 1995, and today it serves 46 counties. As Austin's population boomed in the 1990s, Children's Hospital became overcrowded and needed technology updates. Planning began in 2003 to open the new, privately funded hospital, which will be father had to drive him to she said. three times as large as the the old one.
Brackenridge will take over the old hospital, said Greg Hartman, Seton's senior vice president for planning. Although some people suggested that the hospital be built in North Austin, where much of the population boom was taking place, Teel fought for the airport site because it is close to low-income neighborhoods where people lack transportation. She also helped with fundraising and recruiting experienced doctors. Teel said she wanted to retire before she lost her intellectual "fine edge" and energy. She plans to visit Scotland with her husband and to spend more time with her grandchildren.
She said she won't miss late night phone calls from worried parents. But as she shuffles through cards from her retirement party, she tears up reading a note from a parent thanking Teel for taking care of her children. "Knowing that people value what you're doing is a real high; it just makes you feel great," she said. "You can take a paragraph like that and live off of it, it means so much to you." 445-3851 Obituaries, guest books and funeral home information online at statesman.com/obituaries. Clifford Frank Penak, age 79, a lifelong resident of Austin, died Monday at St.
David's Medical Center after a brief illness. Born April 16, 1926 in Taylor, Texas to Czech immigrant parents, Frank and Rose Penak. He was one of five children, which included four brothers and one sister. Cliff and his wife Sara with their two young children moved to Austin in 1955. They were to have celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on December 3rd of this year.
He owned and operated a number of automobile service and repair businesses, the last of which being Lakeside Exxon until his retirement in 1981. Although he claimed to have retired, he continued to be very active helping his son manage Lakeside and Airport Exxon until 1988 when once again he declared "retirement." Unable to sit idle he and his wife Sara established a new car transport service and remarkably stayed active in that business until his recent illness. Cliff leaves behind his beloved wife and life's partner of 57 years, Sara Penak; daughter Linda Morrison and son-in-law Lloyd Morrison of Austin; grandchild, Lea Ann Morrison of Houston; son Bill Penak and wife Gay of Rockdale; their son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Amanda Heselmeyer of Hutto; Bill and Gay's grandchild, Kirsten Heselmeyer of Hutto; one brother, Anthony Penak of Hobson, Montana; one sister-in-law Marie Kitchens of Austin and numerous nieces and nephews. The family appreciates the love support church family greatly, at Hallmark Baptist Church of Austin and his primary and specialty care physicians at St. David's North Austin Medical Center.
Special thanks to Dr. Stuart Damore and Nurse Practitioner Barbara and Dr. Robert Hootkins. There will be a visitation on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
at Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, 9700 Anderson Mill Road, Austin, Texas. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, November 25, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held on Friday, November 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Taylor City Cemetery, Taylor, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Hallmark Baptist Church, 9023 Old Lampasas Trail, Austin, Texas 78750. Please join us in honoring Cliff by visiting our memorial at www.cookwalden.com. Through this website we invite you to share your thoughts and fond memories with our family. Cliff Penak COOK-WALDEN Chapel of the Hills Dignity Funerals Cremations 9700 Anderson Mill 335-1155 In Memory of John H. Rivera May 25, 1964 Nov.
8, 2003 We love and miss you. Your mom, brothers and sister CPD Winfred Eton McAdoo Winfred Eton McAdoo, long time resident of Austin, US ARMY retired, was born on April 20, 1922, in Madill, and passed away on November 23, 2005, in San Antonio, Tex. He served in WWII with the First Cavalry and was a member of the Alamo Scouts in the South Pacific. He was awarded the Purple Heart with one cluster and the Distinguished Service Cross, plus other honorable awards. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Childress McAdoo and three daughters, Darlene Moore of Arlington, Sandra Lindley of San Antonio, and Karen Denise Butcher of San Antonio, Tex.
He is also survived by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is survived by one sister, Grace Wallen, of Beaumont, as well. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Porter Loring Mortuary North in San Antonio, and the graveside services will be held at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, on Monday, November 28, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. In Memory of Juan Lopez Rivera Sept. 4, 1942 Nov.
26, 2004 We love and miss you. Your wife and family Gilbert Lopez Gilbert Lopez Romero, age 79, of Austin, Texas passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2005. Mr. Romero was born on March 18, 1936 to Juan and Eugenia Romero and was a lifelong resident of Austin. Mr.
Romero was a World War II Army veteran who was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for actions during his military service. Mr. Romero was employed for 41 years with the Austin American Statesman. He retired in 1991. He is survived by his sister, Lucille Wade of New York; his children, Eugene (Martha) Romero of Illinois; Susan (David) Barclay of Wisconsin; Steven Romero and Michael Romero, both of Austin; and six grandchildren.
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JACKS, Daniel Paul, 14, son of Paul and Tammi Jacks of Round Rock, died Tuesday. Visitation 6 p.m. Friday, Beck Funeral Home, Round Rock. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, New Life Church.
Burial 1 p.m. Sunday, Antioch Cemetery, Buna. KING, Rosie Lee Deary, 96, of Taylor died Tuesday. Services pending. Arrangements by A Life Celebration by Taylor.
LANGOWSKI, La Juana, 69, of Jonah died Wednesday. Services pending. Arrangements by Davis, Georgetown. LARSON, Ervin Clarence, 90, of Creedmoor died Sunday. Services 1 p.m.
Saturday, Harrell Funeral Home. LEWIS, Mandy, 93, retired food service worker, of Marble Falls died Tuesday. Visitation 5 p.m. Friday, Edgar Funeral Home, Marble Falls. Services 2 p.m.
Saturday, Marble Falls Church of Christ. Burial Smithwick Cemetery, Smithwick. MALDONADO, Natalie Marie, 23, of Lockhart died Tuesday. No services planned. Arrangements by AustinPeel and Son.
MULLINS, Tiffany Nicole, 16, of Leander died Tuesday. Visitation 10 a.m. and services 1 p.m. Saturday, Beck Funeral Home, Cedar Park. NASH, Rayburn, retired soil conservation service, of Colorado Springs, formerly of Fredericksburg, died Nov.
17. Visitation 6 p.m. Friday, Schaetter Funeral Home, Fredericksburg. Services 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Schaetter.
Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Fredericksburg. PEREZ, Juan Perdro, 20, ranch hand, of Liberty Hill, formerly of Guanajuato, died Saturday. Visitation 10 a.m. today, Mission Funeral Home. Services in Guanajuato.
PERRY, Sandra Kathleen, 55, retired schoolteacher, of Glenshaw, formerly of Austin, died Tuesday. Survived by husband Steven. Services pending. Arrangements by the Gabriels, Georgetown. PICKETT, Richard 74, retired Marine, of Salado, formerly of Georgetown, died Monday.
Survived by wife Juliette. Rosary 7 p.m. today, the Gabriels Funeral Chapel, Georgetown. Services 10 a.m. Friday, St.
Helen Catholic Church, Georgetown. Burial Salado City Cemetery. WALKER, Sylvia 81, of Georgetown died Wednesday. Services pending. Arrangements by the Gabriels, Georgetown.
WENDLAND, Clarence Julius Emil, 72, retired state employee, of Austin died Wednesday. Survived by wife Margie. Visitation 6 p.m. Friday, Parks Funeral Home, Pflugerville. Services 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Redeemer Lutheran Church. Burial Parks Cemetery. WOODUL, Walter Frank 85, attorney, of Austin died Oct. 31. Services 11 a.m.
Saturday, St. Luke's on the Lake Episcopal Church. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish. WOOLVERTON, J.D., 89, dairy farmer, of Rockdale died Tuesday. Survived by wife Dorothy.
Services 2 p.m. Friday, Sandy Creek Church of Christ, near Rockdale. Burial Sand Grove Cemetery, near Milano. Arrangements by Phillips Luckey, Rockdale..
