|
a.
|
Note: Butch had three back operations before age 56. He also has degenerate bone disease in his back. After retiring in 1992, Buch and Lilly sold their home and land. We purchased a diesel pusher motor home and traveled full time for three years. Butch had back surgery in 1972 and was told in 1995 that he needed another one so it was time to settle down again. We purchased some lots and a mobile home in Sun Country Resort in Whitney, Hill Co., Texas. There we stayed until Aug. 1999. We then purchased 9 acres and a double-wide mobile home in Gholson, Mclennan Co., Texas (north of Waco about 11 miles).
Lilly Jean Beal Engleman (lillyj57@@aol.com) 301 High Lane, Waco, Texas 76705 When Butch was 14, in 1956, he shot himself in the leg. His parents had gone to a funeral and he went rabbit hunting with some friends, they were also drinking. He leaned the 22 up against a tree and somehow knocked it down. Anyway it went off and he now has a hole in his thigh. The bb's or whatever they were still come to the surface and he picks them out with a knife. He said he stuffed his tee shirt in the hole, got on the back of a motorcycle, they tied his leg to the 22 so it wouldn't move and took him to the hospital Only a kid!
Waco Tribune, Waco, Texas Walter Owen Engleman, Sr.
5/17/1942~2/23/15
Walter �Butch� Engleman was born to Chris Leroy Engleman, Sr. and Gladys Cleo Hill in Pasadena, Texas. He attended school in Deer Park. Butch and Lilly Beal were married Dec. 16, 1960 in Deer Park, Texas. To this union were born three children; Sophia Ann Engleman Blust, Walter Owen Engleman, Jr., and Stephanie Jean Engleman England.
Butch served in the United States Army, United States National Guard, and United States Navy Reserves. He retired in 1992 from Texas Utilities. His hobby was gardening.
He was predeceased in death by his parents, a sister, and his son, Walter.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, his daughters, Sophia of Sugarland and Stephanie of Arizona; grandchildren, Dusty Hixson of Sugarland and Hilery Jean Beeman of Arizona; sister Margaret of Pearland and several nieces and nephews.
A private burial will take place at Waco Memorial Park.
|
