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Note: 1) Census 1930, Texas, Hidalgo Co., Pharr, ED 56: Van Dreser (!) Arthur (*) head 47 NY NY NY marr. age 26 manager of canal calc. b. 1883 Etha (!) wife 47 TX MS MS marr. age 26 calc. b. 1883 Arthur D. son 20 TX calc. b. 1910 Dalton A son 18 TX calc. b. 1912 Dorthy (!) daught. 16 TX calc. b. 1914 (*) indexed as Vandrean ! 2) Obituary. Dorothy Ethel Ferguson, longtime resident of Pharr, died Sunday, November 4, 2001 at the age of 87 in Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. Mrs. Ferguson, born in San Antonio as the daughter of Arthur and Edith Vining Van Dresar, moved at an early age with her family to the Valley, where she and her two elder brothers attended PSJA High School in the 20's and 30's. After several years' residence in Denton and San Antonio, she returned to Pharr in the late 40's, where she has resided ever since. Mrs. Ferguson taught in San Juan and in the Edna Carnahan Elementary school in Pharr for many years and is fondly remembered by many former second grade pupils. She was a member of the Pharr United Methodist Church, the San Juan chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Hidalgo County Retired Teachers' Association, and the La Revista Book Club and a lifetime member of the Pharr Friends of the Library and the Texas PTA. Until very recently she worked regularly as a volunteer at the Pharr Library. She took an active interest in current events and was an avid reader and solver of crossword puzzles up until very shortly before her death. She was a faithful friend to a wide circle of acquaintances and will be sadly missed by them and by her loving family. Dorothy Ferguson was preceded in death by her first husband, Bernard Brooks Brown, her two brothers, Donald and Dalton Van Dresar, and, most recently, by her beloved grandson, Bernard Zondler. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Brown Zondler and son-in-law Helmut Zondler of Bottmingen, Switzerland, three granddaughters, Judith Zondler of Caracas Venezuela, Ellen Zondler of Basel, Switzerland and Birgit Zondler Reusser of Ruefenacht, Switzerland, one great-granddaughter, Zora Reusser, nephews James Van Dresar of La Grange and John Van Dresar of Houston, and one niece, Joan Roberts of Alberquerque, N.M. Funeral services are to be held on Thursday, November 8, at 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Skinner- Silva Funeral Home in Pharr, followed by a brief graveside service at Roselawn Cemetery, McAllen. Pallbearers will be Merwin Beamsley, Norman Burandt, James Gernentz, Harry Kuder, Dennis Riddle and Albert Schlichter Jr. Honorary pallbearers are Jessie Alanis and Kenneth Walters. Visitation will be Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with family present from 5:00 to 7:00. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of the deceased may be made to Pharr United Methodist Church or to a favorite charity.
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