Roy Julius “Deck” Woldt, 95, died December 25, 2014 in Pampa.
Memorial services will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church, with Rev. Michael Erickson, pastor, officiating. A celebration of Deck's life will follow the services with coffee and dessert in the church fellowship hall. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
A double memorial graveside service will be held at a later date in Egg Harbor Town Cemetery in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin for Deck and his wife Eloise.
Mr. Woldt, also known as Coach Woldt, was born October 22, 1919 in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin to August “Dick” and Ann Herbst Woldt. He attended high school at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin where he played several sports. Deck joined the Army Air Force during World War II and served as a radio operator on Solomon and Fiji Islands in the South Pacific in the 35th Fighter Control Squadron.
During the years of 1946-1954, he played on several minor league baseball teams. While attending Southwestern University in Weatherford, Oklahoma to earn his teaching degree, the Pampa Oilers ball team offered him a signing bonus during the 1950 season. He married Dorothy Eloise Hall Bowen on March 20, 1953 at Zion Lutheran Church in Pampa. After graduating from college, Deck played his final season with the Oilers in 1955.
Coach Woldt was hired to teach school and coach football, baseball and golf for the Pampa ISD before retiring in 1985. Some of the many honors he received over the years were Baseball Coach of the Year in the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame in 1965, and Door County League Hall of Fame in Door County, Wisconsin in 1993. Deck was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church where he served as church elder.
Deck was preceded in death by his parents; his wife in 2006; a stepson, Russell D. Bowen in 1999; a brother, Roland “Fritz” Woldt; and 3 sisters, Myrtle Woldt Patza, Clara Woldt Becker, and Elizabeth “Betty” Woldt Baster, all of Door County, Wisconsin.
Survivors include his stepdaughter, Sandra Bowen Cox Wright and husband Lee of Seattle, Washington; a grandson, James Roy Cox and wife Melissa of Seattle, Washington; a granddaughter, Kelli Wright Shea and husband Jeff of Seattle, Washington; two great-granddaughters, Janyssa Cox Kester and Payton Cox, both of Seattle, Washington; a great-grandson, Spencer Shea of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law: Corrine Schneider Woldt of Sister Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Odyssey Hospice, 6900 I-40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, Texas 79106; Shepard’s Crook Home Health Care, 916 N. Crest Road, Pampa, Texas 79065; or Zion Lutheran Church Helping Hands, 1200 Duncan, Pampa, Texas 79065.
Willie Mae Wilson Mangold died January 2, 2014 in Glen Rose.
Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, January 6, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with John Curry, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Willie Mae was born March 22, 1921, near Gruver, Texas, to Clinton and Cassie Wilson. She graduated from Gruver High School at 16, and she attended West Texas State, earning a BA in Science Education by age 20. She married Charles Otto Mangold, Jr. on September 25, 1942 in Amarillo. He preceded her in death in 1996. From 1942 to 1944, she instructed soldiers in the electrical systems on B17 and B29 airplane bombers at the Amarillo Air Force Base. She taught school for 48 years in Canadian, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, and Pampa. In 1969, she received her Master’s in Science Education from Texas A&M College Station. In 1973, she was awarded the Texas Conservation Teacher of the Year.
Throughout her life she was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, DAR, Daughters of the Confederacy, and after her retirement, the Pampa Retired Teachers Association. Although she was active in the community, she always made time to play Bridge, her favorite card game.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Travis Wilson.
She is survived by her daughter, Cassandra Weyandt and husband Tom of Glen Rose; granddaughter, Bonnie Weyandt of Glen Rose; niece, Jeanne Hardin of Knoxville, Tennessee; and nephews, Tony Christopher of Corona del Mar, California, and Mitchell Wilson of Brackettville.
The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:30 Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Home in Pampa.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79066-0621, Pampa Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 939, Pampa, Texas 79066-0939, Pampa Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 475, Pampa, Texas 79066-0435, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, 600 SW 11th Ave., Amarillo, Texas 79101, or Alzheimer’s Association, 415 W.
Willie Mae Wilson Mangold died January 2, 2014 in Glen Rose.
Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, January 6, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with John Curry, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Willie Mae was born March 22, 1921, near Gruver, Texas, to Clinton and Cassie Wilson. She graduated from Gruver High School at 16, and she attended West Texas State, earning a BA in Science Education by age 20. She married Charles Otto Mangold, Jr. on September 25, 1942 in Amarillo. He preceded her in death in 1996. From 1942 to 1944, she instructed soldiers in the electrical systems on B17 and B29 airplane bombers at the Amarillo Air Force Base. She taught school for 48 years in Canadian, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, and Pampa. In 1969, she received her Master’s in Science Education from Texas A&M College Station. In 1973, she was awarded the Texas Conservation Teacher of the Year.
Throughout her life she was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, DAR, Daughters of the Confederacy, and after her retirement, the Pampa Retired Teachers Association. Although she was active in the community, she always made time to play Bridge, her favorite card game.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Travis Wilson.
She is survived by her daughter, Cassandra Weyandt and husband Tom of Glen Rose; granddaughter, Bonnie Weyandt of Glen Rose; niece, Jeanne Hardin of Knoxville, Tennessee; and nephews, Tony Christopher of Corona del Mar, California, and Mitchell Wilson of Brackettville.
The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:30 Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Home in Pampa.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79066-0621, Pampa Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 939, Pampa, Texas 79066-0939, Pampa Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 475, Pampa, Texas 79066-0435, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, 600 SW 11th Ave., Amarillo, Texas 79101, or Alzheimer’s Association, 415 W. 8th Ave., Suite 300, Amarillo, Texas 79101
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