Frances Kleber Truax

Frances K. Truax

Frances Kleber Truax was born Nov. 13 , 1899 in Dallas Texas , and died June 11 , 2001 , after a long illness.Frances was born in Dallas to F.M and Abbie Kleber.
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Frances graduated from Dallas High School and attended SMU where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority and was a Rotunda Beauty.She was a lifetime member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation , which her family helped establish.In 1921 she married W.W. ( Bill ) Truax , who was the city editor of the old Dallas Journal - the evening paper of the Dallas News.When the Journal was sold he joined the staff of the.He was on the news staff until he retired as assistant managing editor.
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Shortly after that , Frances moved to Denton to Good Samaritan Village.Frances' passion was gardening.At one point she wrote a gardening column for the Dallas News.She was a founding member of the Bluff View Garden Club.She was also a member of the Altar Guild at the Church of the Incarnation and a volunteer in their Thrift House on Routh Street.

Frances is survived by her daughter and son-in-law , Joan and Jerry Flanery ; granddaughter and husband , Kathy and David Turner ; grandsons.Pat Flanery , Mike Flanery and his wife Paula Frazier ; great-grandchildren , Bill Turner , wife Libreta , Michael Turner , Colin , Ryan , Megan and Frazier Flanery ; great-great-grandchild , Clara Elizabeth Turner ; niece , Linda Tubbs ; nephews , Michael Kleber , A.R. and Robert White and their families.

Frances is preceded in death by her husband Bill ; her mother and father , F.M. and Abbie Kleber ; three brothers , Fred , Jack and George Kleber ; one sister , Amelia White ; and a grandson , Tom Flanery.

Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday , June 14 , 2001 , at Restland Memorial Park with the Rev. Clint Loveall , associate pastor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Denton , officiating.