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survived by his children, Dan (Peggy) Allen, Keleigh (Stuart) Hughes Sasser and William (Jackie) Hilton; and numerous other relatives. Memorials may be made to the Berg-Hughes Center at Texas A&M University.
Mary Caroline Cowden died Oct. 12. She was born Oct. 16, 2015, in Dallas. She is survived by her parents, Patrick and Erin, and brother Hicks Price; paternal grandparents Caroline Kemper Cowden, Fort Worth; Lynn Franklin Cowden, Skellytown; maternal grandparents Ms. Peggy Cire Hicks, Hous- ton; Dusty Hicks, Midland; and numerous other relatives. Memorials may be made to Highland Park United Methodist Church Childhood Ministries, 3300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75205.
Dale Lasater, Matheson, Colo., died Oct. 14, following a tragic horse acci- dent on the Dale Lasater Ranch (formerly The Lasater Ranch). He was raised on The Lasater Ranch in Falfurrias, Texas, and Matheson, Colo. After graduat- ing from Princeton University in 1965, he spent a year studying as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Buenos Aires, and then spent 2 years working with a cattle improvement program with the Peace Corps in Colombia. He worked as general manager of International Cattle Systems, a diversifi ed livestock company headquartered in Kansas. In 1986, he took over manage- ment of the Lasater Ranch in eastern Colorado, founded in 1948 by Tom and Mary Lasater. He is survived by his wife Janine; sons Alex and Tom (Peiching) Lasater; brothers Laurence, San Angelo, and Lane, Boulder Colo., sister Sally Lasater, Boulder; and grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Lasater Scholarship Foundation, 35437 Highway 24, Matheson, Colo. 80830. Joe Pitts Ross died Oct. 16. He was born Aug. 31, 1936, in Fort Worth to Gladys and Robert Ross. He was raised in Grandview where he attended public school until graduation in 1954. He attended Baylor University on a football scholarship and studied business and education. He married Sandra Fowler in November 1960. He pursued a career in public school education and in 1980, he was named assistant superintendent of the Fort Worth Inde- pendent School District, a position he held until he retired in 1998. In July of 2004, he returned to FWISD as superintendent. After his second retirement in 2005 he spent much of his time at the family ranch Grandview. Memorials may be given to Arborlawn United Methodist Church Foundation, Inc., 5001 Briarhaven Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76109; Grandview Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, Box 116, Grandview, Texas, 76050; or the Baylor B Association, Baylor University, 1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, Texas, 76706. John Morgan O’Brien, 91, died Oct. 17. He was born in Refugio to John James O’Brien and Dolores Ohler O’Brien on Feb. 21, 1925. The O’Brien
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Ranch program was recognized as an AQHA Legacy Breeder and produced an AQHA Champion, a World Champion, two Reserve World Champions, an Honor Roll Champion, a Rodeo Horse of the Year and countless other ac- colades within ranching, rodeo and the AQHA. He served as chairman of the Board of First National Bank of Refugio and as a director of Commercial National Bank of Beeville. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary Kathryn O’Brien; children,
Bridget (Bob) O’Brien Gayle, Morgan (Beau) O’Brien, Mick O’Brien, Dick (Charlotte) O’Brien and Kathy (Richard) O’Brien Ball; and numerous other relatives.
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