Theresa Quiram Akard Dum, 85, passed away at her home Thursday, June 16, 2011. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in the sanctuary of OakCrest Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Menke officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the funeral home.
Theresa was the fifth of eight children born in Waco, Texas, to the late Helmut G. Quiram Sr. and Thusnelda Neugebauer Quiram, and remained a life-long resident of Waco. She graduated from Waco High School in 1943 and immediately went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Traffic Division as a service operator. On Nov. 1, 1947, Theresa married Guy Akard and on Feb. 14, 1975, she married John H. Dum. Theresa retired July 20, 1980, as Supervisor Business Services (Operations) with 37 years of service, 32 of which she was Assistant Chief Operator of the Waco Traffic Division prior to the company's decision to move that part of their operations to Fort Worth, Texas.
Theresa was preceded in death by her first husband, Guy, in 1970; second husband, John, in 1984; sisters, Caroline Quiram, Anna Fitch and husband, Don Fitch, and Sophie Crowley and husband, Vince Crowley; sister-in-law, Jeanne Quiram; brother-in-law, Charles F. Wells Jr.; and nephew, Karl Quiram.
She is survived by brothers, Helmut G. Quiram Jr., of Littleton, Colo., and Leonard L. Quiram and wife, Barbara, of College Station; sisters, Ruby Wells and Helen Quiram, both of Waco; and many nieces, nephews and faithful friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/17/2011 - 6/18/2011...O7
Theresa was the fifth of eight children born in Waco, Texas, to the late Helmut G. Quiram Sr. and Thusnelda Neugebauer Quiram, and remained a life-long resident of Waco. She graduated from Waco High School in 1943 and immediately went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Traffic Division as a service operator. On Nov. 1, 1947, Theresa married Guy Akard and on Feb. 14, 1975, she married John H. Dum. Theresa retired July 20, 1980, as Supervisor Business Services (Operations) with 37 years of service, 32 of which she was Assistant Chief Operator of the Waco Traffic Division prior to the company's decision to move that part of their operations to Fort Worth, Texas.
Theresa was preceded in death by her first husband, Guy, in 1970; second husband, John, in 1984; sisters, Caroline Quiram, Anna Fitch and husband, Don Fitch, and Sophie Crowley and husband, Vince Crowley; sister-in-law, Jeanne Quiram; brother-in-law, Charles F. Wells Jr.; and nephew, Karl Quiram.
She is survived by brothers, Helmut G. Quiram Jr., of Littleton, Colo., and Leonard L. Quiram and wife, Barbara, of College Station; sisters, Ruby Wells and Helen Quiram, both of Waco; and many nieces, nephews and faithful friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/17/2011 - 6/18/2011...O7
Theresa Quiram Akard Dum, 85, passed away at her home Thursday, June 16, 2011. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in the sanctuary of OakCrest Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Menke officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the funeral home.
Theresa was the fifth of eight children born in Waco, Texas, to the late Helmut G. Quiram Sr. and Thusnelda Neugebauer Quiram, and remained a life-long resident of Waco. She graduated from Waco High School in 1943 and immediately went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Traffic Division as a service operator. On Nov. 1, 1947, Theresa married Guy Akard and on Feb. 14, 1975, she married John H. Dum. Theresa retired July 20, 1980, as Supervisor Business Services (Operations) with 37 years of service, 32 of which she was Assistant Chief Operator of the Waco Traffic Division prior to the company's decision to move that part of their operations to Fort Worth, Texas.
Theresa was preceded in death by her first husband, Guy, in 1970; second husband, John, in 1984; sisters, Caroline Quiram, Anna Fitch and husband, Don Fitch, and Sophie Crowley and husband, Vince Crowley; sister-in-law, Jeanne Quiram; brother-in-law, Charles F. Wells Jr.; and nephew, Karl Quiram.
She is survived by brothers, Helmut G. Quiram Jr., of Littleton, Colo., and Leonard L. Quiram and wife, Barbara, of College Station; sisters, Ruby Wells and Helen Quiram, both of Waco; and many nieces, nephews and faithful friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/17/2011 - 6/18/2011...O7
Theresa was the fifth of eight children born in Waco, Texas, to the late Helmut G. Quiram Sr. and Thusnelda Neugebauer Quiram, and remained a life-long resident of Waco. She graduated from Waco High School in 1943 and immediately went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Traffic Division as a service operator. On Nov. 1, 1947, Theresa married Guy Akard and on Feb. 14, 1975, she married John H. Dum. Theresa retired July 20, 1980, as Supervisor Business Services (Operations) with 37 years of service, 32 of which she was Assistant Chief Operator of the Waco Traffic Division prior to the company's decision to move that part of their operations to Fort Worth, Texas.
Theresa was preceded in death by her first husband, Guy, in 1970; second husband, John, in 1984; sisters, Caroline Quiram, Anna Fitch and husband, Don Fitch, and Sophie Crowley and husband, Vince Crowley; sister-in-law, Jeanne Quiram; brother-in-law, Charles F. Wells Jr.; and nephew, Karl Quiram.
She is survived by brothers, Helmut G. Quiram Jr., of Littleton, Colo., and Leonard L. Quiram and wife, Barbara, of College Station; sisters, Ruby Wells and Helen Quiram, both of Waco; and many nieces, nephews and faithful friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/17/2011 - 6/18/2011...O7
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