Effie Josephine Conway Wier
Born: June 20, 1928
Died: March 11, 2016
GALVESTON Effie Josephine Conway Wier, age 87 of Galveston, died Friday March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral services are 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston with Reverend Ray Pinard officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Effie Jo was born June 20, 1928 in Clovis, New Mexico, to Joseph Albert Conway and Alice Virginia Cameron Conway. She spent 30 years as a public school music teacher and 5 years as a kindergarten teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as in the Northern and Southern areas of New Mexico. A consummate musician, Effie played the harp, recorder, piano, guitar and a variety of Orff-Kodaly instruments. She enjoyed teaching her family and was always willing to share her gift of music with others.
She spent many years studying from the Hispanic perspective, reading and interviewing the residents of Santa Rosa, and other small towns in New Mexico, for a book she was writing on Billy the Kid. She traveled extensively and studied many languages including German, French, Italian and Spanish. Jo was a tireless advocate for Children at Risk and a staunch supporter of UNICEF. She was an avid supporter of Prisoners Rights, constantly advocating for Peace not War. She recognized the compassion that exists through the brotherhood of man to solve many of our social ills.
Preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Thomas Albert Conway, and a sister, Ruth Alice Adams, survivors include her husband of 70 years, Walter Thomas “Tee” Wier of Galveston; daughters, S. Pamela Carsey of Galveston, Texas, and Urbana, Illinois, Catherine J. Wier of Albuquerque, NM, and Claudia Rene Wier and spouse E. J. Westlake of Ann Arbor, Michigan; sons, David S. Wier and wife Greta J. Wier of George Town, Texas, and Patrick C. Wier and wife Leah Gutierrez- Wier of Albuquerque, NM; sisters, Gellen Conway of Anchorage, Alaska, and Betty Wattam of Blacksburg, Virginia; 8 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be sent to UNICEF. https://www.unicefusa.org
Carnes Brothers Funeral Home
Jo Wier
GALVESTON — Jo Wier, age 87, of Galveston died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston.
Mar 12 2016
Galveston Daily News
Addition for the stone as I cannot add it to the image.
This beautiful headstone was purchased by Cheryl and Blanche Collie. Blanche told me (Claudia Wier) that my mother often spoke to her about the pain of losing her first child. She said that although others said she would overcome it, she never did. This is the stone that she and Blanche chose together to replace the original little plaque that my grandparents J.A. and Alice purchased when Terrence Michael died in 1948. We are so very thankful to Blanche and Cheryl for this beautiful tribute as my mother's body was cremated upon her death. When I told this to Blanche, she and Cheryl decided to have the stone erected for us.
Born: June 20, 1928
Died: March 11, 2016
GALVESTON Effie Josephine Conway Wier, age 87 of Galveston, died Friday March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral services are 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston with Reverend Ray Pinard officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Effie Jo was born June 20, 1928 in Clovis, New Mexico, to Joseph Albert Conway and Alice Virginia Cameron Conway. She spent 30 years as a public school music teacher and 5 years as a kindergarten teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as in the Northern and Southern areas of New Mexico. A consummate musician, Effie played the harp, recorder, piano, guitar and a variety of Orff-Kodaly instruments. She enjoyed teaching her family and was always willing to share her gift of music with others.
She spent many years studying from the Hispanic perspective, reading and interviewing the residents of Santa Rosa, and other small towns in New Mexico, for a book she was writing on Billy the Kid. She traveled extensively and studied many languages including German, French, Italian and Spanish. Jo was a tireless advocate for Children at Risk and a staunch supporter of UNICEF. She was an avid supporter of Prisoners Rights, constantly advocating for Peace not War. She recognized the compassion that exists through the brotherhood of man to solve many of our social ills.
Preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Thomas Albert Conway, and a sister, Ruth Alice Adams, survivors include her husband of 70 years, Walter Thomas “Tee” Wier of Galveston; daughters, S. Pamela Carsey of Galveston, Texas, and Urbana, Illinois, Catherine J. Wier of Albuquerque, NM, and Claudia Rene Wier and spouse E. J. Westlake of Ann Arbor, Michigan; sons, David S. Wier and wife Greta J. Wier of George Town, Texas, and Patrick C. Wier and wife Leah Gutierrez- Wier of Albuquerque, NM; sisters, Gellen Conway of Anchorage, Alaska, and Betty Wattam of Blacksburg, Virginia; 8 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be sent to UNICEF. https://www.unicefusa.org
Carnes Brothers Funeral Home
Jo Wier
GALVESTON — Jo Wier, age 87, of Galveston died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston.
Mar 12 2016
Galveston Daily News
Addition for the stone as I cannot add it to the image.
This beautiful headstone was purchased by Cheryl and Blanche Collie. Blanche told me (Claudia Wier) that my mother often spoke to her about the pain of losing her first child. She said that although others said she would overcome it, she never did. This is the stone that she and Blanche chose together to replace the original little plaque that my grandparents J.A. and Alice purchased when Terrence Michael died in 1948. We are so very thankful to Blanche and Cheryl for this beautiful tribute as my mother's body was cremated upon her death. When I told this to Blanche, she and Cheryl decided to have the stone erected for us.
Effie Josephine Conway Wier
Born: June 20, 1928
Died: March 11, 2016
GALVESTON Effie Josephine Conway Wier, age 87 of Galveston, died Friday March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral services are 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston with Reverend Ray Pinard officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Effie Jo was born June 20, 1928 in Clovis, New Mexico, to Joseph Albert Conway and Alice Virginia Cameron Conway. She spent 30 years as a public school music teacher and 5 years as a kindergarten teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as in the Northern and Southern areas of New Mexico. A consummate musician, Effie played the harp, recorder, piano, guitar and a variety of Orff-Kodaly instruments. She enjoyed teaching her family and was always willing to share her gift of music with others.
She spent many years studying from the Hispanic perspective, reading and interviewing the residents of Santa Rosa, and other small towns in New Mexico, for a book she was writing on Billy the Kid. She traveled extensively and studied many languages including German, French, Italian and Spanish. Jo was a tireless advocate for Children at Risk and a staunch supporter of UNICEF. She was an avid supporter of Prisoners Rights, constantly advocating for Peace not War. She recognized the compassion that exists through the brotherhood of man to solve many of our social ills.
Preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Thomas Albert Conway, and a sister, Ruth Alice Adams, survivors include her husband of 70 years, Walter Thomas “Tee” Wier of Galveston; daughters, S. Pamela Carsey of Galveston, Texas, and Urbana, Illinois, Catherine J. Wier of Albuquerque, NM, and Claudia Rene Wier and spouse E. J. Westlake of Ann Arbor, Michigan; sons, David S. Wier and wife Greta J. Wier of George Town, Texas, and Patrick C. Wier and wife Leah Gutierrez- Wier of Albuquerque, NM; sisters, Gellen Conway of Anchorage, Alaska, and Betty Wattam of Blacksburg, Virginia; 8 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be sent to UNICEF. https://www.unicefusa.org
Carnes Brothers Funeral Home
Jo Wier
GALVESTON — Jo Wier, age 87, of Galveston died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston.
Mar 12 2016
Galveston Daily News
Addition for the stone as I cannot add it to the image.
This beautiful headstone was purchased by Cheryl and Blanche Collie. Blanche told me (Claudia Wier) that my mother often spoke to her about the pain of losing her first child. She said that although others said she would overcome it, she never did. This is the stone that she and Blanche chose together to replace the original little plaque that my grandparents J.A. and Alice purchased when Terrence Michael died in 1948. We are so very thankful to Blanche and Cheryl for this beautiful tribute as my mother's body was cremated upon her death. When I told this to Blanche, she and Cheryl decided to have the stone erected for us.
Born: June 20, 1928
Died: March 11, 2016
GALVESTON Effie Josephine Conway Wier, age 87 of Galveston, died Friday March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral services are 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston with Reverend Ray Pinard officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Effie Jo was born June 20, 1928 in Clovis, New Mexico, to Joseph Albert Conway and Alice Virginia Cameron Conway. She spent 30 years as a public school music teacher and 5 years as a kindergarten teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as in the Northern and Southern areas of New Mexico. A consummate musician, Effie played the harp, recorder, piano, guitar and a variety of Orff-Kodaly instruments. She enjoyed teaching her family and was always willing to share her gift of music with others.
She spent many years studying from the Hispanic perspective, reading and interviewing the residents of Santa Rosa, and other small towns in New Mexico, for a book she was writing on Billy the Kid. She traveled extensively and studied many languages including German, French, Italian and Spanish. Jo was a tireless advocate for Children at Risk and a staunch supporter of UNICEF. She was an avid supporter of Prisoners Rights, constantly advocating for Peace not War. She recognized the compassion that exists through the brotherhood of man to solve many of our social ills.
Preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Thomas Albert Conway, and a sister, Ruth Alice Adams, survivors include her husband of 70 years, Walter Thomas “Tee” Wier of Galveston; daughters, S. Pamela Carsey of Galveston, Texas, and Urbana, Illinois, Catherine J. Wier of Albuquerque, NM, and Claudia Rene Wier and spouse E. J. Westlake of Ann Arbor, Michigan; sons, David S. Wier and wife Greta J. Wier of George Town, Texas, and Patrick C. Wier and wife Leah Gutierrez- Wier of Albuquerque, NM; sisters, Gellen Conway of Anchorage, Alaska, and Betty Wattam of Blacksburg, Virginia; 8 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be sent to UNICEF. https://www.unicefusa.org
Carnes Brothers Funeral Home
Jo Wier
GALVESTON — Jo Wier, age 87, of Galveston died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston.
Mar 12 2016
Galveston Daily News
Addition for the stone as I cannot add it to the image.
This beautiful headstone was purchased by Cheryl and Blanche Collie. Blanche told me (Claudia Wier) that my mother often spoke to her about the pain of losing her first child. She said that although others said she would overcome it, she never did. This is the stone that she and Blanche chose together to replace the original little plaque that my grandparents J.A. and Alice purchased when Terrence Michael died in 1948. We are so very thankful to Blanche and Cheryl for this beautiful tribute as my mother's body was cremated upon her death. When I told this to Blanche, she and Cheryl decided to have the stone erected for us.
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