A native of Portales, N.M., she was a daughter of the late Frank and Sally Elizabeth Slough.
She taught in the Texas public schools for 34 years. She was a free-lance writer and published a book, "A Distant Flame", based on the wrestling career of her husband, 1932 Olympic Welter Weight Gold Medal Winner, Jack VanBebber.
Survivor: A sister, Mildred Butler Laycock, of Pampas, Texas.
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Amarillo Globe-News,
January 25, 2002
Julia Eleanor Slough VanBebber, 88, died Sunday, January 13, 2002.
Services were held on Thursday, January 17, 2002 at Brown-Sisson Funeral Home Chapel in Perry, Oklahoma. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. VanBebber graduated from Wellington High School with the Class of 1930. She was also a former resident of the Texas cities of McLean, Dumas and Pampa. She taught in McLedan and Dumas schools for 34 years.
Survivors include a sister, Mildred Laycock of Pampa; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist church of Clemson; First Baptist Church of Perry, or National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
A native of Portales, N.M., she was a daughter of the late Frank and Sally Elizabeth Slough.
She taught in the Texas public schools for 34 years. She was a free-lance writer and published a book, "A Distant Flame", based on the wrestling career of her husband, 1932 Olympic Welter Weight Gold Medal Winner, Jack VanBebber.
Survivor: A sister, Mildred Butler Laycock, of Pampas, Texas.
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Amarillo Globe-News,
January 25, 2002
Julia Eleanor Slough VanBebber, 88, died Sunday, January 13, 2002.
Services were held on Thursday, January 17, 2002 at Brown-Sisson Funeral Home Chapel in Perry, Oklahoma. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. VanBebber graduated from Wellington High School with the Class of 1930. She was also a former resident of the Texas cities of McLean, Dumas and Pampa. She taught in McLedan and Dumas schools for 34 years.
Survivors include a sister, Mildred Laycock of Pampa; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist church of Clemson; First Baptist Church of Perry, or National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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