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Submitted: 10/5/19 • Approved: 10/5/19 • Last Updated: 10/8/19 • R210148-G210147-S3
Ola
February 20, 1908 - August 18, 1997
Wilma
February 8, 1913 - October 13, 2005
Wilma Irene Sanders, born in Thorndale, Milam Co., TX - Daughter of Edgar Miles Sanders and Cora Beatrice "Teet" Locklin.
Sister of Earnest Harold, Lora "Pearl", Lena Myrl, John Hardeman, Edgar Samuel and Joe Sanders.
Wilma married, 20 Dec 1941 in Thorndale Milam Co., TX, Ola "Pat" Organ, a son of I B and Allie Organ.
Mother of Michael Ray Organ.
Granddaughter of John B Sanders & Mary I Lena Purvis and William Hardeman Locklin & Prescilla Ellison.
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Rockdale Reporter
October 20, 2005
Organ
Lifelong Thorndale resident, Wilma Irene Sanders Organ, 92, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005 in the S.P.J.S.T. Nursing Home in Taylor. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Pastor Bill Fulton. Burial followed in the Locklin Cemetery near San Gabriel.
Mrs. Organ was born Feb. 8, 1913 in Thorndale to Edgar Miles and Cora Beatrice (Locklin) Sanders.
She married Ola Pat Organ on Dec. 20, 1941 in Thorndale.
She was a public school teacher for 40 years before retiring in 1973. She taught at Conoley, San Gabriel, Rockdale and Thorndale schools.
Mrs. Organ, a resident of Taylor for the past five years, was member of Pleasant Retreat Methodist Church and taught adult Sunday school. She received her Masters in 1953. She also enjoyed gardening and canning.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Earnest Harold Sanders, John Hardiman Sanders, Edgar Samuel Sanders and Joe Sanders; sisters, Lena Myrl Campbell and Lora Pearl Hutter.
Survivors include son, Michael Ray Organ Sr. and wife Nancy of Lexington; three grandchildren, Michael Ray Organ Jr. and wife Krisy of Thorndale; Rodney Wayne Organ and wife Michelle of Austin and Dr. Jennifer Organ of Waco; great-grandson, Michael Ray Organ III of Thorndale.
Pallbearers included John Kovar, William Smith, Ken Pritchard, Leonard Smith, Jimmy Campbell and Wayne Luker.
Honorary pallbearers were Nathan Smith, Melvin Campbell, Donald Campbell, Kirk Sanders and Leslie Organ Jr.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Retreat Methodist Church near Thorndale or to Thorndale Ex Student Association.
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