Robert married Jennie Edith Sturgeon 8 Feb 1888, Dallas, Missouri, USA. Jennie was born 8 Sep 1869, Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri, USA; died 27 Aug 1949, Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Roy — Maud Alice Parker. Maud was born 19 Jun 1891, Kansas; died 18 Jan 1981, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; was buried , Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Hattie — Hoeting Dyer Schmalhorst. Hoeting was born 6 Nov 1890, Missouri; died Mar 1978, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Ruth Evelyn Ramsay ArringtonBIRTH5 Sep 1918DEATH10 Mar 2012 (aged 93)Houston, Harris County, Texas, USABURIALMemorial Oaks CemeteryHouston, Harris County, Texas, USAMEMORIAL ID86570251 · View Source SUGGEST EDITS
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Ruth Ramsay Arrington passed away peacefully on Saturday, the 10th of March 2012, at the age of 93. She was born to Maude Parker and Roy Allen Ramsay in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on the 5th of September 1918. Ruth spent her early years moving around the country with her mother and father; and she loved to tell stories of her days in Buffalo, Missouri; Brookings, Oregon; Crannell, California; Grand Junction, Colorado; and Fort Worth, Texas. She graduated from Fort Worth Central High School in 1934.
In the fall of 1934, just before her sixteenth birthday, she entered Texas Christian University as a freshman, majoring in chemistry. In 1935, her family moved back to Oklahoma, and she transferred to the University of Tulsa, where she enrolled as a chemical engineering major and joined Chi Omega sorority. In 1936, she was honored as the "Engineer's Queen" during the campus engineering week. It was at the engineering college where she met her husband, James Rogers Arrington. Ruth graduated in 1939 and was the first woman to graduate from the University of Tulsa engineering college. In those days, no one would hire a woman as a chemical engineer, and Ruth felt fortunate to work as a chemistry instructor at the University of Tulsa. On the 26th of June 1942, Ruth married Jim Arrington in Tulsa, where they lived until 1960 when Jim's career in the oil industry moved their family to Houston.
Ruth loved to play the piano, play tennis, and play golf, and she enjoyed being a part of her Chi Omega bridge club for 50 years. She was an active member of P.E.O. for many years and always continued to have a passion for the study of chemistry. After Jim's retirement in 1975, they enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and friends. Ruth and Jim were a wonderful team until his death in December 2009. Ruth will always be remembered as a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, whom her grandchildren and great-grandchildren lovingly called "Oma."
She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their children Sloan, Brooke, and Blake; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff, her husband Martin, and their son James; sister, Edith Ramsay Reid, and her husband Richard; niece, Gretchen Reid Schulz, her husband Steve, and their children Shelby and Sean; nephew, Philip Reid, and his son Jake; nephew, David Reid, and his wife Tracey; and many other members of her extended family.
Ruth's family would like to thank Mary DeAnda and her assistants and Odyssey Hospice for their care and support.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock this afternoon until seven o'clock this evening, Monday, the 12th of March, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Ruth's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, Tuesday, the 13th of March, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Dr. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate. Immediately following the service, everyone is invited to join the family for a reception in the Hines Baker Room.
Prior to the service, the family will gather for a private interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in Ruth's memory may be directed to the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227.

Published in Houston Chronicle from Mar. 11 to Mar. 12, 2012

Ruth married James Rogers Arrington 26 Jun 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. James was born 2 Jan 1916, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; died 17 Dec 2009, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried , Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet]

E.C. married R. Reid [Group Sheet]

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Scott Dyer Schmalhorst 1923-2006. Loving husband, father and grandfather passed away Sunday, May 7th, 2006. He was born in Breckenridge, Texas, December 23rd 1923 and grew up in the oil fields of West Texas and the panhandle. During World War II he served his country with the 5th Air Force in the mountains of New Guinea. After the war he attended Trinity University. While attending college he met Carmen Leyton and they married June 1st, 1948. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University, he attended the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Masters in Business Administration. Over the years he went on to work for the San Antonio Housing Authority, managed furniture and paper product factories in Mexico, was an economist for H.B. Zachary and the federal government, taught economics at Trinity University and finally at San Antonio College. He was active on many committees, was a member of the American Economics Association, Texas Junior College Teachers Association, and was named Professor Emeritus of Economics by the Board of Trustees, Alamo Community College District in August 1994. He was also prominent in local civil rightsefforts in the 1960s. Thoughtful and wise, gentle and giving, he lived the Christian ethic of 'turn the other cheek.' His influence touched his family and his community. He is survived by his wife Carmen Schmalhorst, his brother William Schmalhorst, his children Paul Schmalhorst of San Antonio, Angela Pofahl and her husband Thomas of Pipe Creek, Erich Schmalhorst and his wife Mary Alice of Houston, and his grandchildren Scott Pofahl of Pipe Creek and Brooke and Erich Jr. Schmalhorst of Orlando. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the First Unitarian Church, 7150 IH 10 West, San Antonio, Texas 78213-3465 or St. Francis Episcopal Church's Habitat for Humanities Fund, 4242 Bluemel Road, San Antonio, Texas 78240. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 13th at the First Unitarian Church, 7150 IH 10 West, San Antonio, Texas at 11:00 am.

Published in Express-News on May 11, 2006

Scott — Carmen Leyton. Carmen was born 18 Dec 1923, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; died 7 Feb 2012. [Group Sheet]

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William H. Schmalhorst passed away August 8, 2015 at Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center. He was 87 years old. William was born on August 30, 1927 in Springfield, Missouri to Hoeting Dyer and Lillian (Ramsey) Schmalhorst. He grew up in Borger, Texas where his father worked for Gulf Oil. After graduating from high school he briefly attended the University of Tulsa before enrolling at the University of Michigan where he received degrees in Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He later finished his education by obtaining his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder. William was a veteran of the United States Navy. He married Helen Carson on June 21, 1950 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and together they moved to Boulder in 1954 where they lived for 47 years. They moved from Boulder to Longmont, Colorado in 2001. William began work at the foundry in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania before moving to Colorado and working at Rocky Flats for 35 years. He was a charter member of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Boulder. He was an avid reader and loved science, especially astronomy, physics, and quantum mechanics. After retiring he continued to expand his science knowledge by auditing classes at CU Boulder. William is survived by his wife Helen; his sons Doug Schmalhorst, David Schmalhorst and Brian (Maria) Schmalhorst; and his grandchildren Laura (Matt) Roberts and Matthew Schmalhorst. William was a loving husband and father and a kind and gentle man respected by all who knew him. He will be greatly missed. A memorial service will be held at 1:30pm Tuesday, August 18th at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Boulder, Colorado. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the Imagine! Foundation for the support of the developmentally disabled. More information may be found at www.imaginecolorado. org/how-help-other. Cremation entrusted to Ahlberg Funeral Chapel and Crematory. Visit www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com to share condolences.Published in The Daily Camera on Aug. 14, 2015

William married Helen K Carson Washtenaw. Helen was born 1 Nov 1926, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA; died 13 Sep 2018, Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Joyce Arrington Smith passed away peacefully at home with her daughter by her side on Wednesday, the 16th of July 2014. Joyce was born to Ruth Evelyn Ramsay and James Rogers Arrington in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Edison High School in Tulsa and graduated from Spring Branch High School in Houston, after her family moved to Houston with the oil business the summer before her senior year.
Joyce attended Southern Methodist University, where she joined Chi Omega sorority, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in education. After graduating, she moved back to Houston to teach first grade at Memorial Drive Elementary. She was then selected to teach with the U.S. Department of Defense in Germany. She taught at American schools in Bad Hersfeld, Wiesbaden, and Munich, and she would often reminisce about the friends she made and the adventures she had during those five years abroad.
After she returned home, Joyce taught kindergarten at Frostwood Elementary while getting her Masters from the University of Houston. She then married James Henry Smith, her loving husband for 20 years. Joyce worked in administration for Houston Independent School District for several years, and after their daughter Jamie was born, she continued working as a wife and mother.
Joyce loved holidays, traveling with her daughter, and playing bridge with her friends. She was very involved as a parent at the Kinkaid School and spent time with her daughter volunteering with National Charity League. She was an active Chi Omega alumna, a member of Houston Panhellenic for many years, and a member of the American Association of University Women. Joyce served in numerous ways at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, and her church family continued to support her throughout her life, particularly after the loss of her husband Jim and throughout her cancer battle.
After her daughter left for college, Joyce started a new career as a bridal consultant. She created "JAS Weddings" and for over a decade enjoyed working with brides and their families. She especially loved planning her own daughter's wedding.
Joyce will always be remembered for her smile, her attention to detail, and her vast collection of holiday decorations. She was a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt; known as "Tante" to her sister's children and grandchildren and as "Granna" to her grandson James.
For two and a half years, Joyce bravely battled invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC)-a type of breast cancer that represents only 10-15% of all breast cancer diagnoses, though it is the second most common type of breast cancer, affecting approximately 30,000 women each year. ILC is difficult to detect in mammograms and therefore is usually diagnosed when the cancer is more advanced. Joyce's dream was to help establish the world's first ILC clinic that would treat patients, educate the medical community about the disease, and help develop new therapies specifically targeting ILC. She also hoped to find a way to change insurance companies' restrictive rules for allowing breast MRIs (one of the few scans to reliably detect ILC) in the hope of increasing early ILC detection. Joyce was very passionate about her cause, and even during difficult treatments, she continued to work tirelessly to increase ILC awareness. Her family will continue this work in her memory.
She is survived by her daughter, Jamie Smith Luff, son-in-law Martin, and grandson James; sister, Joan Miers; nephew, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their children Sloan, Brooke, and Blake; niece, Stacy Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner; aunt, Edith Reid, and her husband Richard; cousin, Gretchen Schulz, her husband Steve, and their children Shelby and Sean; cousin, Philip Reid, and his son Jake; cousin, David Reid, and his wife Tracey; sister-in-law, Betsy Winn, and her husband Jim; niece, Anne Runge, her husband Tom, and their sons Lou and James; niece, Carolyn Breslin, her husband Pat, and their daughter Melanie; brother-in-law, Bert Smith, and his wife Joanne; niece, Donna Smith; nephew, Chip Smith, and his wife Elena; and many other members of her extended family.
Joyce's family would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Litton and the medical team at M.D. Anderson, the amazing group at M.D. Anderson's Integrative Medicine Center, Houston Hospice, Luisa Ortiz, and all of her wonderful friends for their support and care.
A memorial service is to be conducted at two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 26th of July, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where Dr. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, is to officiate. Immediately following the service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the adjacent grand foyer.
Prior to the service, the family will gather for a private interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, contributions in Joyce's memory may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227; or to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Integrative Medicine Center, Attention: Sanober Ajani, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 16, Houston, TX, 77030 (please reference the Joyce Arrington Smith Memorial Fund).

Published in Houston Chronicle from July 20 to July 23, 2014

Joyce married J.H. Smith [Group Sheet]

J.C. married W.E. Miers [Group Sheet]

G.A. married S.G. Schulz [Group Sheet]

P.A. married K.M. Stapp [Group Sheet]

D.R. married T.J. McGurr [Group Sheet]

Angela — Thomas Pofahl. [Group Sheet]

E.L. married M.A. Westoff [Group Sheet]

Brian — Maria. [Group Sheet]