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My Mother

AnnouncementsPeggy Keefer Gillis



PEGGY KEEFER GILLIS, 71, passed away April 15, 2009 after a brave battle with colon cancer.

Peggy was born March 26, 1938 to Ina and Ferrell Keefer. She attended W.B. Ray High School (class of 1956) in Corpus Christi, Texas. After High School, Peggy attended Texas State College for Women in Denton, and The University of Texas in Austin. After raising 4 children, she became an entrepreneur. Peggy spent the next 17 years as a Hospice caregiver, while continuing to help others.

Peggy is preceded in death by her father, Ferrell Keefer. She is survived by her mother, Ina Keefer; sons, Jeffrey V. Gillis (Sandy) and Gregory T. Gillis (Linda); daughters Shelley P. DeLuna (Louis), Kimberley G. Minchich (Matt); Grandsons, Nicholas, Joseph and Michael.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2:00 P.M., Brookside Funeral Home Cypress Creek, 9149 Hwy 6 North, Houston, TX.

Peggy's family would like to thank the staff at Houston Hospice and ask that in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe, Houston ,TX 77030. www.houstonhospice.org

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MS Awareness Week - 2009

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Are you ready to move it?!

It’s MS Awareness Week and there are so many ways to move it toward a world free of MS!

Make your mark today!

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/get-involved/events/ms-awareness-week/index.aspx

 

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Gillis Clan

General NewsThe Gillis Clan Directory and Family Tree
seems to be going well after only two weeks.
I got an input from Dorcas this weekend and
will send an update out this week. I've tried to
post previously and was unable so this is really a test. Greg has a great start on the
Family tree from MoMo on down and Mike
White is sending the copy of the tree up from
there. So, we should have some good ideas
of origins and where we have arrived in 2009.

Mailon " Buzz" Gillis
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New Guy on Site

AnnouncementsI just talked to Greg for the first time in our
lives this morning. Long lost 2nd cousins.
Talked to Jim his father and Peggy his mother over the last two days, its been since around
1960 or so for that. I m putting together a Gillis
Clan Directory, and with Greg s help a
Clan Web Site. I told Greg I like the model
he has created here, and I am going to introduce my Grand Daughter to some of
her cousins via this site later this month.

I m currently residing in NC working for Boeing
teaching kids how to bend, break and kill things with the F15E Strike Eagle. I mark 21
years doing this as a civilian instructor next week. I taught our Air Force aviators now in the F4 Phantom, the Flll Aardvark and now the
F15E. My part for fighting the War on Terror.

I spent 20 years flying the F4 in the Air Force and Air National Guard. I had 200 combat missions in Viet Nam and totaled 2500 flight
hours in the F4.

I m a flyfisherman, traditional archer, wood-carver, and would be novelist. I ll be retiring
next year and moving back to Texas. I graduated from Aggieland Class of '67, so
I do add to the aggravation of the numerous
TU or is that UT graduates within the Clan.
It is a good thing there are a few Aggies in
Gillis Tartan.

Cheers, Buzz
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Fourth of July

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Thanks to Kim, Matt, Nick and Mike for the great time over the Fourth of July !

 

Nick and Max

Nick and Max

Nick and Mike

Nick and Mike

Matt pulling Nick

Nick Tubing

Nick Tubing

Nick Tubing

Nick Tubing

Nick Tubing

Mike Tubing

Mike Tubing

Kim Tubing

Kim Tubing

Kim Tubing

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The Election

General NewsWhy are we even bothering to hold an election?

On one side, you have a bitch who is a lawyer, married to a lawyer running against a lawyer who is married to a bitch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married to a good looking woman with big boobs who owns a beer distributorship.

Is there even a contest here America?
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Profit Margins

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 I heard a sound bite on the radio today of Hillary on the Bill O'Reilly show. She was explaining that she wanted to tax the oil companies if their profits exceed some baseline amount that she wants set. She is either ignorant or is pandering to the bleeding heart liberals when discussing oil company profits. She demonizes the oil companies by inferring that they are bandits stealing from the gas buying public. Horsehockey.

If the oil companies keep their profit margin exactly the same and have an increase in the production costs due to rising oil prices then the total profit will be increased. This is pretty basic economics. Hell even I understand it. She's a lawyer and she doesn't get it?

See the examples below.

If I am just buying and reselling 1,000,000 gallons of gas at a 10% profit margin and the wholesale price increases from $2.00 to $3.00 a gallon then my overall profit also increases.

Read More to Look at the chart.

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Barbara Sue Daniel (Barbie) Fojtasek

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BARBARA SUE (BARBIE) DANIEL FOJTASEK, age 43, of the Woodlands, Texas, passed away March 19, 2008 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras as a result of injuries incurred while on a Spring Break Cruise with her husband and two children. Barbie was born September 1, 1964 in Wharton, Texas. She graduated from Klein High School and Texas A&M University. Barbie was Treasurer of Daniel Resource Development where she worked with her two brothers, Bruce Daniel and William B. Daniel, IV and her father, William B. Daniel III. Barbie gave tirelessly of her time to her church, was an active parent and supporter of The John Cooper School, served as a counselor and camp director for The Pioneer and Discovery Conferences of The Hus Encampment and was an avid fan and faithful supporter of the Texas A&M family. The role Barbie loved and excelled at above all was that of Mother and Wife, constantly being involved with her children's activities and enrichment. It was uplifting just to see her enjoying her children! This rare, sweet person, in her too short time, brought joy and happiness to the many lives she touched. Barbie leaves to mourn her passing her devoted husband Glenn L. Fojtasek, and loving children, Zachary and Pamela. She is also survived by her parents William and Barbara Lee Daniel, her brother William and his children Robyn, William V, Alex, Sean and Rayne; brother Bruce, his wife Shonnie and their children Benjamin, Katie and Mitchell; sister Lee Ann McComas, her husband Wayne; and Natasha Lee Daniel. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. William R. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Daniel, Jr. "She was the sunshine that brightened our lives!" Friends are cordially invited to a visitation from five until eight o'clock in the evening on Friday, March 28, 2008 in the chapel of Forest Park-The Woodlands, 18000 I45 South, The Woodlands, Texas. A celebration of Barbie's life will be held at eleven o'clock in the morning on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Faith Bible Church, 5505 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas. Barbie will be laid to rest in Forest Park The Woodlands Cemetery with a reception to follow at the church. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations to The John Cooper School, One John Cooper Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381 or The Barbie Memorial at The Hus Encampment of The Unity of The Brethren c/o Marvin Chlapek, 11026 Elm Ridge Court, Houston, TX 77065-3226. 281-469-7630. If you wish to leave a tribute in memory of Barbie, please visit www.mem.com.

As seen on http://www.legacy.com/houstonchronicle/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=106417457
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Deer Hunting

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I did some deer hunting last week with my dad. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

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20th Wedding Anniversary

AnnouncementsWow!

I have been married to Linda for 20 years. It seems like only yesterday...

She surprised me the weekend before we took vacation. She was leaving to run some errands while I was cutting the yard. A few minutes after she left she pulled back in the driveway and said for me to hurry up and get in. I thought something must be wrong until she started her little whisper laugh "he he he he" over and over. A minute later we pulled up to the marquee in the front of our subdivision and there it was...