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<br />IServices Are Heldl?or
<br />. Councilman Thrower
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<br />Funeral services were held
<br />Tuesday afternoon for La Porte City
<br />Councilman Robert Edward (Bob)
<br />Thrower, 68, who passed away this
<br />past Friday in a Houston hospital
<br />after a lengthy battle with a heart
<br />ailment.
<br />Thrower had represented the con-
<br />stituents of District 3 on the La
<br />, Porte ,City Council for almost six
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<br />years, as he was in the final months
<br />of his second three-year term. By
<br />city charter, council has 120 days to '
<br />call a special election to fill his post,
<br />but since the regular council elec-
<br />tion is set for May 3, the District 3
<br />seat will remain open until the elec-
<br />tion is held.
<br />Services for the longtime La Porte I
<br />resident were held at the First
<br />United Methodist Church, with the
<br />Rev. Marlin Fenn officiating, and
<br />burial followed at Forest Park East
<br />Cemetery, under the direction of'
<br />Grand View Funeral Home in
<br />Pasadena. Pallbearers included Joe
<br />D. Burton, Allen House, Mike
<br />Tomerlin, Larry O'Neil, James
<br />: Hughey and Lt. Robert Hughey.
<br />Honorary pallbearers were Ens.
<br />Ronnie Holladay, Richard Hughey,
<br />Randall Hughey, Conrad Reynolds,
<br />James Peters, Charles Peters, fellow .
<br />members. of the La Por~e City
<br />Council, Past Masters of the La
<br />Porte Masonic Lodg'e #857, Past .
<br />Masters of the' Friendswood :
<br />Masonic Lodge #1416, and mem~ I
<br />bers of the Ridout Priory #75
<br />K.Y.C.H.
<br />Councilman Thrower was a grad-
<br />uate of the University of Houston,
<br />served in both the Army and the
<br />Nayy and retired from the NASA
<br />space program after 36 years of
<br />, government service. He was a mem':
<br />ber of the First United Methodist
<br />Church, and was an active Mason in
<br />I Southeast .Harris County. He was '
<br />. charter registrar of Ridout Priory
<br />#75 K.Y.C.H., a member of the Gulf
<br />Coast Y.R. College #106, and a
<br />member of the Royal Order of
<br />Scotland. He was a member of the
<br />Red Branch of Eri and Past
<br />, Excellent Chief of Nat Pace Council
<br />#46 K.M., a member ,of Backford
<br />_Cross ConClave #420 R.C.C., and a
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<br />member of Chester Cross
<br />Tabernacle #152 H.RAK.T.P. in
<br />England and Seabrook chapter '1090
<br />O.E.S.
<br />Also, he was a member of'
<br />Bay town Court #1 Order :'of the'
<br />, Amaranth, Order of the Rainbow
<br />, Grand Cross of Colors, B,P.O. Elks
<br />Lodge #2322 of .Kemah, and the'
<br />American Legion. ,
<br />Preceded in death by daughter
<br />Vickie Jo Thrower and brother
<br />James Albert Thrower,
<br />Councilman Thrower is survived by
<br />his wife Wanda; daughters Tere '
<br />Burton and husband Joe D, of
<br />Seabrook, Cynthia House and hus-
<br />, band Allen of La Porte and Debra
<br />Tomerlin and husband Mike of
<br />, Friendswood; siste'rs Evie Lou
<br />Peters of Aiken, South Carolina,
<br />Linnie Mae Holladay of Lanette,
<br />Alabama and Mag~ie Hughey of La
<br />Porte; mother-in-law Mildred Young
<br />of La Porte; son-in-law Larry
<br />O'Neil; grandchildren Theresa Jo
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<br />Burton,' Robert Thomas O'Neil
<br />Jessica Thrower Tomerlin, Sarah
<br />Thrower Tomerlin and Michael
<br />Thrower Tomerlin; plus numerous
<br />nieces and nephews, '
<br />Memorials are suggested to the
<br />Texas He'art Institute, P.O. Box,
<br />20269" Ho~ston, 77225, any
<br />MaSOnIC chanty, or the First United
<br />Methodist Church of La Porte's
<br />building fund.
<br />, La Porte City Manager Bob
<br />Herrera told The Bayshore Sun that
<br />C,ouncil~an Thrower "brought with
<br />him famIly values, a lot of stability
<br />and e~pertise. He brought to the
<br />~ouncll a level of professionalism
<br />:~here he worked well with his fel-
<br />1.low council members and the city
<br />I sta~, and was never critical of any-
<br />, one s ~ffprts on behalf of the city, It
<br />was a JOY to work with him."
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