This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ONDRASEK,ODSTRCIL,BARNETT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EhB.2ACE/1143 Message Board Post: ANNA TERESA "ANNIE TRACY" ODSTRCIL BARNETT, age 96, of Houston passed away Saturday, November 29, 2003. Mrs. Barnett was born February 26, 1907 in the Chriesman community of Burleson County, the daughter of the late Pete B. and Frances Ondrasek Odstrcil. She grew up near Caldwell, Texas and later attended Draughns Business College in San Antonio. She married Krohne Herring Barnett on January 2, 1929 in Caldwell where they lived until the summer of 1944 when they moved to Pasadena and then to Houston in 1959. Mrs. Barnett was a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church since 1963 and assisted in many activities including preparing the newsletter, helping in the kitchen and organizing games for retirees. She also enjoyed cooking, sewing, tending to animals and gardening including creating different flowers through cross-pollination. Mrs. Barnett was adept at repairing many things from cars to washing machines to re-wiring a house. At age 56, she built a new home acting as her o! wn general contractor. Her most time-consuming but finest achievement was as beloved mother and grandmother to which she devoted her life with the utmost caring, patience and love. Mrs. Barnett was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, Eula Lewis and Fannie Bravanec, and two brothers, Henry and Pete R. Odstrcil. She is survived by her daughter, Betty Pace and husband, Steve K Pace; grandsons, Steve Pace and wife Carmelina of Richmond, Brent Pace and wife Melanie of The Woodlands, Robert Pace and wife Jamie of Spring; great grandchildren, Rosanna and Steve B. Pace of Richmond, Kaitlyn and Travis Pace of The Woodlands, and Paige Pace of Spring; sister, Lillie Willoughby of Longview; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. Visitation will be held 7:00 - 9:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home where Funeral Services will be held 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 3, 2003. Entombment to follow in Memorial Mission Mausoleum ! at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. published in Houston Chronicle Dec 1, 2003