Alene Focke

Funeral services for Alene Focke, 89, of Rusk, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007, in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Charles Haley officiating. Interment will be in Shiloh Cemetery, under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk.

Mrs. Focke died Aug. 30, 2007, in a Tyler hospice. She was born Nov. 22, 1917, in Holly Springs, Ark. to the late Charles Alvis and Lela Pearl Bryant Jordan. She was a resident of Rusk for 17 years and a homemaker.

Preceded in death by her husbands, Thomas Henry Sisco and Robert Corder Focke; her son, Wayne T. Sisco; her three brothers and a sister. She is survived to two daughters and son-in-law, Linda L. Jones of Rusk and Sandra and Terry Kroll of Bryan; her granddaughter, Tanya Kroll of Maple Grove, Minn.; three grandsons, Shawn Kroll of Bryan, Byron Jones of Lufkin and Scott Jones of League City; son-in-law, Clay Jones of Rusk; four great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Bea Jordan of Chidester, Ark. and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Byron Clay Jones, Scott Allen Jones, Nolan Jones, Terry Kroll, Clay Jones, Alvis Lee Jordan and Joe Carranza.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday Aug. 31, 2007, at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas 4111 University Blvd. Tyler, Texas 75701.

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  ALENE FOCKE

Funeral for Alene Focke, 89, of Rusk was at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Charles Haley officiating. Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery.

Mrs. Focke died Aug. 30. She was born Nov. 22, 1917, in Holly Springs Ark. to the late Charles Alvis and Lela Pearl Bryant Jordan. Mrs. Focke was a resident of Rusk 17 years and a homemaker.

Preceding her in death were her husbands, Thomas Henry Sisco and Robert Corder Focke; a son, Wayne T. Sisco, three brothers and one sister.

Survivors are two daughters and a son-in-law: Linda L. Jones of Rusk and Sandra and Terry Kroll of Bryan; granddaughter, Tanya Kroll of Maple Grove, Minn.; three grandsons, Shawn Kroll of Bryan, Byron Jones of Lufkin and Scott Jones of League City; a son-in-law: Clay Jones of Rusk; four great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law, Bea Jordan of Chidester, Ark., numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Byron Clay Jones, Scott Allen Jones, Nolan Jones, Terry Kroll, Clay Jones, Alvis Lee Jordan and Joe Carranza.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler 75701

September 5, 2007

Information from The Cherokeean Herald