Lida Ruth Stockton Vowell

Service & Contributions: Wife of Raymond Woodrow Vowell

Birth: August 9, 1916

Death: December 16, 1981

Burial: December 18, 1981

Location

Republic Hill, Section 2

Row: L

Number: 21

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Lida Ruth Stockton Vowell

VOWELL, LIDA RUTH STOCKTON (1916 ~ 1981). The following is an obituary Lida Ruth Stockton Vowell, spouse of former Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources Raymond W. Vowell. The obituary was provided by Weed-Corley Funeral Home of Austin. The obituary was published in the Austin American-Statesman on December 18, 1981.

"LIDA RUTH STOCKTON VOWELL, widow of the former Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, Raymond W. Vowell, died Wednesday. She had been a resident of Austin for 35 years.

Mrs. Vowell

Vowell

Raymond W.
Dec. 13, 1914
Dec. 3, 1979
Beloved Husband
and Father

Lida Ruth
Aug. 9, 1916
Dec. 16, 1981
Beloved Wife
and Mother

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Raymond W. Vowell

Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
1971 - 1977
Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, University of Texas
1965 - 1971
Executive Director, MHMR
1951 - 1965