Robert “Buster” Wetsel, age 97, died Sunday, August 23, 2015, in Dalhart, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Rev. Robert Hunt, pastor and Terrell Jones, pastor of the Trinity Fellowship Church in Clayton, officiating. Burial will follow in the Clayton Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton.
Robert “Buster” Wetsel was born on October 8, 1917 to Robert Otis Wetsel and Maggie (Prentice) Wetsel in a dugout North of Clayton, New Mexico. A lifelong resident of Clayton, Buster graduated from Clayton High School and joined the US Army where he served during WWII. Buster married Mildred Mae (Hemphill) Wetsel on May 11, 1941 in Clayton, New Mexico and she preceded him in death on December 6, 1990. He worked for the Safeway Grocery Store in Clayton for over 30 years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clayton and a past member of the American Legion. In addition to his parents and wife, Buster was preceded in death by two sisters; Lava Butt on November 5, 2008 and Gracie June Connell on March 21, 2011.
SURVIVORS:
1 DAUGHTER: Mary Catherine Davis and her husband John of Mountain Park, Oklahoma.
1 SON: Robert Leroy Wetsel and his wife Della of Clayton, New Mexico.
4 GRANDCHILDREN: RaChel Smith of Snyder, Oklahoma, Janel Funkhouser and her husband David of Austin, Texas, Levon Sink and Michelle Jones and her husband Terrell all of Clayton, New Mexico.
7 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Callie Smith, Carter Smith, Aiden Funkhouser, Evan Funkhouser, Liam Funkhouser, Clay Jones and Jesse Jones and his wife Kate.
And numerous nieces and nephews.
MEMORIALS: The family suggests that memorials be made in Buster’s memory to the First United Methodist Church, PO Drawer M, Clayton, New Mexico 88415 or to Coon Memorial Hospice, 1411 Denver Ave., Dalhart, Texas 79022.
