KATHRYN CAVEL

SPRING, TEXAS-Graveside services for Kathryn L. Cavel, 78, Spring, Texas, formerly of the Union Valley area, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Carol Reich will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m.until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Cavel died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at her home. She was born February 8, 1930 at Stratford, Oklahoma to B. M. and Ruth Gentry Stephens. She attended Union Valley school and graduated from Stonewall High School in 1947.

She married Eddie Joe Cavel on May 31, 1947 at Union Valley, Oklahoma. Mrs. Cavel was a homemaker and a Baptist. Kathryn and her husband Eddie Joe were active members of the Hereford Whirlers Square Dancers of Ada. She was an avid traveler and took many bus trips across the United States. Kathryn and her family lived in Monahans, Texas and later, she and E. J. moved back to Ada. Currently they were residing in Spring, Texas.

Survivors include her husband, Eddie Joe Cavel, of the home; a daughter, Linda Ryan and husband Danny, Spring, TX; a son, Lonnie Cavel and wife Karen, Vidor, TX; brother, Dean Stephens and wife Emi Lea, Ada; a sister-in-law, Yvonna Stephens Treas, Ada; three grandchildren, Kimberly Gray, Darin Ryan and Kyle Cavel; and a great granddaughter, Lainey Gray; and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and a son, Larry Cavel.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada