Everett Runte 1934-2015

Graveside services for Everett Runte Sr., 80, of Edgewood, were held Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Small Cemetery in Edgewood.

Everett passed away on July 29, 2015, in Grand Saline.

Everett Dale Runte Sr. was born Nov. 16, 1934, in Rockford, Ill., to Elwin Clifford Runte and Leora Frances Harter. He moved to Texas at a young age where he attended and graduated high school in El Paso. Everett then attended mortuary school in Dallas from 1952 to1953 and later served as a clinical instructor. Everett married Mary Helen Lay in Dallas on Dec. 30, 1965. They lived in many different areas of Texas until settling in Edgewood. Everett later worked as parts manager for U-haul, Ford and Chevrolet before retiring in 1986.

Everett was a member of the Cheatham United Methodist Church in Edgewood where he was a part of the Methodist Men’s Group. He loved his family and enjoyed attending baseball games and embroidering.

Everett is preceded in death by his parents; as well as a son, Clifford Arthur Runte; a brother, Marvin K. Runte and a sister, Luella Beltran.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Helen Lay Runte, of Edgewood; sons, Everett Runte Jr., of Edgewood and Kenneth Richman of Mabank; daughter, Frances Jarrell and husband, Kevin of Madisonville; sister, Sylvia Everett of Aransas Pass; three grandchildren, Miranda Dayle Butts and husband, Gerald of North Zulch; Mason Kye Jarrell of Bryan/College Station and Kacelyn Hope Jarrell of Madisonville; three great grandchildren, Bentley Kay Butts, Brent Alston Butts and Bryce Allen Butts, along with many nieces and nephews.