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Urban, William Joseph   206733
Birth: 06/17/1918    Death: 11/09/2009    Marriage: TWICE
Cemetery: Evergreen (50-05-04)
Record Source: The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Nov. 11, 2009: “William J. ‘Bill’ Urban, 91, of Colleyville passed away Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. A Mass of Christian Burial has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Taylor. Celebrant is to be his nephew, Msgr. Lonnie Urban. Interment is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday at Hempstead Cemetery. He was born June 17, 1918, in Hempstead. He received his pharmacy degree in 1940 from the University of Texas in Austin. He practiced pharmacy in Austin, Houston, Paris and Cooper for over 50 years. Prior to retiring, he was a partner in the Miller Drug Store in Cooper. After retiring from Miller Drug, he volunteered in pharmacy at St. Joseph Hospital with 5,000 volunteer hours of service becoming an Honorary Life Member in the St. Joseph Auxiliary. He received a lifetime membership in the College of Pharmacy Alumni Association from The University of Texas in 1999. He attended the annual State Pharmacy Convention until he was 90 years of age and was honorable recognized for this achievement. He was a 4th degree Knight of Columbus. He loved to travel and was proud to have seen all 50 states, as well as Canada, Spain, Mexico, Bahamas and numerous Caribbean Islands. He enjoyed the annual Urban family reunion with his numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wives, Tonie Seeker Urban and Vivan Miller Urban. He is survived by his daughter, Theresa ‘Teri’ Fay; son-in-law, Mike Fay; grandsons, Douglas Fay and wife, Patricia, Matt Fay and wife, Stacy; great-granddaughters, Sydney and Skylar Fay. The family requests that memorials be made to the Diabetes Society. Online condolences may be sent to the Urban family at www.fry-gibbs.com.”

William has a headstone in Evergreen Cemetery with no death date. He is on the same stone with wife, Vivian Urban. William also has a stone in Hempstead Cemetery in Waller County, Texas with complete dates inscribed.

Married Vivian Christine Miller on 7 Sep 1961. Tombstone is inscribed, "William J. Urban."

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