MAURICE "BUTCH" ERVIN OWEN, 57, a dedicated science
teacher at Arlington High School, passed away Dec. 11,
2001 in Arlington, with interment at Evergreen Cemetery
in Ranger, TX.
Maurice E. Owen was born to Mr. and Mrs. Owen on May 13,
1944 in Dodge City, Kan. Maurice attended Ranger Public
Schools, Ranger Jr. College, North Texas State & received
a Master of Science degree in secondary education. During
his 22-year teaching career, he received honors in National
Biological Honors Society, General Dynamics Outstanding
Teacher award, recipient of five National Science Foundation
Study Grants, Teacher of the Year nominee, Ft. Worth National
Bank Fellowship award and the Perot Foundation award. He was
also an active member in the NRA & was a certified concealed
hand-gun instructor. Maurice will be remembered for his love
of hunting and fishing with his family and friends and we
will dearly miss him as a loving husband, father & Pa Pa.
Survivors at the time of his death: wife of 35 years, Sandra
Allsup (RHS-1962); son, Brandon & wife, Laurie; granddaughter,
Ashley; brother, Robert Allen Owens (RHS-1963) and wife,
Marlene Owen; mother-in-law, Sue Allsup; & many nieces and
nephews.