Billye Sell Synatzske

Funeral services for Mrs. Billye Sell Synatzske, age 85, of the Val Verde Community, near Buckholts, will be held at 10:00 a m Monday in the Hope Lutheran Church in Buckholts, with Reverend Gary Kleypas officiating. Burial will follow in the Hope Lutheran Memorial Park there in Buckholts. Mrs. Synatzske died Wednesday in a Temple Nursing Facility following an illness.

Mrs. Synatzske was born November 21, 1929, in Cameron, Texas, to William A. and Irene Groppell Sell. She graduated from Buckholts High School, and attended Nixon-Clay Business College in Austin, and was employeed as a bookeeeper for many years, having retired from the Rogers ISD, and from a CPA firm in 1994. She was a life long member of the the Lutheran church in Buckholts, where she was active in the Ladies Aid Society, and taught Sunday school. She married Clement O. Synatzske and they were married for 66 years prior to her death. She was a member of the retired teacher association, Mrs. Synatzske enjoyed traveling and scrapbooking and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Ray Sell.

Mrs. Synatzske is survived by her husband, of the home; one son and daughter-in-law David and cheryl Synatzske of Sandia, Texas; and one daughter and son-in-law Linda Ann and Russell Kunz of Allen, Texas. She is also survived by one sister, Elaine Sell of Delta, Colorado. Five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive.

Family visitation will be held from 2-4 Sunday afternoon at the Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Cameron.

The family has requested that those wishing to do so may make memorial contributions to the Hope Lutheran Church or the Hope Lutheran Memorial Park Cemetery Fund.