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Funeral Services for Ivagene Elliston, 100, a former long-time Hereford resident will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2020 at Parkside Chapel with the Pastor Donald Fortner, nephew, officiating. Interment will be at West Park Cemetery under the professional supervision of Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Ms. Elliston passed-away Thursday, October 22, 2020. Ivagene was born August 3, 1920 in Hereford to Raymond W. and Jewell (LaGrone) Elliston. She graduated from Southwestern and Union Colleges in Nebraska, where she had earned a Masters of Education degree in Education. She taught school for fifty-two years in Fort Worth, Des Moines, Iowa, California, Seattle, Washington. In the past she told Bible Stories every afternoon to children in the neighborhood, and volunteered to tutor them in their studies. Ivagene had a kiln, and making ceramics became a hobby. She made many beautiful pieces. She loved to travel places on Bird Watching Tours. She was also a very skilled Horsewoman. Ms. Elliston was a 7th -day Adventist. Surviving are one brother Wayne Elliston and wife Joelle of Amarillo, and one sister Evelyn Fitzpatrick and husband Eddie of Albuquerque, New Mexico and numerous nieces and nephews. Ivagene was reunited in heaven by her parents, and three sisters, Myrtle Ellen, Fortner, Bernice Greer and Georgie Ray Pinkerton.

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