Loomis, Charles Kenneth 
  	
HURST -- A noon memorial service for Charles Kenneth Loomis 
will be held Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at Trinity Episcopal 
Church, with the Reverend Kevin Wittmayer and the Reverend 
Mike Macey officiating. Mr. Loomis died December 27, 2006, 
at the age of 93, just shy of his 94th birthday. He was 
preceded in death by his granddaughter, Allison, in 1987; 
and his wife of 54 years, Kathryn Swiley Loomis, in 1996. Mr. 
Loomis is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and 
Waylon Ward of Colleyville; a son and daughter-in-law, 
Jeffrey and Barbara Loomis of Austin; three grandchildren, 
Lyle Peterson, Jennifer Hagan and Evan Loomis; four great-
grandchildren, David, Mary Kathryn, John and Elizabeth 
Peterson; and a sister, Trudy Loomis Ralph of Pasadena, 
Calif. Mr. Loomis, son of Willard and Nell Loomis, was born 
February 8, 1913, in Sedan, Kan. He moved to Longview in 1952, 
and resided here until he moved a year ago to live with his 
daughter and son-in-law in Colleyville. Mr. Loomis attended 
the University of Oklahoma from 1929-1933; worked with the 
Carter Oil Co. in Oklahoma and Illinois from 1934-1939; the 
Standard Oil Co. of Venezuela in South America from 1939-1942; 
the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945; and the Creole Petroleum Corp. in 
Venezuela from 1946-1952. He had been selmployed as a petroleum 
landman since 1952. During World War II, Mr. Loomis was with the 
47th Seabee Battalion in the southwest Pacific. Mr. Loomis' 
remains will be cremated and ashes strewn in the All Saints 
Memorial Garden at Trinity Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, 
the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Trinity 
School of Texas.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/29/2006.

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Loomis, Charles Kenneth  
 	
HURST -- A noon memorial service for Charles Kenneth Loomis 
will be held Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at Trinity Episcopal 
Church, with the Reverend Kevin Wittmayer and the Reverend 
Mike Macey officiating. Mr. Loomis died December 27, 2006, 
at the age of 93, just shy of his 94th birthday. He was 
preceded in death by his granddaughter, Allison, in 1987; 
and his wife of 54 years, Kathryn Swiley Loomis, in 1996. 
Mr. Loomis is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Lynn 
and Waylon Ward of Colleyville; a son and daughter-in-law, 
Jeffrey and Barbara Loomis of Austin; three grandchildren, 
Lyle Peterson, Jennifer Hagan and Evan Loomis; four great-
grandchildren, David, Mary Kathryn, John and Elizabeth 
Peterson; and a sister, Trudy Loomis Ralph of Pasadena, 
Calif. Mr. Loomis, son of Willard and Nell Loomis, was born 
February 8, 1913, in Sedan, Kan. He moved to Longview in 1952, 
and resided here until he moved a year ago to live with his 
daughter and son-in-law in Colleyville. Mr. Loomis attended the 
University of Oklahoma from 1929-1933; worked with the Carter 
Oil Co. in Oklahoma and Illinois from 1934-1939; the Standard 
Oil Co. of Venezuela in South America from 1939-1942; the U.S. 
Navy from 1942-1945; and the Creole Petroleum Corp. in Venezuela 
from 1946-1952. He had been selmployed as a petroleum landman 
since 1952. During World War II, Mr. Loomis was with the 47th 
Seabee Battalion in the southwest Pacific. Mr. Loomis' remains 
will be cremated and ashes strewn in the All Saints Memorial 
Garden at Trinity Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the 
family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Trinity 
School of Texas.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 12/29/2006 - 12/30/2006.