Ella McGuire (Plainview)

Ella Jane (Luster) McGuire, 92, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007 at her Residence in Plainview. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 18, 2007 at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Doug Yates officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. She was born on September 27, 1915 in Howard County, Arkansas to Altie Wikerson and Thomas H. Luster. The family moved to Plainview in 1924. After attending school in Plainview, Ella began working in the family business, Luster’s Laundry, at an early age, washing socks by hand on a small rub board. She married John Lewis McGuire on November 19, 1936 in Plainview. They later took over ownership of the family business and operated it until their retirement in 1974. She was an active member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Ella is survived by two daughters, Pat Marse and husband John of Plainview, Susan Kay Bressler and husband Rick of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; five grandchildren, Jimmie Lewis Kelley and wife Susan of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, DeLynn Wardlow and husband Karl of Plainview, David Kelly of St. Petersburg, Florida, Heather Clemmer and husband Jason of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amanda Kruger and husband James of Jacksonville, Florida; five great-grandchildren, Carissa Wardlow and Kailey Wardlow of Plainview, MacKenzie Kelly and Conor Kelly of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Jonathan Clemmer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her parents, husband, two sisters and two brothers preceded her in death. The family wishes to acknowledge the special loving care given to Ella for five years by Laverne Shannon, of Kress and her daughter Glenda, as well as care given to Ella in the last few weeks by Rosetta Bradley, Hazel McCray, Ruby Owens, and Peggy Parr. The family suggests memorials to the First Church of the Nazarene, 2610 W. 20th, Plainview, TX 79072 or Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma.