Joseph Colfax McDole[1, 2]
1921 - 1999 (78 years)Person ID: I500005 "Baxter" | Last Modified: 20 Apr 2021
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Name Joseph Colfax McDole Gender Male Birth 28 Jan 1921 Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA 
Died 16 May 1999 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA 
BuriedDavis-Greenlawn Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA -
Parents
Father Dale Adams McDole (ID:I500008)
b. 18 Feb 1893
d. 10 Oct 1978, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA (Age 85 years) Mother Alverda M. Halteman (ID:I500009)
b. 6 Mar 1893, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
d. 21 Aug 1978, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA (Age 85 years) Marriage 21 Jan 1915 Lucas County, Ohio, USA Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters -
Family
Wife Helen Lucille Gartman (ID:I500004)
b. 28 Apr 1922, Chunchula, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
d. 13 Jul 1999, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
Marriage 28 Nov 1940 Age at Marriage Joseph : 19 years - Helen : 18 years. (Were Married 58 years). Children + 1. Joseph Colfax McDole, Jr. (ID:I500058)
b. Yes, date unknown+ 2. 
Sharon Ann McDole (ID:I500002)
b. 10 Nov 1942
d. 26 Feb 2023 (Age 80 years) -
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Photos Helen and Joseph McDole
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Event Map
Birth - 28 Jan 1921 - Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA 
Died - 16 May 1999 - Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA 
Buried - - Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [BILLIONGRAVES] BillionGraves, (MyHeritage), 13 Feb 2019, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10147-86791206/joseph-c-mcdole-in-billiongraves (Reliability: 4).
Joseph C. McDoleBirth: 1921Death: 1999Burial: Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery, Rosenberg, Texas, United StatesRelatives: <br>Relation Name Birth Death<br>Wife (implied) <a>Helen G. McDole</a> 1922 1999 - [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118640577/joseph-colfax-mcdole.
Herald Coaster, May 18, 1999:
Funeral services for Joseph Colfax McDole Sr., 78, of Rosenberg will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Calvary Baptist Church, 4111 Airport Road in Rosenberg with Dr. Steve Porter officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be Randy W. Gauny, Lee Cook, Doug Holmes, Ray Hyde, Ken Redmond and Ronnie Swallers. Honorary pallbearers will be A.V. Fairley, Virgil Starbuck, Huey McCoulskey, Clyde Steapp, Doug Cavender, John Surguy and Joe Driskill.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 19 and from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday at Garmany & Carden Funeral Chapel, 1201 Fourth Street in Rosenberg.
Mr. McDole passed away Sunday, May 16, 1999 at Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston. He was born Jan. 28, 1921 in Flilnt, Mich. to parents Dale Adams McDole and Alverda Halteman McDole.
He served in the Merchant Marines prior to and during World War II until he was discharged April 24, 1945. He was employed by Houston Power & Light for 35 years where he finished his career as Supervisor of Training at the W.A. Parish Plant. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Gartman McDole of Rosenberg; a daughter, Sharon Ann Davis and her husband, Leland, of Blessing; a son, Joseph Colfax McDole Jr. and his wife, Malia Ann, of Tyler; brothers, James J. McDole and his wife, Jan, and Jack Adams McDole and his wife, Beverly, all of Mobile, Ala.; a sister, Zoe McDole Hanson and her husband, Richard, of Caballa, N.M.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Baptist Men of Texas Builders, Attn: Robert Dixon, 3333 North Washington, Dallas, Tex., 75246-1798.
Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Dirs., Inc. in Rosenberg, (281) 342-4671.
