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Vera L.

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Alexander

Jun 12, 1924 — Feb 15, 2019

Obituary

Vera Lee Alexander, 94, of Irving, formerly of Abilene, Texas, died Friday evening at the Forum Assisted Living Center in Bedford. Born June 12, 1924 in Haskell County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph Schwartz and Hertha Marie Jeager Schwartz. During World War II, she worked in Fort Worth at Consolidated and was one of the famous "Rosie the Riveter" women working for the war effort. She moved to Abilene in 1952 and worked as an LVN at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene for many years. She was a member of Highland Church of Christ there. She moved to the Irving area in 2011 to be near her daughter. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, J. C. Schwartz and wife Pearl, and Cecil Raymond Schwartz and wife Etheline; and husband, Clyde Alexander, she is survived by a daughter, Sharon Kay Martin of Irving; grandchildren, James Randall Glassburn of Irving, Alicia Lynn Johnson of Big Spring, TX, and Jeffrey Martin of Dallas; a great grandson, Elvis Johnson, IV; and three nieces, Althea Wood of Hobbs, NM, Lanette Callaway of Snyder, TX and Marilyn Lockhart of Rowlett, TX. Burial will be in the Haskell Cemetery. Services are pending.
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