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 PUBLISHED OCTOBER 7, 2009

 

 Jerry R. Vaughan, Jr.

 July 26, 1917 - October 1, 2009

 

Jerry R. Vaughan, Jr., 92, of Evansville, died Oct. 1.

He was born on Irish Ridge in Forney, Tex., on July 26, 1917, a son of Jerry and Julia Vaughan.

Mr. Vaughan graduated in 1939 from Texas A&M with a degree in petroleum engineering. He was commissioned as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Army. He then embarked on a 47-year career with Sun Oil Company. Mr. Vaughan was an active duty Army training officer from 1944-46; he escorted occupation troops to Japan. He was discharged as a captain in 1946 and resumed his career at Sun Oil in Evansville. Mr. Vaughan was a founding member and past president of the Evansville chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He received a service citation from the American Petroleum Institute, of which he had also been a member. Additionally, Mr. Vaughan maintained memberships in the Illinois Basin Oil and Gas Association and Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Evansville, where he was a Brute Society inductee. He also founded a chapter of the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M and organized a local version of the "Aggie Muster."

Survivors include his wife, Helen (Callahan) Vaughan; five children, Jerry Stephen Vaughan of Evansville, John (wife, Andrea) Vaughan of Clarendon Hills, Ill., Richard (wife, Lee) Vaughan of Carthage, Patricia (husband, Bill) Theby of Evansville and Catherine Vaughan of Evansville; a brother-in-law, Robert Seay of Austin, Tx.; grandchildren, Robert (wife, Jill) Vaughan, Susan (husband, Randy) Dolinsky, Ashley (husband, Patrick) Vaughan Stroebel, J.R. (wife, Amanda) Vaughan, Matthew (wife, Diane) Theby, Taylor Vaughan, David Theby, Katie Vaughan and Julie Vaughan; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Clark and Rita Seay.

Funeral services were Oct. 3 at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Evansville.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Association, Holy Rosary Church in Evansville or Holy Redeemer Catholic church, also in Evansville.

 

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