Gary Valjo Vanerwegen
Gary Valjo Vanerwegen, 74, of Greenville, died Friday, August 8, 2014 at Medical Center of McKinney. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Esequias Perea, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Gary was born in Schulter, Oklahoma on February 10, 1940. He was the son of Raymond Vanerwegen and Erma Self Vanerwegen. On March 6, 1961, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, he married Etta Louise Scully. He was a mechanic for the elevator industry and a member of Greenville Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Etta Louise Vanerwegen; son, Randall Joe Vanerwegen; daughters, Chevon Kay Vanerwegen and Dawn Rene Wilburn; brother, Jerry Vanerwegen; sisters, Erma Dean Walters and Dixie Henry; grandchildren, Brandi Morgan, Beau Morgan, Elizabeth Wilburn, Victoria Wilburn and Isabelle Wilburn. He was preceded in death by his parents and two nephews.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Morgan, Tim Roman, Jesse Hackney, Ronnie Pritchett, Roberto Hernandez and Brian Nikles.
