Ronald Brown Vorheis

Ronald Brown Vorheis, 70, died Friday, December 10, in Claude.

Memorial services were held at 10 a.m. December 13, 2010, in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Jeff Booth, minister of the Christian Church of God, officiating. Interment was held privately with a family burial held at Vorheis Family Cemetery in Clarendon. Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Ronald Brown Vorheis of Clarendon died December 10, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Ron was born March 6, 1940 in Geneseo, Kansas. He grew up in Littlefield where he met his future wife, Mary Pitman. After graduating high school, he attended Hardin Simmons University.

Soon after, he joined the US Army and served in Korea. After returning to the states, he worked at Littlefield Butane, then went to West Texas College in Canyon. He then married Mary on August 27, 1965, in Littlefield. He earned his bachelors degree in Mathematics in 1967 and his masters in Mathematics in 1968. He taught math at Howard County Junior College in Big Spring, then went on to a lengthy career teaching math, English, Spanish, and computer programming to high school and junior high students. In 1989, Ron moved to Clarendon with his family where they ran Clarendon Family Café for a number of years. He was an avid student of God’s Word all of his life and loved spending time outdoors enjoying nature. He passed these loves to his family. He was the anchor of his very large and very loving family.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Mary Vorheis of Clarendon; 4 daughters, Rhonda Lopez and husband Matt of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Becky Pillow and husband Greg of Lubbock, Elisabeth Vorheis of Mansfield, and Leah Carruth and husband Tony of Lubbock; 6 sons, Ike Vorheis and wife Elsa of Van Horn, Josh Vorheis and wife Susan of Allen, Jonathan Vorheis and wife Marci of San Antonio, Jeremy Vorheis of Sugarland, Ben Vorheis and wife Julie of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Phillip Vorheis of Lubbock; 22 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

The family request memorials be to the Alzheimer’s Association.

The family will be at 4005 County Road 13 in Clarendon.