Funeral Services for Mrs. Lynn Rose Homola Eklund, 78 year old Van Alstyne resident, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday January 18, 2013 at the Van Alstyne Church of Christ. Shannon Jackson will officiate. Burial will be at the Jones Cemetery at Utopia, Texas Saturday January 19, 2013 at 3 p.m. Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday January 17, 2013 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel at Leonard.
Mrs. Eklund was born December 26, 1934 at Stairtown, Texas. Her parents were Charles Stephen and Gertrude Gladys Garner Homola. She was a graduate of Luling High School and Draughn’s Business School in San Antonio. She married Fred Allen Eklund June 21, 1952 at Luling, Texas. She was a homemaker, an active member of the Van Alstyne Church of Christ, the Red Hat Society, the Garden Club of Utopia and the Bridge Club. She passed away Tuesday January 15, 2013 at the Orchard Park Senior Living Community of McKinney.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law: Lou Ann and David Crump of Lahoma, OK; her sons and daughters-in-law: Carl and Carolyn Eklund of Gulf Port, MS and John and Carla Eklund of Van Alstyne, TX; her daughter and son-in-law: Emily and Bob Lewis of Leonard, TX; her 13 grandchildren: Nicole Copley, Melissa Hollis, David Crump, Danny Crump, Elana Crump, Scott Simpson, Carl Eklund, Jr., James Eklund, Colt Eklund, Remington Eklund, Austin Lewis, Chase Lewis and Maddie Lewis; her sister: Leloise Ponce of San Antonio, TX; her two brothers: Joe Homola of Lott, TX and Charles Homola of Georgia. She is also survived by 9 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Lynn Allen Eklund, and an infant granddaughter, Crystal Crump.