Visitation: noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home, followed by a brief prayer service and interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Robert W. Sherrod was born July 18, 1919, to Robert Emmett and Martha Katherine Sherrod. He graduated from North Side High School in 1937, where he was all-district guard in football and played catcher in baseball.

Bob attended Texas Christian University on a full football scholarship in the fall of 1937. He played right guard for the 1938 national championship team and was inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame on Oct. 2, 2008. Bob was All-Southwest Conference guard in 1940. While at TCU, he played in the Blue-Gray Game his senior year. He was awarded Dan Rogers Award for MVP his senior year. Bob graduated in 1941 with a bachelors in business and received a masters in public administration in 1948.

Bob married his college sweetheart, Frances Helen Olson, in November 1941 at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church.

After graduating from TCU, he coached at North Side High School. He then began a teaching and counseling career at Carter Riverside and Polytechnic schools. He retired from Polytechnic in 1982 after 40 years of service in the Fort Worth ISD.

He served four years in the Army between 1942-1946. In 1945 he played for the Army All Stars. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.

The family would like to thank all the hospice nurses, June, Kathy, Paige, Pat, Linda and Chris. A special thanks to Barbara and Nancy, who cared for him this past year.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, William Emmett and John Alvin Sherrod.

Survivors: His wife of 68 years, Frances Sherrod; daughter, Cynthia Sherrod Ray and husband Randy; son, Robert W. Sherrod Jr.; grandchildren, Robert Brent Chism, Jeremy Michael Chism and Katherine Elliott Harsha and her husband, Bradley David; brother, Joe R. Sherrod; and nieces and nephews.

Visitation: A public celebration of her life will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Memorials: Because of Lent, in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Boys and Girls Club.

As a girl, Jane was well known as an expert ice skater and was invited to skate in the Ice Capades and summer shows at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. When she was 10 years old, she met her future husband, Dick, who worked for her father. Dick always considered her to be the most beautiful girl in the world during their 65-year relationship.

Jane and Dick married June 27, 1955. Their son, W. Blake, arrived in September 1956, and daughter, Shelly, in February 1958. Blake went to the U.S. Air Force Academy and Shelly met her future husband while visiting Blake at the Academy. Shelly married in 1977, and Blake in 1979. Both have children, and their children have children. Jane loved her kids, grandkids and great-grandkids, and that love was always reciprocal. Mother, Grandma and GG Ma was a special person to them all. Heaven's gain is a huge loss to her family. Anyone who knew Jane considered her a friend. She had no match for thoughtfulness or generosity and her family considered her a wonderful mother and wife.

The family would like to give special thanks to the Nurses and Doctors of the Harris MSICU for their care and kindness to Jane and her family.

Jane was preceded in death by her parents, August and Gertrude Wehring.

Survivors: Husband, Richard L. "Dick" Bourland; brother, Dexter Kent Wehring and wife, Mary Ann; son and daughter-in-law, W. Blake and Dorothea Anna Bourland; their children, Wesley Alan and Kristin Jane Bourland; daughter and son-in-law, Shelly Paige and Jeffery Steig; their children, Ashley Paige Steig Davis and husband, James, Amber Steig and Jesse Steig; and great-grandchildren from Ashley and James; Elyse, Jace and Gavin Davis.