Dale Lee Schwartz

Dale Lee Schwartz LUBBOCK - Funeral services for Dale Lee Schwartz, 75, of Lubbock were at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Ridge Chapel with the Rev. Ryan Smallwood, pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, officiating. Mr. Schwartz died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, in Lubbock. He was born Oct. 3, 1934, in Weinert County to Hazel and Jimmie Schwartz. He attended schools in Weinert and Plainview, graduating from Plainview High School in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss for several years and also served in the 36th Infantry Division with the Texas National Guard while attending college at Wayland Baptist University, where he graduated in 1960. He received his master's degree in education from Eastern New Mexico University. He married Gerry Ritch on June 5, 1960. He taught school in Texico, N.M., for 25 years, then moved to Lubbock in 2001. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Clovis, N.M., for more than 35 years and a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Lubbock for the last eight years. He was a longtime Sunday school teacher and volunteered for various charity projects, including Meals on Wheels. He was a lifetime member of the National Education Association. Survivors include his wife; his mother, Hazel Schwartz of Plainview; a son and daughter-in-law, Col. Michael and Evelyn Schwartz of Santa Fe, N.M.; a daughter, Lee Ann Schwartz of Austin; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Frances Keeter of Hereford and Mary Sue and Jackie Swanner of Midland; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. His father; a brother, Jimmie Schwartz Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Wayne Keeter, are deceased.